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People need to use heritage seeds they are currently readily available.
I agree--problem is that the GE plants in a nearby farm can cross pollinate and turn the heritage crop into a GE strain.
Apparently this is happening in Mexico(the worlds largest corn producer)
I stand corrected-I would be interested to know how much of that corn is non GE.
They dont really have much of a choice over there --the cat is well and truly out of the bag in terms of GE.
The corporations that benefit have successfully lobbied for not having to let the public know on the labels if its GE or not, so its a bit of a lottery for the poor ole consumers.
The discovery of unauthorized genetically engineered wheat growing on a farm in the US state of Oregon has cast a spotlight on agricultural biotechnology and the debate about its safety.
I stand corrected-I would be interested to know how much of that corn is non GE.
They dont really have much of a choice over there --the cat is well and truly out of the bag in terms of GE.
Over half of the corn crop is GM, for soya beans it's 98%. The cat has been out of the GM bag for more than a decade.
GM or not is not the issue here.
The real issue is choice.
If we sign up for the TPP will we as a country still be able to decide our own future without being sued by some multi-national?
The answer is - we don't know because we aren't privy to the detail of what is being negotiated.
New Zealand would benefit more than most countries from a concluded Trans Pacific Partnership deal, former Labour trade minister Phil Goff told the Herald last night. "We have the least barriers and therefore we have the least we have to give away," he said. "Other countries have to give away much more.
imho nz should spend more time on individual free trade agreements
Agree completely. James Hoffa, head of the US Teamsters Union was writing in the Huffington Post about PIT must end subsidies to 'NZ's state owned dairy industry' for the US to accept it. Given the massive, no colossal, subsidies US agriculture gets that's not just a lie, it's an obscene lie.
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