I feel that we could go far enough with just cross breeding. I don't see why we need to modify our food on a genetic level. I understand that farming is a for profit endeavour and it's getting harder and harder for farmers to compete, but there's got to be a way to make natural farming profitable.
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Mind you, I think that things like Bt have a lot of promise. I > strongly disagree with genetically engineer a plant to be resistant to > a brand of herbicide as Monsanto is doing with Roundup. On the other > hand, promoting naturally occurring resistance to pests that has > popped up in one species in another species could be beneficial. I > just think that we need to be very careful and go very slowly in this > area so that we get it right and don't get bit in the ass when a bunch > of these alterations are out in the world interbreeding with > non-transgenic plants. These sort of decisions aren't ones we can > easily just walk back, so I think it behooves us to take a more > conservative stance on moving forward than what would be preferred by > Monsanto and ADM. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I guess you're right, mostly. GM crops are primarily in the US. The > > rice strains I was thinking of were modified the old fashioned way. > > > > -Camer > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
