permaculture

["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

I have never seen gmo plants as anything else than sick. When humans have 
extra DNA as in Down syndrome that does the individuals not much good. More 
is not better!
Why would it be different in plants? Of course these are usually annual 
crops thus short lived and it is for humans not easy to see the health 
problems they have.
Tens of thousands of farmers in India have already comitted suicide because 
their low producing gmo plants bancrupted them. Only in places where rich 
farmers can afford fertilizers and irrigation water have gmo plants some 
chance.

What I also think is that extreme expensive commodities make for better 
profits for big companies. When food or oil are cheap there is less to be 
made for the big companies. Only with rising prices do they get record 
profits.
And I could take this thought one step further; I have heard farmers 
complain that there is only gmo seed still to be bought these days. Guess 
which company has the best stocks of non gmo seeds? Right, Monsanto. They 
will make sure to win whatever happens.
john

> According to news reports, the price for soya has risen nearly to the 
> record levels it reached during the first global food crisis in 2007-8. 
> Droughts in Argentine, Brazil and Uruguay are cited as the reason for the 
> price increase.  I think it is safe to assume that most soya crops grown 
> in Argentine, Brazil and Uruguay are GMO crops.
>
> Even though these GMO crops may not have been engineered for drought 
> resistance, it nevertheless seems to indicate that industrial farming 
> using GMOs is less capable of coping with drought than sustainable farming 
> methods increasing humus levels and soil water retention.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Dieter
>
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