[Market-farming] corn gluten

Robert Schuler sunnfarm at verizon.net
Thu Jan 31 19:50:12 EST 2008


Mark... I have been growing BT sweetcorn for the last 4 years with no synthetic pesticides applied and the BT gene is totally natural. Therefore if the corn was grown organically it should be organic.
The reason why its not organic has nothing to do with nature, its all politics. But rules are rules so if you are certified organic you don't use anything GMO. I really don't know how you could aquire non gmo gluten unless the demand becomes great enough to make it pay for a processer to sell it... Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.


How about using organically grown GMO gluten for a herbicide?  Just curious. 
Isn't GMO corn chemically the same as any other corn, only with slightly 
different proportions?  I would think so.  After all, if grown organically, 
it's made with the same soil nutrients and sunshine as any other organic 
corn, its just had its DNA programmed to arrange those nutrients 
differently.  And why shouldn't we have organically grown GMO corn that's 
labeled as organic?  Organic, as far as I know, pertains to the way it's 
grown, not the result of it's growth.  Can't you have organic Nightshade? 
Isn't the Cyanide from organically grown peach pits still organic?  I think 
so.  I can't see how using organically grown GMO corn gluten for a herbicide 
could violate any organic standards.  But hey, I could be wrong.  Logic 
doesn't always meet legal standards. :)

TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
West Texas Zone 7b

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Timperley" <KTimperley at npsne.org>
To: <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:15 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] corn gluten


> Wouldn't corn gluten be mostly make from GMO corn?
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> Any carryover?
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> Which certifiers OK the use of corn gluten?
>
> I would love to use this product but always thought it wouldn't be 
> acceptable to organic ceritfication.
>
> Kathy Timperley
> Bluestem Farms
> Madison, NE
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