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  • From: Liz <liz@allslash.org>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] GM crops 'the only way to feed world' says agri expert - count the lies
  • Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:10:30 -0400

At 01:46 AM 9/11/2008, you wrote:

The "expert" has no resume given here. Could be a janitor. But the big one: what they never tell us is why no GMO crop has ever increased production anywhere, or how or when they expect one to do so. Like he says crops genetically modified to tolerate drought would greatly increase productivity in dry parts of Australia, but those crops don't exist yet, and won't fulfill that promise. But they will make a lot of money.

Notice that he also gives the false choice between using GMO crops to allegedly increase yield, and clearing the rainforests for farming. Since there has been a lot of negative publicity about clearing old forests (and especially rainforest), that's a way of making people think using GMO crops would be preferable. Same old tricks.

Liz in SW VA
http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com






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