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  • From: LINDARAY@att.net
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
  • Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:54:15 +0000

>Organics AND genetic engineering?

Sounds like a study on how to spread GMO contamination to an Organic farm to
me.

(I understand, Keith, that this does not mean that you necessarily agree with
it :). Thanks for posting.)

Linda
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-------------- Original message from Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>:
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> Organics AND genetic engineering? Release date Mar 2008.
> (Links from Kim Stanley Robinson)
>
> Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
>
> http://indica.ucdavis.edu/news/in-press-tomorrows-table
>
> In modern agricultural politics, organic farming and genetic engineering
> occupy opposite ends of the spectrum. In the Ronald-Adamchak household,
> the world is not so black and white. Ronald is a professor of plant
> pathology at the University of California, Davis. Adamchak manages the
> student-run organic farm on campus. Together, they're exploring the
> juncture where their methods can (and they argue, should) meet to ensure
> environmentally sustainable food production. Revealing common principles
> and "leveling the playing field," this book roughly chronicles one year
> in the lives of the Ronald-Adamchack family. Through dialogue with
> friends and family, the authors thoughtfully explore the use of GE
> agriculture and the concerns expressed by consumers. They discuss the
> contents of their own largely organic pantry, what they choose to feed
> their children, and how over the last ten years of their marriage, they
> have developed a specific criteria for the use of GE in agriculture.
> From their personal vantage points, Ronald and Adamchack explain what
> geneticists and organic farmers actually do, and help readers
> distinguish between fact and fiction in the debate about crop genetic
> engineering. Loosely organized by season, each section of the book
> addresses a different issue related to the role of GE and organic
> farming in food production. Raoul provides a farmer's view of the
> philosophy and practice of organic farming and how it differs from
> conventional agriculture; Pam describes the tools and processes of
> genetic engineering, the potential ecological benefit of using GE
> technology to generate plants, and the associated risks. At the end of
> the book, they describe one of their typical family dinners, explain
> their choice to bring both genetically engineered and organic food to
> their table, and share some of their family's best recipes.
>
> Authors:
> Pamela C. Ronald is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at
> the University of California, Davis. Her laboratory has genetically
> engineered rice for resistance to diseases and flooding. Her work has
> been published in Science, Nature, and other scientific periodicals and
> has also been featured in newspapers including The New York Times, The
> Wall Street Journal, and Le Monde. She is an elected Fellow of the
> American Association for the Advancement of Science. Raoul Adamchak has
> grown organic crops for twenty years, part of the time as a partner in
> Full Belly Farm, a private 150-acre organic vegetable farm. He has
> inspected over one hundred organic farms as an inspector for California
> Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) and served as a member and President of
> CCOF's Board of Directors. He now works at the UC, Davis Student Farm,
> where he teaches organic production practices and manages a five-acre
> market garden.
>
> also see:
> http://ucbiotech.org/
>
> --
> Keith Johnson
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Me too! Thanks -- Samay

On 1/25/08, Johnathan Yelenick <yelenick@riseup.net> wrote:
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> hook it up here too! ;)
> holla, holla!
> Johnathan Yelenick
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> *********************************************
> Me too! Me too!
> Grazi, eh?
> KJ
>
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> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>
> >> >> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >> >> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:50 AM
> >> >> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Appropriate technnology mailing list?
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> >>> >>> I'll let you know when the forum is ready. Do all 5 of you want to
> be
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> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> LL
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