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German GM wheat trials approved but site sabotaged
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 21:49:16 -0500, "Gordon Couger"
wrote: The only major concern by farmers about RR wheat is it's marketability. It should be a major concern to them, if their customers send signals of "Don't want it. Don't need it", as reported in the article. There is no point in growing something that we can't sell. Exactly. There is a distinct possibility that RR wheat for bread could fall in that category. The green lobby has wandered off coarse Perhaps from screaming 'The sky is falling' too much? Sorry, couldn't resist. :-) and are trying to block the most positive technology we have ever found for the environment Yeah, speak about hype. and ill-informed believers like Torsten have swallowed their story hook line and sinker. Shrug. In the discussions we have had you have found me well-informed and not at all gullible. So called green groups that try to block GM crops and promote organic farming methods as the answer to the world food problems simple don't understand the basics of agriculture. Otoh, those who would try to block organic farming methods and promote GM crops as the answer to the worlds food problems would seem to be wildly off, too. It stands to reason that if GM crops were -the- answer to the worlds food problems, we would have no option but to persue it. Reality, however, is rather more complex. |
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