[apple-crop] 2. Re: Arctic Apples again - (Craig Tanner)

2015-03-30 Thread Arthur Harvey
If my apple trees are close enough to a GMO orchard such that bees carry GMO pollen to my trees, that will contaminate my crop in two ways: 1) if my trees are certified organic, and testing reveals a GMO presence higher than a regulatory threshold (in Europe, .9 %), then my certification for

Re: [apple-crop] 2. Re: Arctic Apples again - (Craig Tanner)

2015-03-30 Thread David A. Rosenberger
Based on what i think I know (and someone correct me if I’ve missed something), GMO pollen carried by bees to your apple orchards will NOT generate GMO content in your apples unless you actually test the apple seeds that form inside the fruit. Unlike corn, wheat, and other grain crops where we