Tell FDA NO to Genetically Modified Apples

Bad day? Disagree.

Please see these 2 threads:

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=323861&highlight=aspartame

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=325474&highlight=aspartame

He even goes so far as to talk about cancer he's cured. When I beg of him to go to Texas to cure my 3 y/o niece of her cancer, who has since passed, I hear crickets.

 

I agree. The last thing I want to waste time on is deciphering what something actually is due to industry hiding it for whatever reason.

Since the discussion brought up 'organic' I will mention that my family runs a hydroponic greenhouse (using chemical ferts) whose tomatoes are just as tasty as the plants grown in the local soil. Personally I'd use organic ferts with aeroponic methods if it was my business.

 

Oh dear.

 

What is the difference between GE and hybrids which have been with us for centuries without complaint?

Honeycrisp apples which are delicious and recently popular I'm told by a grower is nothing new but an old variety that had been ignored because it wasn't the prettiest and doesn't store well. Folks are wising up to the fact that pretty doesn't always mean good and who really cares if the apples turn brown after sliced except perhaps fast food establishments which ain't where one goes for good food anyway.

Why are organic fruits and vegetables so expensive?


The crop dusters must fly at night.

 

The term "organic" is, at best, part marketing BS and part true effort to stay away from some of the less desirable traits of the commercial grower. The bigger problem in agriculture is the lack of commitment to sustainable farming practices that result in SAFE food for all of us. We can only mine or create so much NPK out of the ground before things get really expensive. Orgaincs will be remembered for bringing to light the real dangers of corporate food practices but it isn't the end result.

As to GMO's, the apple example is a little off in that GMO's are primarily used to increase yield and reduce other expensive inputs, such as pesticide and herbicide. Many grain GMO's can hardly keep up with mutating fungus and pests. The cycle of mutation is shortening resulting in the need for even more GMO products to counteract. GMO's are seen as the solution to feeding the world even as the general environment of the world falls apart.

 

Wrong:

http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0706.htm#Section3

Tumors and severe liver toxicity are risks, among others in this study.