tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post6303639991603290682..comments2023-04-10T01:23:28.224-07:00Comments on FrankenFoodFacts: Death Match: Transgenesis vs Traditional BreedingBioChicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197270850533749252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-54937957104759715662018-01-17T15:47:59.809-08:002018-01-17T15:47:59.809-08:00Hi Boshisattiva,
The issue you raise is very compl...Hi Boshisattiva,<br />The issue you raise is very complexed and nuanced for several reasons. I'll give a very high level overview, and we can delve into the points if you'd like. <br />1) Mutagenesis has resulted in herbicide tolerant crops. For example, if you look at the Clearfield varieties, these were generated by mutagenesis. The herbicide that are used with these varieties are not biochicagmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412055084884920116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-71235113330907864802018-01-10T23:04:19.138-08:002018-01-10T23:04:19.138-08:00This was very informative. I do agree that the pro...This was very informative. I do agree that the process of transgenesis is less harmful to the plant overall. But that's not why people are against GMOs. Most folks don't know the difference between the two processes but even if they did it wouldn't matter.<br /><br /> If you look into all of the GMO crops and the traits they have added, you will see that none of the traits are Boshisattiva Musashihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15088265444117043176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-50753718216745939132014-08-06T07:48:38.665-07:002014-08-06T07:48:38.665-07:00Hi Bobbi, thanks for your comment.
Absolutely! Man...Hi Bobbi, thanks for your comment.<br />Absolutely! Many non-GM plants, whether they're food crops or decorative, are also patented. I read a lot about the whole patenting issue and lawsuits after this post. There are three posts under "Seeds and Patents": http://frankenfoodfacts.blogspot.ca/p/topics-reviewed.htmlBioChicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197270850533749252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-70184020867818472112014-08-06T02:17:19.922-07:002014-08-06T02:17:19.922-07:00Seed patents have been around since the 1900s actu...Seed patents have been around since the 1900s actually, and most "heirloom " and organic varieties are patented. For transgenic seeds the cost for the extensive testing (ironically demanded by those that "don't think large companies should control the food supply", though anyone else has been priced out of the market) is between five and ten million dollars or more. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964385224047948554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-29536761159553985412013-12-03T17:54:45.600-08:002013-12-03T17:54:45.600-08:00I think you raise several points here. I agree tha...I think you raise several points here. I agree that supporting local farms and growing vegetable gardens are great. There's nothing quite like the sun-dried tomatoes that we roast from the tomatoes in our own back yard. But there's no denying that food production has drastically changed in the past few decades. Additionally, whether it's because you don't have the right climate orBioChicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197270850533749252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-9185235477110304312013-12-03T10:17:58.694-08:002013-12-03T10:17:58.694-08:00It's not so much the GMO food itself as it is ...It's not so much the GMO food itself as it is the types/amounts of inputs (synthetic fertilizers and their ecological impacts on streams and rivers), herbicide/pesticide use and the basic premise of holding a patent on a GMO food (which I think is inherently wrong as no person/corporation should ever hold a patent on a food product. Open source food, please.) I'll eat out of my garden The Cycle Pathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055096297391419666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-86285383325117745522013-11-28T09:59:11.098-08:002013-11-28T09:59:11.098-08:00It doesn't make sense, does it? It would be in...It doesn't make sense, does it? It would be interesting to use today's whole-genome sequencing technology to find out how many unknown mutations exist in a mutagenic plant. If anyone knows of such a paper, please let me know.BioChicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197270850533749252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-40535767693177185752013-11-28T09:56:10.305-08:002013-11-28T09:56:10.305-08:00Thanks for your comments! Yes, the first article c...Thanks for your comments! Yes, the first article cited here explains that there is a third category of foods (cisgenics), but I omitted the category for simplicity. BioChicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197270850533749252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-89996009117949736682013-11-28T06:00:00.320-08:002013-11-28T06:00:00.320-08:00I spend a good deal of time discussing this topic ... I spend a good deal of time discussing this topic with people. I've found that the processes that these anti GM people use to reach their conclusions are lacking any sort of self correcting mechanism, that is to say; they have no way of knowing how they could be wrong because they do not value reason and evidence. And of course all dis confirming evidence is part of the cover up.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649452516045020255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982462349404057820.post-10064544995364525052013-11-28T05:03:19.632-08:002013-11-28T05:03:19.632-08:00I have just two slight comments.
GMO methods don...I have just two slight comments. <br /><br />GMO methods don't always involve introducing the novel gene from another species. For example, Okanagan's Arctic apples contain an apple gene that has been reoriented to prevent the apple from making an enzyme found in natural apples. A similar trick was used in the "FlavR Savr" tomato, the first ever marketed GMO whole food. <br /><Charles Raderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15882601273183509449noreply@blogger.com