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GMO vs Organic
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RE: GMO vs Organic
(March 22, 2016 at 5:56 am)pocaracas Wrote: From what I understand, the Monsanto guys have done something extra... remove the ability for seeds to breed and propagate, thus keeping farmers dependent on buying new seeds from them, for each new year. That's a business decision that has no impact on the quality of the food that is grown from such seeds.

I was under the impression that that's not a principle that was introduced recently on purpose to make money, but has been a really old hat and a biological necessity ever since people decided to use hybrid seeds?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_seed
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GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 20, 2016 at 12:11 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Silver - March 20, 2016 at 12:23 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 20, 2016 at 12:38 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Jenny A - March 20, 2016 at 12:39 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 20, 2016 at 12:47 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Silver - March 20, 2016 at 12:43 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 20, 2016 at 1:04 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by ignoramus - March 20, 2016 at 12:57 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 20, 2016 at 1:21 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Aractus - March 20, 2016 at 1:17 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 20, 2016 at 2:55 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Aractus - March 20, 2016 at 8:54 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 20, 2016 at 9:02 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Aractus - March 21, 2016 at 3:42 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 21, 2016 at 3:55 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 20, 2016 at 12:09 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Aractus - March 20, 2016 at 1:28 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 20, 2016 at 12:29 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Aractus - March 21, 2016 at 3:50 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 21, 2016 at 6:06 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Aractus - March 21, 2016 at 8:16 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 21, 2016 at 8:48 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Joods - March 21, 2016 at 11:13 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 20, 2016 at 2:53 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by The Grand Nudger - March 20, 2016 at 3:45 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by brewer - March 20, 2016 at 8:37 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by downbeatplumb - March 20, 2016 at 8:50 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 20, 2016 at 12:35 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 20, 2016 at 12:52 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Silver - March 20, 2016 at 12:42 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 20, 2016 at 1:03 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by brewer - March 20, 2016 at 1:13 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 20, 2016 at 1:57 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by brewer - March 20, 2016 at 2:05 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Joods - March 21, 2016 at 4:31 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by scoobysnack - March 21, 2016 at 6:41 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 21, 2016 at 5:18 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Joods - March 21, 2016 at 9:40 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 21, 2016 at 9:45 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Clueless Morgan - March 21, 2016 at 11:27 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Aractus - March 21, 2016 at 7:42 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Joods - March 21, 2016 at 10:46 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Joods - March 21, 2016 at 10:53 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Joods - March 21, 2016 at 2:09 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by The Valkyrie - March 21, 2016 at 2:18 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Clueless Morgan - March 21, 2016 at 2:55 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by FatAndFaithless - March 21, 2016 at 2:48 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Joods - March 21, 2016 at 3:16 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Aractus - March 22, 2016 at 1:16 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Joods - March 22, 2016 at 4:51 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by I_am_not_mafia - March 22, 2016 at 5:26 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Aractus - March 22, 2016 at 5:53 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Jackalope - March 22, 2016 at 5:43 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by pocaracas - March 22, 2016 at 6:48 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by I_am_not_mafia - March 23, 2016 at 6:29 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 22, 2016 at 5:49 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by I_am_not_mafia - March 22, 2016 at 6:39 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by pocaracas - March 22, 2016 at 5:56 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 22, 2016 at 6:20 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by pocaracas - March 22, 2016 at 6:28 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by The Grand Nudger - March 22, 2016 at 7:27 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 22, 2016 at 8:36 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Clueless Morgan - March 22, 2016 at 10:24 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by The Grand Nudger - March 22, 2016 at 3:15 pm
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 23, 2016 at 7:10 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by I_am_not_mafia - March 23, 2016 at 7:27 am
RE: GMO vs Organic - by Alex K - March 23, 2016 at 7:43 am

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