Monsanto GMO products contribute to ccd

[mac]

There will beeee a worldwide march against Monsanto GMO products killing bees May 25 google march against monsanto for info in your area

[JStinson]

Sorry, can't make it.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...639718046.html

[jim lyon]

Ole Mac is just having some fun with us (note smiley face). In all seriousness one can certainly make an argument that the use of GMO products with the resulting highly productive and weed free fields is hardly beneficial to bees. But it sure is good for the billions of
people on the planet that like eating.

[JStinson]

Ah, got it. I was hoping for an impassioned, holier than thou response. Quite a disappointment.

[BigDawg]

Contrary to popular belief, GMO's do NOT produce higher crop yields...

[mac]

Ole Mac is just having some fun with us (note smiley face). In all seriousness one can certainly make an argument that the use of GMO products with the resulting highly productive and weed free fields is hardly beneficial to bees. But it sure is good for the billions of
people on the planet that like eating.

weed pollen and nectar for highly productive bees. I do believe bees help feed people and the court is still out on the health benefits of GMO crops. Time will tell

[mac]

Contrary to popular belief, GMO's do NOT produce higher crop yields...

That is true in some instances crop yields are lower

[mac]

Ah, got it. I was hoping for an impassioned, holier than thou response. Quite a disappointment.

From me???? surely you jest. And ya don't have to call me Shirley.

[JRG13]

I don't know if anyone says gmos boost yields, but it has more to do with the actual breeding line it's in anyways.

[jim lyon]

That is true in some instances crop yields are lower

True, sort of. Some "roundup ready" soybeans have little if any direct yield advantage. But indirectly there is a huge yield benefit as weeds, insects and drought all take a huge toll on yield and they are all problems that genetic modification addresses. I dont think you can make an effective dual argument that bees suffer because of a lack of "weed" forage yet those same weeds don't also rob yield from the crop.

[Barry]

I should delete this thread. I'm not interested in promoting any corporate marches, pro or con, here. Do that on your own time and own website. But, since everyone is using mr. smiley, I'll assume this is all a big joke!

[Barry]

Sorry, can't make it.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...639718046.html

OK, you'll need to copy some of that article here so we can read it. Getting a page that requires me to sign up to WSJ doesn't work. I do like the subtitle:
Campaigns by well-fed activists would impose the tastes of the rich on the hunger of the poor.

[Rader Sidetrack]

> OK, you'll need to copy some of that article here so we can read it.

I'm not a paid WSJ subscriber. But here is a free summary of the piece:

[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] In this opinion piece, Robert Paarlberg, a professor of political science at Wellesley College, writes that campaigns by well-fed activists to require the labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will take important choices away from farmers and consumers in poor countries. If a mandatory labeling law was enacted in the U.S., says Paarlberg, America’s farmers could likely find an acceptable workaround, as much of the soy and corn grown in the U.S. is employed as feedstock for biofuels or as animal feed, neither of which requires a label. But, he argues, there would be a large downside in poor countries that are moving further along this path. Developing countries, he says, have significant unmet food needs, and GMO food crops could help. Golden rice, which contains vitamin A, could help those in Asia lacking this nutrient; in India, access to GMO eggplant would reduce the toxic exposure farmers and consumers get from pesticides; and, in East Africa, drought-resistant maize would help those farmers vulnerable to hunger and destitution when the rains don’t come. But, warns Paarlberg, “if America, through a labeling system, joins Europe in embracing a new norm against the cultivation of GMO crops for human food, governments in developing countries, already skittish thanks to activist campaigns, will likely follow suit. The result would be a needless setback for the world's poorest and hungriest people.”

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World...78.S.232805928

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