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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| EU vs. GMO, kinda |
| 2017-09-19 |
| [RT] Not all Italian farmers welcome a European court ruling this week allowing growers to cultivate genetically-modified corn in Italy. Some farmers told RT that the majority reject GM seeds and question the EU interfering in national laws. The European Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled in favor of Giorgio Fidenato, an Italian activist farmer who faces fines for growing genetically-modified maize MON 810 on his land in 2014, despite a 2013 government decree banning its cultivation. In 2013, Italy asked the European Commission to adopt emergency measures prohibiting the planting of the Monsanto-produced seeds in light of new scientific studies carried out by Italian scientists. The Italian government is fearful that genetically-modified foods are less natural than traditional crops and could therefore be dangerous and have lasting negative effects. “These crops are forbidden because we still do not understand what the consequences are. So far, there has been no proper and in-depth research. For this reason, we do not know in five years, ten years, twenty years, what can happen,” Mauro Uniformi, Vice President of the Association of Agronomist and Forest Doctors, told RT. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 Wait! So we could GMO poppies then wipe out the next season? Who's getting those trade dollars Pappy? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-09-19 19:44 |
| #7 I like corn on the cob. I suspect that's because it's not good for me. Ditto the 51% corn requirement in the bourbon mashbill... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-09-19 17:48 |
| #6 F-150? Drink up! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-09-19 17:10 |
| #5 Monocultures are great until they aren't. The Bananas you buy in the store are a monoculture and they may go extinct like the previous preferred commercial variety. One disease can wipe out the whole supply... |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-09-19 12:39 |
| #4 Good for 'Big Farma' though eh Crusoth? Yes, I thought so. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-19 09:01 |
| #3 Not at all off topic. When you read GMO, think Roundup Ready. And nothing is more Roundup Ready than subsidized US corn production for cheap unhealthy food and expensive unnecessary alternative fuel. Corn derived products aren't good for the animals we eat not for you. Not good for your truck either. |
| Posted by: Crusoth Clock7726 2017-09-19 08:58 |
| #2 My F150 hates it. Just look what it does to weed eaters and small engines, or am I off topic ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-19 00:44 |
| #1 "GMO will make you sterile and your children stupid!" "Oh, maybe we're too late." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-09-19 00:40 |