Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available?

   / Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available? #241  
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Dan Murphy, a veteran food-industry journalist and commentator


GMO's are finding their way into 70% of popular processed food, like breakfast cereal, cookies, chips, soda and frozen meals.

[highlight]What, they're like enemy agents infiltrating our food supply?[/highlight]

Or from Natural News.com: GMO's turn pig stomach into mush!

[highlight]This non-story suggests that feeding pigs GMO corn and soy caused a 26% increase in stomach inflammation, as if the effect is caused by pathogenic bugs attacking the poor animals.[/highlight]

Or how about the tagline for a new group called GMO-Free Canada: Say no to GMOs!

[highlight]Which makes it seem as if GMOs are some sort of contaminant.[/highlight]


And this guy calls himself a journalist

This is about the dumbest thing I ever read :laughing: I cant believe they even published it...at least they put in a disclaimer

:laughing: :laughing:


Commentary: Kissing GMOs goodbye - Newsroom - Ag Professional

I truly hope people don't believe he is representative of agriculture in general :rolleyes:
 
   / Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available? #242  
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Dan Murphy, a veteran food-industry journalist and commentator


GMO's are finding their way into 70% of popular processed food, like breakfast cereal, cookies, chips, soda and frozen meals.


[highlight]What, they're like enemy agents infiltrating our food supply?[/highlight]

Or from Natural News.com: GMO's turn pig stomach into mush!

[highlight]This non-story suggests that feeding pigs GMO corn and soy caused a 26% increase in stomach inflammation, as if the effect is caused by pathogenic bugs attacking the poor animals.[/highlight]

Or how about the tagline for a new group called GMO-Free Canada: Say no to GMOs!

[highlight]Which makes it seem as if GMOs are some sort of contaminant.[/highlight]


And this guy calls himself a journalist

This is about the dumbest thing I ever read :laughing: I cant believe they even published it...at least they put in a disclaimer

:laughing: :laughing:


Commentary: Kissing GMOs goodbye - Newsroom - Ag Professional

I truly hope people don't believe he is representative of agriculture in general :rolleyes:

Truth is .... Dollar-Sign-2.jpg...it's all about the money.

Objectivity of regulatory bodies[edit]Groups opposing the release of genetically modified organisms or their use as food have questioned whether regulatory authorities in various countries are too close to companies that seek approval for their products, or have received bribes from such companies.

Critics in the US have protested in regards to the appointment of pro GM lobbyists to senior positions in the FDA. Michael R. Taylor, a former Monsanto lobbyist, was appointed as a senior adviser to the FDA on food safety in 1991. Following his tenure at the FDA, Taylor became a vice-president of Monsanto. On 7 July 2009, Taylor returned to government as Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration for the Obama administration.[313]

The Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee that reviewed Canada's regulations in 2003 was accused by environmental and citizen groups of not representing the full spectrum of public interests and for being too closely aligned to industry groups.[314]

Most of the Chinese National Biosafety Committee are involved in biotechnology leading to criticisms that they do not represent a wide enough range of public concerns.[315]

Genetically modified food controversies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
   / Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available?
  • Thread Starter
#244  
Interesting note. After my sweet corn is done, I spray the residual weeds to kill off problems in future years. Normally it also kills the corn that has started to sprout. This year, however there were many volunteer corn plants that withstood the glyphosate spray. Since my sweet corn is a nothing special, my guess is we are coming closer to commercially available Roundup resistant garden variety sweet corn for the masses and if so, maybe it's in trials somewhere to have what appears to be resistant seed show up. Just an update for those interested.
 
   / Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available? #245  
They are harvesting tobacco all around my home now, and I think it's interesting that
we have a known carcinogen growing in soil that is routinely poisoned with herbicides.
And I'm sure tobacco is GMO by now for all kinds of mostly bad reasons, so you have
a perfect storm of unhealthiness.

Does using the term organic imply/require that there is no GMO in the entire food process for that particular food?
Or are these two separate but lumped together issues?
 
   / Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available? #246  
There is bT sweet corn on the market, but I don't know of any roundup-ready sweet corn.
 
   / Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available? #247  
There is bT sweet corn on the market, but I don't know of any roundup-ready sweet corn.

Bacillus Thurigenisis is that is a bacteria that is typically found in the soil that is toxic to root worm. Corn seeds infused with the bacteria from the seed company is a GMO and the internet will tell you it's the frankenstein seed.

The crazy thing is BT is also a USDA approved organic herbicide. I can almost with 100% certainty that the organic corn someone buys contains the bacteria in it otherwise the corn would probably have root worms in it. It is typically sprayed on corn stalks during the silk stage with organic farmers so that it can get carried to the kernels to prevent root worm from infesting the cob.

So the GMO corn and the organic corn both have the BT in the kernel but one was applied by the farmer and the other is a genetic modified trait of the seed. So what makes one safer/better than the other?

Round-up ready sweet corn is already on the market but it's pricey. 80,000 seeds last I checked 3 years ago was over 400 a bag. It will never be offered to the small scale or hobby gardener because in order to use Roundup Ready seed you have to sign a user contract with Monsanto. Commercial farmers probably love it but for a small farmer that sells locally you usually plant several different "day maturity" varieties so that you can plant all at once and then have a longer harvest season.
 
   / Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available?
  • Thread Starter
#248  
super55--I know what you say about no RR corn for the home gardener but maybe they found a way around the paperwork? Why else would I suddenly have a lot glyphosate resistant sweet corn volunteers in my garden? I have learned there are no coincidences.
 
   / Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available? #249  
There are lots of crops that are getting cross pollinated by fields nearby, thus producing Roundup Resistant crops. What I find bizarre is that Monsanto has been able to win in court against those farmers for their using their genes without licensing it. Scientists are finding the genes are also getting spread by viruses and bacteria to a wide variety of things. They are producing seeds that are resistant to another herbicide because of Roundup Resistant weeds but in a few years they expect that resistance to spread.

Ken
 
   / Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available? #250  
super55--I know what you say about no RR corn for the home gardener but maybe they found a way around the paperwork? Why else would I suddenly have a lot glyphosate resistant sweet corn volunteers in my garden? I have learned there are no coincidences.

It is very possible that your corn could have picked up the genetic trait especially if you are surrounded by cornfields that farmers are using RR corn from cross pollination. Of course that would mean your sweet corn and the field corn were pollinating at the same time.

Glyphosate only works post emergence. If the seed has not sprouted the soil it won't do a thing to the plant. Also for the roundup to be effective the weed shouldn't be much more than a seedling. A lot of times you'll see the plant burn back and then rebound from a spraying much like how corn reacts to 2,4-D.

It's definitely possible you got R/R sweet corn. A lot of plants such as pigweed and lambs quarter have developed resistance to the herbicide in a lot of areas. All it takes is one plant to develop a resistance and go to seed.
 

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