Monsanto's Genetically Modified Sweet Corn Is Here :shock:

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Monsanto's Genetically Modified Sweet Corn Is Here :shock:

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Hi All,

It's being harvested in the Midwest and Northeast right now. Look for it at Wal-Mart, but Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and General Mills have announced that they won't be using it or stocking it.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 1450.story

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Ugh, I wish there was a wayo to find out which Northeast corn growers are using it this year.
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Won't be long before the genetically modified stuff "corrupts" all the rest of the corn... or am I being overly pessimistic.
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GrannyH wrote:or am I being overly pessimistic.
Nope, you're not being overly pessimistic -- it's already happening with regular field corn.

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Wonder if my Orville Reddenbacher popcorn is tainted... that would be sad. It is a treat I can tolerate once in awhile now.
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Farmers around here can't find anything other than GMO corn to plant. It's a plague as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by grannyh »

When the govt allowed all this to start it was supposed to be voluntary, wasn't it?
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Post by GRB »

In what way Granny? I'm not sure what you're asking. I don't think that we were given any choice but I may be wrong. They banned it in Europe...not here.

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I thought farmers were to be given a choice whether to plant the monsanto seeds.

Then there were problems about the wind blowing over the experimental plots and didn't I read someplace that farmers were being charged for their genetically modified crop that was caused by "mother nature"... but really poorly planned experimental fields????

Whole thing is a mess!
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Post by MaggieRedwings »

I agree with you Granny. It is a terrible mess and a blight for the human race.

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