Hungary destroy all Monsanto GMO Corn Fields

[PatSeg]

Hungary has taken a bold stand against biotech giant Monsanto and genetic modification by destroying 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds, according to Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar. Unlike many European Union countries, Hungary is a nation where genetically modified (GM) seeds are banned. In a similar stance against GM ingredients, Peru has also passed a 10 year ban on GM foods.

Almost 1000 acres of maize found to have been ground with genetically modified seeds have been destroyed throughout Hungary, deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar said. The GMO maize has been ploughed under, said Lajos Bognar, but pollen has not spread from the maize, he added.

Unlike several EU members, GMO seeds are banned in Hungary. The checks will continue despite the fact that seek traders are obliged to make sure that their products are GMO free, Bognar said.

Read more at http://www.realfarmacy.com/hungary-destroys-all-monsanto-gmo-corn-fields/#S8kaz3c4Vff8X7zz.99

[Orrex]

1. Maybe they're not as hungary as we thought

Oh, wait a minute...

[PatSeg]

3. Ha, ha!

And we certainly aren't anywhere nearly as smart as we thought!

[dipsydoodle]

2. Also banned in

France
Germany
Austria
Luxembourg
Greece
Bulgaria
Poland.

[freshwest]

4. Hopefully this idea will spread to the Anglosphere for any of them that cause problems.

[dipsydoodle]

6. No GMOS are grown commercially in the UK -

yet. Still under study - forever with a bit of luck.

[freshwest]

11. It wasn't on the list, and I've read some plans. I don't think the UK needs them.

There was a case of a Canadian farmer who had a long battle with Monsanto and Canadians I know personally complain that they are stuck as the USA is without COO & GMO labeling.

I don't regard hybrids or sports as bad but prefer some of the older heirlooms. But some of the GMO crops have a very bad reputation, deserved or not.

I don't approve of Roundup ready crops made to be resistant to herbicide, because poisoning the soil to create monoculture is stupid and short sighted, IMO.

I'm not going to change my mind on that, and don't want to support that by not being given a choice to not buy the stuff. Where I live, we do have choice for the most part.

[Chaco Dundee]

9. also banned

Also banned on chaco Dundees ranch as well as inorganic fertilizers,enriched chickenfeed ect.I am healthy because of the whole organic food I grow and eat.

[Berlum]

15. Obviously these nations lack a sense of loyalty to Corporate Overlords, Inc.

In the USA, however, we have the Republican Party -- which slobbers all over itself in its shameless quisling efforts to kiss Overlord Ass, Inc. Thus, as a consequence America has mutant corporate crudola occultly infesting the majority of 'foodlike-substance products' sold to an unwitting guinea-pig public.

Yuck-a-poo!

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. K&R!

[bvar22]

7. All GMOs are forever banned on our little hill top in Arkansas,

....along with all non naturally occurring pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.

My Wife & I are NOT Good Corporate Citizen Consumers.

[Chaco Dundee]

10. same here

My wife and I live just like that.

[bvar22]

14. Welcome.

In 2006, my Wife & I sold everything,
bought a small piece of land in the Ouachita Mountains of west Arkansas,
far from Agricultural, Industrial, urban, and suburban pollution.

We planted a big Veggie Garden, Fruit Trees, and a variety of Berries,
raise chickens,
and keep Honey Bees.

We live as sustainably, independently, and Green as possible.

We are not "Survivalists",
just Old Hippies who have always been attracted to this lifestyle.
So far, so good.

---bvar22 & Starkraven
Living Well on a low "taxable" income,
and stuff we learned in the 60s.

On Edit:
There is a Rural/Farm Group here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1182

and a Gardening Forum here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1159

These groups used to have more members,
and a lot more activity,
but most of the dedicated regulars have left due to the open hostility toward those who dare to question the direction the Democratic Party leadership is taking toward the Privatization and Corporatization of America.

[Chaco Dundee]

19. living green

My wife and I live like that in western louisiana on the coast.chickens and veggy garden are a must.most our meat is from the hunt and all our fish and shellfisch is from the bay.trying to stay away from all chemicals introduced in the foodchain. As far as possible.

[bvar22]

24. West Louisiana!!??

We're practically neighbors!


I was born in New Orleans and spent most of my life in South Louisiana.
I am familiar with the coast and coastal marshes from Galveston to the mouth of the Mississippi River.

I spent too many years around Lake Charles, Cameron, Holly Beach, Black Bayou, Grand Cheniere, White Lake, Atchafalaya Basin, Morgan City, Lafayette....
I could drive from Houma to the Cameron Docks dead asleep....and have.
I can play BooRay (Bourre') with the best of them, and loves me some good Boudin.


One of the things I really miss living up here is the South La. food.
No place in the World eats better.

I'm getting homesick for the food, the coast, and my mis-spent youth just typing this out.

How are the Crawfish this year?

[Chaco Dundee]

30. west louisiana

I am actually from germany,my wife from new york,but I have been in the states for 33 years,the last 20 in johnson bayou.we traveled all the same roads.Aransas pass to Venice,and every port in between.

[piratefish08]

37. same here - lifestyle change 2 years ago.... we moved to northern VT and now have a large organic

garden, bees, chickens for eggs and meat and we raise pigs as well. we heat with wood pellets and are in the process of installing solar. our kids go to a little country school and we have an incredibly green and supportive community of people around us.

despite a 60% reduction in income in order to move to this area, we live better and have more freedom than we ever did in our previous life.

not one single regret. you old hippies paved the way for folks like us!

[Buzz Clik]

26. The Bt of Bt corn is naturally occurring.

Is that okay?

[bvar22]

31. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), is a naturally occurring soil bacterium.

It does NOT occur naturally in Corn, Corn Byproducts, or Corn Pollen.

We don't care for Sweet Corn,
and generally don't plant corn at all,
but when we do, we plant small quantities of Heirloom varieties
for our own experimentation, and to check viability of the seed stock.

We also keep Honey Bees,
and won't take the chance of killing them to help out Monsanto.
We refuse to even feed them Corn Syrup,
and avoid eating it ourselves.

The Science is still OUT on GM products.
The research has never been done,
and the products haven't been long term field tested.

GM Products have been approved by our USDA and FDA (both owned by Monsanto)
under the Looks Close Enough to Me (Grandfather) provision that lets them escape having to prove the safety of their inventions.

It may turn out in 20 or 30 years that these products are absolutely harmless, but until then we (and our Bees) are going to stay away from them.
BTW: We haven't had an incidence of Colony Collapse.
Our Bees seem to like living here.
We do too.

[Buzz Clik]

32. That's awesome. I totally approve.

I just wanted to point out that the Bt was not the equivalent incorporating chlordane into an edible crop.

By the way, a lot of research has been done on genetically modified crops. Tons.

[SidDithers]

8. Kick...nt

[whatchamacallit]

12. Color me

confused.

[SidDithers]

13. More quality content from realfarmacy.com...

"How Angelina Jolie was duped by cancer doctors into self mutilation for breast cancer she never had"

Sid

[marions ghost]

16. Hungary You Rock

We are so stupid to put up with this Monsanto GMO crap being literally shoved down our throats.

[siligut]

17. Good work Hungary

I hope the whole world follows suit.

[byeya]

18. Hungary did well on this one, Bravo.

I always look for non-GMO on food I buy; I think it's at least as important as buying organic.

[woo me with science]

20. K&R

[SidDithers]

21. More health woo from realfarmacy...

"Garlic Proven 100 Times More Effective Than Antibiotics"

Sid

[PatSeg]

22. Okay, there are other sources besides Realfarmacy

I had never head of Realfarmacy before, so didn't know what kinds of articles they published.

There are many other sources that say pretty much the same thing:

http://now.msn.com/hungary-burns-1000-acres-of-gmo-corn-crops

http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Hungary-Destroys-All-Monsa-in-General_News-130505-456.html

http://www.bubblews.com/news/541081-hungary-destroys-all-monsanto-gmo-corn-fields

http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2011/07/hungary_destroys_genetically_m.php

[SidDithers]

23. So you'll edit out the link to the woo site in your OP?...

and replace it with those other ones?

Thanks.

Sid

[PatSeg]

25. The article is evidently correct

and the other links are part of the thread. Readers here are capable of making their own determination based on the article and responding comments.

[SidDithers]

27. Alright...

then you won't mind if I continue to post more ridiculous content from the site you chose for your OP.

Sid

[gateley]

28. If the STORY is factual, who cares where it came from? Chris Christie has said some

good things about President Obama -- should we discount those because of the source? You're not making any sense, Sid, and the TOPIC is about Monsanto and Hungary -- not about any particular website. Sheesh. Way to hijack a thread -- an important thread.

[PatSeg]

29. I have no control over what you post where

You've reminded me why I rarely post anything here anymore. I didn't CHOSE that site. I came across an article someone posted at Facebook and thought people at DU would find it interesting.

If you would prefer a different source for the same information, feel free to start another thread. As Diane Feinstein told Ted Cruz, "I'm not a sixth-grader.............I'm reasonably well-educated, and thank you for the lecture." You would be far more persuasive if you dropped the condescending tone.

[BuddhaGirl]

34. Thank you for posting the story

Some people have nothing better to do than interrupt for no reason

[PatSeg]

36. Apparently!

[sfpcjock]

33. When your name is Hungary, you get rid of all the FrankenCorn fields.

[SidDithers]

35. More hilarity from realfarmacy.com...

The Yucky Origin of Fluoride

Why would a city pay to force its residents to ingest nocuous industrial waste for no reason?
That’s what the reams of documents on fluoridating water, the conflicting claims and counter-claims threatening to bury city council, boil down to.

Mandrake. Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?



Sid

[HuckleB]

38. You use Realfarmacy as a source?

Wowwwwwwww!!!!

[PatSeg]

39. Wowwwwww!!!

That was THREE years ago, but if you read my comment #22:

I had never head of Realfarmacy before, so didn't know what kinds of articles they published.

There are many other sources that say pretty much the same thing:

http://now.msn.com/hungary-burns-1000-acres-of-gmo-corn-crops

http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Hungary-Destroys-All-Monsa-in-General_News-130505-456.html

http://www.bubblews.com/news/541081-hungary-destroys-all-monsanto-gmo-corn-fields

http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2011/07/hungary_destroys_genetically_m.php


You really do have a lot of time on your hands.

[HuckleB]

40. First, no one is going to buy that, when you support so much CT stuff.

Second, no one said Hungary didn't do this stupid thing.

The fact that you celebrate it, and used a crap source is rather hilarious. Sad, but hilarious. The fact you make excuses for doing so is ludicrous.

[PatSeg]

41. See what you're doing now?

You start out arguing the science or lack of science of a certain issue, but then you begin to devolve into personal derogatory attacks, which are usually meant just to push a person's buttons. I have decades of experience with very advanced button-pushers. You move from attacking an idea or belief to attacking the person who expresses said ideas or beliefs.

So many of your comments are more insults than information. Ridicule can be a very effective tool, though it would never be tolerated in a serious debate and is not likely to change anyone's mind. I will however check out the occasional link that pro-GMOers include amid their personal insults. I have found that the authors of such articles are often affiliated with groups that are funded by companies like...............Monsanto.