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In reply to the discussion: Over 80 percent of Americans support "mandatory labels on foods containing DNA" [View all]Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)26. I think it is time to start producing our own produce and farm products
This would be a way to shut down all the "bad" companies who pass along all the bad food. We would be in control and the exercise would be great. I do, it is a labor of love and we would appreciate it more.
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Over 80 percent of Americans support "mandatory labels on foods containing DNA" [View all]
alp227
Jan 2015
OP
I am going to go out on a limb and assume that this is seen as a great reason to not label
djean111
Jan 2015
#1
Obviously not all illnesses are either acute or fatal + chronic diseases are exploding in the US.
proverbialwisdom
Jan 2015
#59
www.FoodDemocracyNow.org:"Dan Quayle & Michael Taylor's Nightmare Lives On - 20 years of GMO Policy"
proverbialwisdom
Jan 2015
#72
If the choices you are advocating are either NO GMO labeling or SOME GMO labeling,
djean111
Jan 2015
#7
Thanks for that, I will wash the fruit more thoroughly. You have been very helpful.
djean111
Jan 2015
#40
"It's had a gene inserted that causes it to produce vitamin A, a common malnutrition problem"
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#13
of course we do. We're one of the reasons some people in other countries don't eat a varied diet.
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#29
Did you miss the part about how Golden Rice wasn't developed by any corporation?
Major Nikon
Jan 2015
#66
First, I never claimed it was "developed by a corporation". I said "the corporate solution is..."
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#67
So since Bill Gates funds Golden Rice research, he must want to make money off the 3rd world
Major Nikon
Jan 2015
#70
out of all that, you pulled out gates? There's a web of interests involved, and not charging
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#71
Believe it or not you can send them a check and your name will be added to the list
Major Nikon
Jan 2015
#76
if i send them a very BIG check, sure. but i'm not a 1%er, so i can't. wouldn't want to anyway.
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#77
You claimed it was a "corporate solution" which is an assertion you have yet to support
Major Nikon
Jan 2015
#79
I already responded to you about the "corporate solution". The technology is donated just
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#80
By faster and cheaper options, i'm referring to the use of fortified oils, fortified sugar, and
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#83
1) I said nothing about how much rice you'd have to eat to get some effect. I noted, however,
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#86
Sure, everyone who disagrees with Greenpeace is a "shill for business interests"
Major Nikon
Jan 2015
#94
Not sourcing it was my oversight. my apologies. Lombord is still a political scientist, not an
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#95
'The Black Swan' author Nassim Nicholas Taleb & team prove risks of GMOs are severely underestimated
proverbialwisdom
Jan 2015
#48
Practically no farmer has ever grown any foodstuff for any reason except profit.
goldent
Jan 2015
#10
so what? are you recommending we replace what's left of democracy with the dictat of the
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#53
a lot of those same people don't know much about vitamins and minerals either, but we have food
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#56
As opposed to giving equal weight to informed and uninformed opinion? N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2015
#97
so said those who took the vote from blacks in the south. "They're too stupid and uniformed to
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#98
January 15, 2015: "Tyrone Hayes on crooked science and why we should shun GMOs"
proverbialwisdom
Jan 2015
#42
Oh no, he can't be a scientist. He disagrees with the prevailing "wisdom" and all the "scientists"
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#57
Not if you called it water. But of course, if the intent is to "prove" that most people are stupid,
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#87
i don't know many 8 year olds who know what dihydrogen monoxide is. I'd guess we live in
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#89
what i feel sorry for is people who'd have the public believe that questions of public policy are
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#91
True, but if you want to get into ppb, you can say that about practically everything
Major Nikon
Jan 2015
#84
Clumsily phrased but I think folks want to know if their pears are spliced with spiders
TheKentuckian
Jan 2015
#22
I'm sure a roach and a banana have common marker too but it doesn't follow that I want
TheKentuckian
Jan 2015
#102