http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/are-genetically-engineered-crops-bad/1082 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/are-genetically-engineered-crops-bad/1082/comment-page-1#comment-142243 Keith Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:08:55 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/are-genetically-engineered-crops-bad/1082#comment-142243 The health effects of GM foods may be unknown but the consequences of allowing Monsanto and the like to effectively end diversity and monopolize our seed strains would be catastrophic. The health effects of GM foods may be unknown but the consequences of allowing Monsanto and the like to effectively end diversity and monopolize our seed strains would be catastrophic.

]]> http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/are-genetically-engineered-crops-bad/1082/comment-page-1#comment-35994 Solar John Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:25:53 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/are-genetically-engineered-crops-bad/1082#comment-35994 Genetically altered foods may not have the same disease-fighting characteristics as their organic counterparts. Those characteristics were compromized, I suspect, for economic reasons. I choose to grow my own open-pollinated tomatoes. I believe that these are richer in Lycopene, which reduces the risk of cancer. And while I can't prove it, at least I know that my tomatoes are better tasting than anything you'll buy from the grocery store. And if store-bought tomatoes taste like cardboard, it's likely that my concerns are justified. To keep greedy corporations like Monsanto from forcing their frankencrops on me, I'll keep saving seeds from my own organic plants. Genetically altered foods may not have the same disease-fighting characteristics as their organic counterparts. Those characteristics were compromized, I suspect, for economic reasons. I choose to grow my own open-pollinated tomatoes. I believe that these are richer in Lycopene, which reduces the risk of cancer. And while I can’t prove it, at least I know that my tomatoes are better tasting than anything you’ll buy from the grocery store. And if store-bought tomatoes taste like cardboard, it’s likely that my concerns are justified. To keep greedy corporations like Monsanto from forcing their frankencrops on me, I’ll keep saving seeds from my own organic plants.

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