http://civileats.com/2008/12/10/changing-our-thinking-on-gm-seed/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://civileats.com/2008/12/10/changing-our-thinking-on-gm-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 Civil Eats » Blog Archive » Assessing Motives for a New Green Revolution, Pre-Panel in NYC Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:42:40 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=664#comment-2129 [...] Revolution, and if so, what that should look like.  I spoke with Raj Patel a few months back for a piece about our perceptions of GM seed.  He spoke then about his discussion with Rajiv Shah that was quoted in the New York Times [...] [...] Revolution, and if so, what that should look like.  I spoke with Raj Patel a few months back for a piece about our perceptions of GM seed.  He spoke then about his discussion with Rajiv Shah that was quoted in the New York Times [...]

]]> http://civileats.com/2008/12/10/changing-our-thinking-on-gm-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 Civil Eats » Blog Archive » Moving Green Forward: Six Recommendations for 2009 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:31:42 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=664#comment-1579 [...] regrettable that one of the most important words of our time is also one of the least understood (See this post for an example). “Sustainable” as a word is unregulated, and as such has become as meaningless as the word [...] [...] regrettable that one of the most important words of our time is also one of the least understood (See this post for an example). “Sustainable” as a word is unregulated, and as such has become as meaningless as the word [...]

]]> http://civileats.com/2008/12/10/changing-our-thinking-on-gm-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 WV Green News » Blog Archive » Drought-Tolerant Crops Minus the Transgenes Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:11:10 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=664#comment-1057 [...] drought-tolerant crops have been the rave among biotech firms lately (including an advertisement in the New Yorker), to date, no transgenic plants on the market tolerate drought any better than [...] [...] drought-tolerant crops have been the rave among biotech firms lately (including an advertisement in the New Yorker), to date, no transgenic plants on the market tolerate drought any better than [...]

]]> http://civileats.com/2008/12/10/changing-our-thinking-on-gm-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-678 nosokes Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:28:55 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=664#comment-678 Other than the patent holders, who is benefiting from GMOs? It's not the farmers who are paying a premium price and and then faced with a reduced market nd despite the claims increased usage of synthetic pesticides. It's not the consumers who have shown in poll after poll they would prefer not to have GMO products in their food. And it's certainly not the grocers who aren't getting any benefit, only grief from their customers that because of corporate sgriculure's control of supposed consumer regulatory agencies labels don't even contain the critical information of whether a product contains GMOs. Other than the patent holders, who is benefiting from GMOs? It’s not the farmers who are paying a premium price and and then faced with a reduced market nd despite the claims increased usage of synthetic pesticides. It’s not the consumers who have shown in poll after poll they would prefer not to have GMO products in their food. And it’s certainly not the grocers who aren’t getting any benefit, only grief from their customers that because of corporate sgriculure’s control of supposed consumer regulatory agencies labels don’t even contain the critical information of whether a product contains GMOs.

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