Look into the organic seeds from www.Johnney'sseeds.com T On 5/31/12, phoenix23002 tds.net <[email protected]> wrote: > It was in the news a few months back that.. 'they' were going after farmers > who were saving their seeds to replant from year to year. Little mom and > pop businesses were saving, cleaning and prepping for replanting, the seeds > for various farmers. They were threatened with criminal charges if they > didn't cease and desist this practice. Farmers were also threatened by > Monsanto. I thought when you bought a product it was yours to do with as > you please? What is the old saying about 'follow the money'? Anyhow, many > seed companies are now offering 'heritage' seeds for sale which is a very > good thing and may help to keep the gene pool of 'pure' seeds available in > case disaster strikes. > > As for GMO's? Remember the potato famine in Ireland? When the blight hit, > because most people had planted the same type of potato, few escaped the > blight and resultant famine. The fear is that GMO plants will escape their > confines thru cross-pollination and 'infect' all similar crops and no pure > seeds/crops will be left. Imagine some plant disease hitting all our corn > crop because of a common ancestory/suseptibility. > > This isn't the only fear, of course. The other fear is .. what are these > wierd gene splices doing to our bodies when we ingest them as food? > Inserting fish genes into plants to make them more cold resistant?? > inserting pesticides to make a plant more pest resistance? This isn't > science fiction. It is happening now. > In California, war has been declared on organic, natural farmers with a > court judge declaring that the milk produced by farmers' cows is not theirs > to do with as they please. Huh???? Anyone else see the hypocrisy? On > the one hand the government is being heavy handed in dictating what our > schools must offer in the way of foods and then with the other harrassing > natural food producers. > > The powers that be gleefully support chlorine and fluoride (known poisons) > being added to our drinking water but 'sic' the FDA on Celestial > Seasonings, demanding that they destroy all their teas that contain added > Stevia, a safe sugar alternative. > > I am not making a political statement but.. am appealing to common sense. > Until people wake up and become educated and realize that the FDA and many > government agencies are nothing but the lap dogs and attack dogs of Big > Pharma and Monsanto, these outrages will continue. No.. I don't trust GMO > seeds/plants and I don't trust any of our government agencies/bureaus. > Lola > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Steve G <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When they play around with hybrids, I have no qualms, it is just the >> natural process with some coaxing. I'm not so comfortable with other >> methods, but mostly I want nothing to do with inserting weird genes not >> found in the species. I've heard that some GMO plants have taken animal >> DNA of one kind or another and inserted it into plants. Don't know if >> that's true or not. >> >> So I'm open to GMO if it is not reckless. So I suppose if the GMO was >> being done in China, for instance, I wouldn't want to have anything to do >> with it considering their total disregard for human safety. >> >> Steve >> >> --- On *Thu, 5/31/12, Melly Bag <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Melly Bag <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: CS>This is Worrisome -- Now it is our Tomato >> To: [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 10:21 AM >> >> >> Our tomatoes are in trouble. Whatever they do they will alter the >> tomato genetically. I sincerely hope they do not take out the beneficial >> genes as they gmo the plant. >> >> Melly >> >> ====== >> >> >> http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-unravel-tomatos-genetic-code-005438302.html >> >> >
-- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
