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mathematic

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11. Of course gmos produce viable seeds. How on earth do you think they make them?

Reply to Maedhros (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 08:17 AM

Sep 2014

Genetically engineering each and every regular seed they can get their hands on?

Why do you think there's some sort of overriding desire of farmers to save seeds? Tailors don't raise their own sheep. Brewers don't grow their own hops. Being able to economically grow seeds is not the same thing as being able to economically grow food. Farmers started buying seeds long before gmos and they won't stop buying seeds if gmos suddenly didn't exist.

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Silent thread for everyone who has been killed by GMOs. [View all] Nye Bevan Sep 2014 OP

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Monsanto’s GMO Seeds Contributing to Farmer Suicides Every 30 Minutes lunasun Sep 2014 #5

... silverweb Sep 2014 #6

The birds and the bees ozone_man Sep 2014 #7

........ polly7 Sep 2014 #13

Look, I know that you are infinitely smarter than everyone else on DU, Maedhros Sep 2014 #8

Who are you complaining too? Javaman Sep 2014 #9

I object to his mocking tone. [n/t] Maedhros Sep 2014 #19

mocking tone? Javaman Sep 2014 #21

I agree that lumping all concerns about GMOs in with the less scientific ones el_bryanto Sep 2014 #10

I understand - we saw the same sort of alarmism over irradiated food in the 80's. Maedhros Sep 2014 #18

Exactly - it's annoying that the two get conflated; but given the similarities not surprising. nt el_bryanto Sep 2014 #20

Of course gmos produce viable seeds. How on earth do you think they make them? mathematic Sep 2014 #11

Why Does Monsanto Sue Farmers Who Save Seeds? ...let's ask Monsanto... KurtNYC Sep 2014 #14

This was an issue in the 90's when I first became aware of Monsanto's shenanigans. Maedhros Sep 2014 #17

Farmers don't save seeds, because it's far more costly to do that than to buy them. HuckleB Nov 2014 #23

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/seeds-death/ polly7 Sep 2014 #12

These stories sound like alarmist propaganda, similar to the stuff that Alex Jones pumps out... n/t ReverendDeuce Sep 2014 #15

--------- marions ghost Sep 2014 #16

I bathed my kids in Monsanto toxic waste hoping they'd become mutant superheros... hunter Sep 2014 #22