seedless grapes are created through natural selection, and can be done in the field with no special equipment. Grape plants are selected that have diminutive seeds over a few generations until a grape is produced that is so small that it isn't noticed, the plant is then propagated through grafting.
GMO foods are created in a lab with specialized equipment. Genetic material from multiple organisms are combined. For example bacteria resistant to roundup are injected into corn or beet's DNA creating corn that will not be killed by that particular pesticide. Another example is moving a gene from a bacterium into corn and cotton plants to produce their own pesticide.
You have a point about Corn, but selective hybridization is not exactly on the same level as splicing frog genes into tomato plants. That's also true of seedless grapes and seedless oranges. Most of the produce that you know on your table is a result of selective hybridization -- people purposely cross breeding the same family of plants to create desired results such as bigger pumpkins, meatier tomatoes, starchier potatoes or whatever.
As to the article: I used to work for a company that is now owned by UNFI. I understand the capitulation. It's an expensive fight against Monsanto and others who ally themselves with Monsanto's interests. It's not only like fighting Golaith but it's also like whacking those gophers in the arcade game.
I think that a new line has been drawn to protect organic farmers, and that is imperative that their crops and the integrity of "organic" be protected. My personal feeling is that this is a better and more effective use of resources. My hope is that Whole Foods and the natural foods industry will focus on education about what organic is, its benefits (some are perceived incorrectly), heirloom varieties, the importance of seed perservation for varieties, the importance of having a varied diet, and not the least... how better stewardship of land and waters is good for human beings (environment, atmosphere, health for ecosystems, health for people).
What you call NATURAL SELECTION, UMMMMM, NO., could be called Genetic Engineering. Many grapes used to have many seeds in them that were good for us. Lots of nutrition in them too when we ate them... about 30 or so years ago. The 'powers that be' changed the grapes in our markets today, to seedless varieties - which I'd never heard of before that. How times change - and with them, our foods in a lot of not-good ways.
there is a BIG difference in GMO and Monsanto GMO.... they are "roundup ready" which in turn means you are eating pesticides and agent orange. they should be labeled.
seedless grapes are created through natural selection, and can be done in the field with no special equipment. Grape plants are selected that have diminutive seeds over a few generations until a grape is produced that is so small that it isn't noticed, the plant is then propagated through grafting.
GMO foods are created in a lab with specialized equipment. Genetic material from multiple organisms are combined. For example bacteria resistant to roundup are injected into corn or beet's DNA creating corn that will not be killed by that particular pesticide. Another example is moving a gene from a bacterium into corn and cotton plants to produce their own pesticide.
You have a point about Corn, but selective hybridization is not exactly on the same level as splicing frog genes into tomato plants. That's also true of seedless grapes and seedless oranges. Most of the produce that you know on your table is a result of selective hybridization -- people purposely cross breeding the same family of plants to create desired results such as bigger pumpkins, meatier tomatoes, starchier potatoes or whatever.
As to the article: I used to work for a company that is now owned by UNFI. I understand the capitulation. It's an expensive fight against Monsanto and others who ally themselves with Monsanto's interests. It's not only like fighting Golaith but it's also like whacking those gophers in the arcade game.
I think that a new line has been drawn to protect organic farmers, and that is imperative that their crops and the integrity of "organic" be protected. My personal feeling is that this is a better and more effective use of resources. My hope is that Whole Foods and the natural foods industry will focus on education about what organic is, its benefits (some are perceived incorrectly), heirloom varieties, the importance of seed perservation for varieties, the importance of having a varied diet, and not the least... how better stewardship of land and waters is good for human beings (environment, atmosphere, health for ecosystems, health for people).
Because that's a GMO created by people, not natural selection.... moron.
What you call NATURAL SELECTION, UMMMMM, NO., could be called Genetic Engineering. Many grapes used to have many seeds in them that were good for us. Lots of nutrition in them too when we ate them... about 30 or so years ago. The 'powers that be' changed the grapes in our markets today, to seedless varieties - which I'd never heard of before that. How times change - and with them, our foods in a lot of not-good ways.
there is a BIG difference in GMO and Monsanto GMO.... they are "roundup ready" which in turn means you are eating pesticides and agent orange. they should be labeled.
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