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2012-02-11 Thread Dana
hehe. Well put. Our country has gone from a capitalist society where corporations serve > a useful purpose, to one where corporations exist to maximize profits at > any cost. Leave it to humans to gravitate to the worst part of an > otherwise good idea. > >

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2012-02-11 Thread Eric Roberts
http://z4.invisionfree.com/The_Great_Deception/index.php?showtopic=1960 -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:00 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: For those that are interested well I think this was wheat, but... point is, the

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2012-02-11 Thread PT
I am guessing they are hoping just the threat of a lawsuit will make the other guys decide it is easier/less costly to just buy the stuff, maybe as part of a settlement. > Isn't that what capitalism is all about? Our country has gone from a capitalist society where corporations serve a usefu

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2012-02-10 Thread Dana
xt year, but > > because of patent issues, they were not allowed to do so. GMO has > > nothing to do with what they are marketing it as...it has everything > > to do with Corporate profits for Monsanto. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dana [mail

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2012-02-10 Thread Eric Roberts
I am sure the Indian company didn't want it because no Indian farmer would ever buy GMO seeds after the last fiasco. -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:18 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: For those that are inter

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2012-02-10 Thread Dana
do with Corporate profits for Monsanto. > > -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 12:15 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: For those that are interested > > > well...I was sort of against GM food in an

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2012-02-10 Thread Eric Roberts
riday, February 10, 2012 12:15 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: For those that are interested well...I was sort of against GM food in an abstract way before I read that, and kinda felt that well, if some of these strains can prevent food shortages possibly this might even be, relatively speaki

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2012-02-09 Thread Dana
well...I was sort of against GM food in an abstract way before I read that, and kinda felt that well, if some of these strains can prevent food shortages possibly this might even be, relatively speaking, a good thing. But that paragraph really gave me pause. I don't want my intestinal flora to be

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2012-02-08 Thread Judah McAuley
I'm totally on Sandra's side but I will note that not all GM ingredients are created equally. There are some genetic modification processes that are just meant to propagate a particular (identical) strain, a clone if you will, that perhaps has characteristics (genetic material) from a couple strai

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2012-02-08 Thread Vivec
Sandy for pResident! Sandy for President! *waves little flag in corner* Yaay! Yaay! *wave wave wave* On 8 February 2012 09:29, Sandra Clark wrote: > > And unfortunately 90% or more of the soy grown in the United States is GM > soy. Most processed foods unless they are organic contain GM ing

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2012-02-08 Thread Sandra Clark
And unfortunately 90% or more of the soy grown in the United States is GM soy. Most processed foods unless they are organic contain GM ingredients. On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Sandra Clark wrote: > Dana, > > Sad to say, but yes. > > Unfortunately for us, GMO's are not required to be labele

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2012-02-08 Thread Sandra Clark
Dana, Sad to say, but yes. Unfortunately for us, GMO's are not required to be labeled. Monsanto went after dairy producers who chose to label their products as free from BST or free from bGH, so food producers are afraid to label their foods as NON-GMO (tho some are doing so). On Tue, Feb 7, 2

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2012-02-07 Thread Medic
Trust me... the more you know... the less you'll wish you knew. On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Dana wrote: > > say WHAT??? > > "There is only one published human feeding experiment and that showed that > the genetic material inserted into GM soy transfers into the bacteria > living inside our

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2012-02-07 Thread Dana
say WHAT??? "There is only one published human feeding experiment and that showed that the genetic material inserted into GM soy transfers into the bacteria living inside our guts and continues to function." Whoa. Wait. Why.wait. This is food that's on the market right now? On Tue, Feb 7, 2