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- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Now......golden rice
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:33:32 -0400
On Sep 20, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Thamnophis wrote: Wiki has some interesting info about Golden Rice that illustrates my point: Thanks for finally producing something beyond your own statements, Thamnophis. However, note that the Wikipedia article is marked both "outdated" and "needs attention from an expert on the subject". While Wikipedia is often a good way of finding out enough about a subject to start doing research on it, the quality of its articles varies so widely that a Wikipedia article, even if not marked with warning language, doesn't work very well as a sole source of information. I think the Golden Rice project may be well-intentioned. However, there are significant problems with it. For one thing, the vitamin may still not be present in large enough quantities, and is likely not to be properly absorbed if there's not a balanced diet otherwise. For another, it's hardly the only way of providing the vitamin. (note: the article discusses a rice producing 33.3 micrograms of A per 100 g of rice; more than was being produced at the time the article was written. The newer Golden Rice 2 provides 37 micrograms; not enough to significantly change the situation.)
From http://www.biotech-info.net/mirage_of_promise.html (BBC news):
And it's hardly a matter of either, feed people golden rice or let them continue vitamin deficient. Here's another approach: http://www.fao.org/docrep/V1610t/V1610t04.htm -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly Fresh-market organic produce, small scale |
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Thamnophis, 09/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Road's End Farm, 09/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Road's End Farm, 09/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Richard Stewart, 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Thamnophis, 09/20/2011
- [Market-farming] Sustainability/Profitability of organic production, Wiediger, Alison, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Sustainability/Profitability of organic production, Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Thamnophis, 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Etienne Goyer, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Thamnophis, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
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- Re: [Market-farming] Now......golden rice, Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Richard Stewart, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Etienne Goyer, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, McCormick, Rebecca (Genworth), 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Road's End Farm, 09/19/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Andy Fellenz, 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Road's End Farm, 09/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Thamnophis, 09/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, sals3, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Thamnophis, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
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