Did you know Roundup Ready sweet corn is now available?

[nybirdman]

For those concernded about Roundup ready corn consumtion;you are already eating plenty of it.All corn based products are made from "field"corn not sweet corn.

 

[DT86]

As I've said before, Monsanto is pure evil.

 

[whistlepig]

We are surrounded by many miles of corn and soybean fields. These are all sprayed with Roundup every year.

 

[sd455dan]

Bayer has a checkered past as well- Bayers parent (IG Farben) produced Zyklon B (the gas used in the gas chambers) and the asprin they are so famous for was founded by (Arthur Eichengrun) to this day they give credit to someone else..They produce some of the nicotinoids, which are banned in some European countries, links have been found to bee colony collapse disorder.

Since bees pollinate so many different plants, should a huge bee die off occur and once Almond growers lose a large portion of their production (profits), then something will happen with the large corporations since they author many of the state laws that get passed (thru ALEC).
Until then i don't see much chance that consumer advocate groups will have any effect on food safety...

Also who runs the FDA, most of the last 20 years the most powerful people, have been revolving door people such as head council for Monsanto... How much strict oversight is going to be pursued when you have the fox managing the hen house... I don't blame the large farmers either tho, the big seed, insecticide multi nationals and the government have them trapped to some extent, they have to survive in a system that forces them to operate in a model they have little control over.

I don't know what the answer is but some multi nationals are getting to large and powerful and the new Monsanto protection law is crazy -If it is allowed to stand, it sounds like Not even the Supreme court can stop them should their products harm people , they can just ignore a courts ruling, to stop marketing a product. democracy is supposed to work for all the people in society not just the the large corporations... The new free trade agreements allow corporations to ignore a Countries long standing laws...where will it all end, i think with a few more people in the 1% wealth category and a whole lot more poor and sick people working as surfs most of their days...

wow- where did that come from??:shocked::laughing:

 

[rekees4300]

Imagine, a flowing field or patch of sweet corn with no weeds and no grass from the simple act of spraying Roundup over the crop?

There's nothing better on a hot summer day than to chill on the porch sipping a glass of glyphosate. YUM

 

[PRF]

As I've said before, Monsanto is pure evil.

Agreed

 

[sd455dan]

There's nothing better on a hot summer day than to chill on the porch sipping a glass of glyphosate. YUM

actually I believe some Indian farmers have done exactly that, after they went from barely making a living or breaking even, to losing everything including the small farm that had been in the family for many generations, They bought in- to the great profit making strategy sold to them as part of planting bt cotton. Not an isolated incidence either, #s in the thousands...

 

[grsthegreat]

i wont touch the stuff. ill grow my own non lethal corn. dont buy store bought

 

[rekees4300]

Future generations are going to look back in disbelief that it was legal to poison the planet. Shame on us!

 

[farmgirl19]

Monsanto gets a lot of bad rap. Bayer (the same company researching drugs to save you is also one of the leading companies in insecticides) has done a really good job at maintaining a positive image in the public's eye.

I don't think Bayer has a clean image. After all, they make products that make you ill, so they can sell the pharmaceuticals to *try* to cure you. Might be good for their bottom line, but not for us.

 

[farmgirl19]

For those concernded about Roundup ready corn consumtion;you are already eating plenty of it.All corn based products are made from "field"corn not sweet corn.

I grow my own, and it is heirloom, NOT RR ready. Seems to be the only safe way, any more.

 

[nybirdman]

Corn and corn based products come in many hidden forms

 

[NorTracNY]

Many of you older than me may be well aware of the US history with lead. I was AMAZED when I learned about the history of the US being one of the very last countries to remove lead from most of the products. I just hope that GMO and some of these other chemicals aren't just a repeat the US being the last country to come to its senses. The pesticides that are killing the honey bees is pretty sad. It's even scarier the pesticides that are making compost a poison!

 

[Pine Strip]

And the RoundUp will be concentrated in the corn, for all to eat. Maybe all corn will be fit for is for fuel for vehicles, when this stuff becomes common.

If you wouldn't drink the stuff, why would you want to eat it?

Excellent point ! Low-Carb Experts: William Davis, MD Must See Videos on Why Modern Wheat is Toxic to Your Health! - YouTube FarmGirl you're smarter then I thought !!

 

[whistlepig]

A lot of the Round Up Ready corn grown in our area goes to the ethanol plant in Greenville, Ohio. I'm sure some of the Round Up Ready soybeans are going somewhere to make biodiesel. That's where the demand is for corn and soybeans. There aren't many hay fields around here anymore. No money in hay like corn and beans these days. I'm not a farmer but all my neighbors are. These are the things that they tell me.

Greenville, Ohio, Ethanol Plant Begins Production, Andersons Inc., The

 

[Pine Strip]

Once up a time, a long time ago, Zeus ordered Hephaestus (Aphrodite's husband) to make him a daughter. It was the first woman made out of clay. Hephaestus made a beautiful woman and named her Pandora.

Zeus sent his new daughter, Pandora, down to earth so that she could marry Epimetheus, who was a gentle but lonely man.

Zeus was not being kind. He was getting even. Epimetheus and Prometheus were brothers. Zeus was mad at one of the brothers, Prometheus, for giving people fire without asking Zeus first.

Zeus gave Pandora a little box with a big heavy lock on it. He made her promise never to open the box. He gave the key to Pandora’s husband and told him to never open the box. Zeus was sure that Epimetheus' curiosity would get the better of him, and that either Epimetheus or his brother would open the box.

Pandora was very curious. She wanted to see what was inside the box, but Epimetheus said no. Better not. "You know your father," Epimetheus sighed, referring to Zeus. "He’s a tricky one."

One day, when Epimetheus lay sleeping, Pandora stole the key and opened the box.

Out flew every kind of disease and sickness, hate and envy, and all the bad things that people had never experienced before. Pandora slammed the lid closed, but it was too late. All the bad things were already out of the box. They flew away, out into the world.

Epimetheus woke up at the sound of her sobbing. “I opened the box and all these ugly things flew out,” she cried. “I tried to catch them, but they all got out.” Pandora opened the box to show him how empty it was. But the box was not quite empty. One tiny bug flew quickly out before Pandora could slam the lid shut again.

“Hello, Pandora,” said the bug, hovering just out of reach. “My name is Hope.” With a nod of thanks for being set free, Hope flew out into the world, a world that now held Envy, Crime, Hate, and Disease – and Hope.

 

[daugen]

A lovely story PineStrip. but I thought a RoundUp Ready bean was going to jump out at last and save the world...

 

[jinman]

All I know is that when I'm down to the last cornflake in my Pandora's Box of cereal, something is buggin' me so I hope for another box. I think Pine Strip is onto something. Until now, I never realized that hope was bad.:confused2:

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

We are surrounded by many miles of corn and soybean fields. These are all sprayed with Roundup every year.

There are thousands of acres in the middle east with land mines. Just because they exist now does that make them a good thing too?

 

[jinman]

There are thousands of acres in the middle east with land mines. Just because they exist now does that make them a good thing too?

I never tried spraying a corn field with land mines. I bet that'd be fun to watch. :laughing: