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In reply to the discussion: Would anyone here eat this? [View all]hedgehog
(36,286 posts)77. They may be the same plants, but there is a huge difference between my home grown,
picked at just ripe, organic strawberry that I can get for three weeks in June and the giant, tasteless red rocks labeled "strawberry" to be found year round in supermarkets.
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actually, wild bananas were and are eaten by people, being one of the earliest domesticated plants.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#1
not exactly. old-fashioned selective breeding works from a 'palette' of already-existing genes
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#5
no, it's not. selective breeding is not analogous to modern genetic modification.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#7
What? Do you even know the basics of this subject? The term is defined, and not how you're using it
Recursion
Apr 2013
#13
no, old fashioned selective breeding is not analogous to modern genetic modification. not in
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#14
What if the modification results in exactly the same as what can occur naturally?
DCBob
Apr 2013
#103
Plant breeding and genetic engineering are two completely different things.
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#76
Organic strawberries are different from non. And no, they aren't the same in most cases.
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#3
There is absolutely no strain of strawberries called "organic", they are the same plants
Drahthaardogs
Apr 2013
#53
They may be the same plants, but there is a huge difference between my home grown,
hedgehog
Apr 2013
#77
I bet yours, like mine, do not keep for the same period of time the non-organic store ones do either
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#86
That is true. Strawberries grown by the organic method are not the same as those grown with
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#85
Selective breeding is not the same thing as direct genetic manipulation in the lab
Fumesucker
Apr 2013
#8
Synthetic fertilizer derived from the haber-bosch process requires intensive fossil fuel inputs.
antigone382
Apr 2013
#101
It's your thought that non-organic foods do not use CO2 during photosynthesis?
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#54
Some organic methods build soil, some do not. Some organic practices are dangerous and polluting.
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#92
It's you who has the 'woo' becaue you conflate GMO with crossbreeding using made up
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2013
#39
The OP is claiming others have an agenda while clearly having one of their own n/t
Fumesucker
Apr 2013
#24
there are some people whose exposure to "natural foods" etc. has been primarily via woo operations
Voice for Peace
Apr 2013
#27
The US Fought wars over Non GM bananas to protect US Corporate Interests
enjoyingyourpeasyet
Apr 2013
#31
Hmmm, I am 70+ years old and no banana I have ever eaten has looked like the green ones you are
jwirr
Apr 2013
#40
Complete FAIL. You are ignorant of basic science. Non-GMO modern bananas are diverse genetically
KittyWampus
Apr 2013
#73
Enjoy the Cavendishes while you can - they are suffereing from one of the drawbacks of
hedgehog
Apr 2013
#81