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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, Market Farming <marketfarming@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: [SANET-MG] non-GMO soybeans
  • Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:19:27 -0500

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Subject: [SANET-MG] non-GMO soybeans
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:15:13 -0500
From: Joel Gruver <jgruv@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Hello folks,

In 2010, ~ 93% of the soybeans produced in the US were GMO and certified organic soybean acres constituted ~ 0.2% of soybean acres.

Based on these #s, it is clear that most of the ~250 million bushels of non-GMO soybeans produced in the US in 2010 were produced by conventional farmers seeking non-GMO premiums or independence from dominant seed companies.

this 2009 article about conventional farmers choosing to plant non-GMO varieties may be of interest:
http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/mar09/farmers_planting_non-gmo_soybeans.php

this report about non-GMO breeding programs may be of interest:
http://www.asaimjapan.org/information/2_2_5_pdf/2010_non-GMO_Survey_Report.pdf

Joel

Joel Gruver
School of Agriculture
Western Illinois University
jgruv@hotmail.com




  • [permaculture] Fwd: [SANET-MG] non-GMO soybeans, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/30/2011

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