RE: The GMO Thread
August 9, 2011 at 11:56 am
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2011 at 12:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Absolutely not aimed at you except in the most indirect sense. There is a great deal of misinformation about GMO crops. It's understandable because most people have no idea where their food comes from, or how it came to be what it is. In the US, less than 1% of the population feed the rest. Even in that 1%, you end up with alot of people who farm but are otherwise unaware of the history or science behind what they're doing.
Long story short, all crops are GMO. You've never eaten anything in your life that isnt a GMO.
Ah Summer, (and anyone else who wonders why people should even give a shit about agriculture)...got another book for your wishlist
http://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Bittersweet-...0143017136
"Much like oil today, sugar was once the most powerful commodity on earth. It shaped world affairs, influencing the economic policies of nations, driving international trade and wreaking environmental havoc. The Western world's addiction to sugar came at a terrible human cost; the near-extinction of the New World indigenous people gave rise to a new form of slavery, as millions of captured Africans were crammed into ships to make the dangerous voyage to Caribbean cane plantations."
Something to think about. Particularly in the light that we are currently turning oil into food, and have been taking an increasingly serious look at sourcing a replacement fuel from the agricultural sector. Sugar is, of course, still massively important in it's own right.
(the book is unapologetic and unflinching in it's portrayal of slave life on a plantation, so if that's not your thing, you'll have to skip 1/3 of the book at least)
Long story short, all crops are GMO. You've never eaten anything in your life that isnt a GMO.
Ah Summer, (and anyone else who wonders why people should even give a shit about agriculture)...got another book for your wishlist
http://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Bittersweet-...0143017136
"Much like oil today, sugar was once the most powerful commodity on earth. It shaped world affairs, influencing the economic policies of nations, driving international trade and wreaking environmental havoc. The Western world's addiction to sugar came at a terrible human cost; the near-extinction of the New World indigenous people gave rise to a new form of slavery, as millions of captured Africans were crammed into ships to make the dangerous voyage to Caribbean cane plantations."
Something to think about. Particularly in the light that we are currently turning oil into food, and have been taking an increasingly serious look at sourcing a replacement fuel from the agricultural sector. Sugar is, of course, still massively important in it's own right.
(the book is unapologetic and unflinching in it's portrayal of slave life on a plantation, so if that's not your thing, you'll have to skip 1/3 of the book at least)
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