The Exposé: Some countries are taking up the promotion of natural farming crops which is very welcome. However, a big problem and constraint arises when they say at the same time that they will spread genetically modified (“GM”) crops, forgetting that natural farming cannot co-exist with GM crops. Apart from the high risk of contamination, there is the wider reality that GM crops involve very high environment, safety and health risks. more
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Fear porn! I love this stuff!
It’s enough to make you despise your own ‘government’.
There’s to many people in the world to go natural farming. GMO crops produces more grain. If worried pray before meals and you should be fine.
and big oil. don’t forget those rober barrons!
^ And BIG CORN, Larry.
Can anyone name a crop that hasn’t been genetically modified?
I dunno. After having fun with cancer we buy all of our fruits and vegetables at the farmers market. Meat gets a little more complicated and expensive. Maybe I’m fooling myself but I do think I feel better.
Yes Brad I eat Grass fed hamburger and lots of wild caught salmon.
Also most organic purchased vegs and fruits and our home grown. Soybeans are of course GMO but the other dried beans like kidney, navy, etc. are not GMO–I believe a Roundup type stuff with glyphosate? is used as a drying agent and MAY be on dried beans but I’ve read to soak in some baking soda water a short while and rinse. Maybe effective in removing it? I have done this and I do take it fairly seriously though I do not eat perfectly by any means.
This horse has been out of the barn for some time already. With governments becoming more bold, oppressive and driven toward control / insanity it’s easy to see where this technology might lead. As the old commercials from the 1970s warned, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature”.
Need to read this:
https://agbiotech.ces.ncsu.edu/what-are-the-benefits-of-gmos-for-less-developed-countries-in-critical-need-of-food/
Also I love Dave’s Bread though pricey. I do not buy that kind called Ezekiel! too much for me! I would not turn down a burger served on a regular bun though. I just try to eat organic the majority of the time when I can afford to–notice I don’t include beef roast too pricey for me and I do eat that once in awhile.
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And at the same time Testo levels in men are so low they can’t reproduce. I’m not saying GMO foods are causing it. What I am saying is something is, and I’m not taking the chance.
dee
Not to mention, I think the Organic non GMO produce taste a ton better.
Beef, Chicken or Pork Soup Recipe
Time: That is variable, these porportions stay the same
1 Can: Stewed Tomatoes
1 Can: Tiny Field Peas w/ Green Breans too
1 Spoon FULL: Dehydrated ONION
1 Small Spoon FULL: Powdered Fine Cumin
Microwave until hot (6-8 Mins at 750 Watts, less if more)
Stir
Microwave MORE at 30 percent simmer for 20 or 30 minutes.
Serve over Short or Long Grain Rice
Seperated and Cooled for toothiness in advance
Serves: 1
VARIATIONS on a Theme
SWAP 1 can Tiny Peas for 1 can Garbonzos
1 Can: Garbonzo Chick-Peas (Well rinsed and skinned)
BOIL seperatly for 6-8 minutes and follow rest of the recipe above.
Also Serves: 1
Check to see if there is a Bountiful Baskets program in your area. We had one for a while and I liked it. Lot of produce straight from farms and good price.
What worries me is CRISPR gene editing tech in the hands of amateurs with no oversight. Get ready for some Frankenstein monsters.
I eat mostly organic brown rice. Sometimes organic white.
I believe that organic daily milk tastes better and most other foods taste better than non-organic. But maybe that’s just us? Try the milk.
I saw an article recently about mothers use of plastics for food and beverages during pregnancy connection with autism. It doesn’t hurt to replace some of these substances in our lives and will probably benefit
dee
In my world micro plastics are a thing. Especially when you start reading how most men have a couple ozs in their testicles. I don’t drink bottled water. We have a big ass filter on our tap water. I take that to work. Are the reports factual? I don’t know but I’m not taking the chance.
Over the years, I’ve read many articles on how the yields of GMO crops are exaggerated as compared to non-GMO crops in order to prop up the marketing of the products. There have also been lawsuits where Monsanto and others have sued farmers for illegally using their technology when the farmers fields were infected by the GMO crops (usually by wind blowing seeds into non-GMO fields).
There was a big lawsuit in Canada several years back called “Monsanto Canada Inc. vs. Schmeiser” that involved “accidental” contamination and the replanting of seeds whereby Monsanto claims that farmers can’t harvest their GMO seeds for replanting; they MUST buy new seed from Monsanto every year to plant a crop. This was also a big issue in India where thousands of farmers committed suicide when GMO seed producers demanded large payments from the farmers for harvesting seed from their crops to be used for the next year’s planting as they had always done.
I personally suspect that the GMO issue is far more about who owns the ability to grow food than any supposed improvement in crop yields. Especially so when considered in the light of what has occurred over the last few years with the food supply (and drug companies, etc.) and massive corruption in our govt. agencies, I have become more convinced that the safety of the whole GMO food issue has never been a concern of the companies or our govt. agencies (like USDA and FDA). It is and has always been about money and controlling the food supply as part of the evil globalist agenda.
Natural farming, as proposed in the article would ban the use of even hybridized seeds. What they are advocating is a return to pre-Green Revolution agriculture. That is just not realistic with our current population trends.
Sri Lanka imposed just such a ban and it tanked their economy and destabilized their society.
Genetic engineering, or whatever title you give it in the hopes of fending off criticism and attacks, is a tool that has been used and abused in both medicine and agriculture. Any potential evil is not in the process, but in those who use it. Great things have been done using genetic engineering, but there is always the potential for great evil, either purposeful or through incompetence.
If we are to continue to feed an ever increasing population, we will have to use the tool of genetic engineering. GMOs, just like nuclear power, can have great benefit, but can also cause great harm.
We constantly make risk-benefit analyses in life. Are GMOs worth the risk? Definitely maybe.
My BIL and I have decided to buy a buffalo. We’re going to have it butchered and split the meat 50/50.
“Too many people in the world”.
This is a tell of the dehumanist.
Transgenic potatoes cut pesticide usage by 75%. Organic potato farmers went ballistic because the potatoes were modified to produce the very same organic pesticide that they use.
McCains Foods bowed to the woke crowd and stopped using the modified spuds. Pesticide usage went back up.
Go figure.
We can’t feed the 8 plus billion people without GM crops.
Organic produce does taste better. Not because it’s organic but because small farmers value flavor over yield and the ability to mechanically harvest some produce. Flavor is a secondary trait in BIG AG.
You assume that organic produce is chemical free? SUCKER!
https://www.agdaily.com/technology/the-list-of-pesticides-approved-for-organic-production/
“ORGANIC”. Old Indian word for “Sprays at night”.
^^^^ So the potatoes that we eat produce their own toxin and that’s a good thing?
As in most people here, I have zero trust in government and in large business – they do NOT have our best interests at heart and use phrases like “feed the world” and “prevent outbreaks” to implement their agenda, which is generally related to population control.
“We” will NEVER be able to “feed the world”, as independent, isolationist and marxist nations do not desire that – they want to either remain separate or keep their proletariat in line.
The idea of GMOs is good, as long as they understand completely what the genetic changes do and how it affects each individual person. This is not possible however, as purportedly the gluten allergy was created by genetic modification of grain protein in order to make the protein indigestible for certain bugs. And only some people seem to be affected. Personally I’m still not convinced it is not a psychological issue, but I have never come across anyone that actually claimed to have a gluten allergy. If the gluten modification is the cause of this allergy, how much testing would have been required to detect it prior to seed distribution? Probably enough to kill any GMO crop development.
With either side obfuscating to make their own argument look more appealing, who the hell knows what’s actually going on. If you have a strong agenda, typically you leave out any negatives.
I am, however, in favor of legislation preventing Monsanto and organic farmers from interfering with each other – regardless of where the fields lay. Organic farmers don’t like their crops being contaminated by GMO seeds either, but that’s life. We don’t have force fields to put around each farm.
Sometimes reality sucks. Deal with it.