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bvar22

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31. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), is a naturally occurring soil bacterium.
Thu May 23, 2013, 01:12 PM
May 2013

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.

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Maybe they're not as hungary as we thought Orrex May 2013 #1
Ha, ha! PatSeg May 2013 #3
Also banned in dipsydoodle May 2013 #2
Hopefully this idea will spread to the Anglosphere for any of them that cause problems. freshwest May 2013 #4
No GMOS are grown commercially in the UK - dipsydoodle May 2013 #6
It wasn't on the list, and I've read some plans. I don't think the UK needs them. freshwest May 2013 #11
also banned Chaco Dundee May 2013 #9
Obviously these nations lack a sense of loyalty to Corporate Overlords, Inc. Berlum May 2013 #15
K&R! Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #5
All GMOs are forever banned on our little hill top in Arkansas, bvar22 May 2013 #7
same here Chaco Dundee May 2013 #10
Welcome. bvar22 May 2013 #14
living green Chaco Dundee May 2013 #19
West Louisiana!!?? bvar22 May 2013 #24
west louisiana Chaco Dundee May 2013 #30
same here - lifestyle change 2 years ago.... we moved to northern VT and now have a large organic piratefish08 May 2013 #37
The Bt of Bt corn is naturally occurring. Buzz Clik May 2013 #26
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), is a naturally occurring soil bacterium. bvar22 May 2013 #31
That's awesome. I totally approve. Buzz Clik May 2013 #32
Kick...nt SidDithers May 2013 #8
Color me whatchamacallit May 2013 #12
More quality content from realfarmacy.com... SidDithers May 2013 #13
Hungary You Rock marions ghost May 2013 #16
Good work Hungary siligut May 2013 #17
Hungary did well on this one, Bravo. byeya May 2013 #18
K&R woo me with science May 2013 #20
More health woo from realfarmacy... SidDithers May 2013 #21
Okay, there are other sources besides Realfarmacy PatSeg May 2013 #22
So you'll edit out the link to the woo site in your OP?... SidDithers May 2013 #23
The article is evidently correct PatSeg May 2013 #25
Alright... SidDithers May 2013 #27
If the STORY is factual, who cares where it came from? Chris Christie has said some gateley May 2013 #28
I have no control over what you post where PatSeg May 2013 #29
Thank you for posting the story BuddhaGirl May 2013 #34
Apparently! PatSeg May 2013 #36
When your name is Hungary, you get rid of all the FrankenCorn fields. sfpcjock May 2013 #33
More hilarity from realfarmacy.com... SidDithers May 2013 #35
You use Realfarmacy as a source? HuckleB Jun 2016 #38
Wowwwwww!!! PatSeg Jun 2016 #39
First, no one is going to buy that, when you support so much CT stuff. HuckleB Jun 2016 #40
See what you're doing now? PatSeg Jun 2016 #41
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