Posted by WellWorn on May 20, 2016 at 10:43:27 from (75.250.162.100):
In Reply to: Good News on GMO posted by David G on May 19, 2016 at 05:51:10:
Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see Yes, BT is a naturally occurring soil bacteria whose ingestion by humans in that form has no discernible effects. When that bacteria becomes an integral part of plant proteins, it becomes a whole new animal - something neither our bodies nor the bacteria that inhabit our bodies in greater numbers than our human cells have ever encountered before in that form. Can it cause problems? It's increasingly looking like it might, especially in susceptible people, call them the canaries in the coal mine. Will everyone be affected? Probably not. If you or I are content to take that risk, that's our choice. Everyone else should have equal choice.
Pair-o-dice, well put on the age of farmers being potentially a bigger issue than GMO's in the long run. I'm 60, getting tired and worn out. My better half is a bit older, and slowing down too. Our kids are smart enough to know that putting in long hours 7 days a week, 300 or more days a year doesn't pay enough to cover student loans plus basic living expenses, to say nothing of making a decent living. We're still working on getting to the point that we net "minimum wage" for our time (not counting "overtime"), but often we don't. We do this because we have to - it's in our blood.
It might be noted that the very efficiency that makes commodities "cheap", may have killed the desire and ability of younger folk to start farming. Hundredweight per cow or bushels per acre per man hour may not be the best measure of "success", or of being able to feed even a portion of the world 10 or 20 years from now if there aren't sufficient farmers to fill our boots when we step out of them.
To get the right answers, we have to start with the right questions. Obviously, the prevailing paradigm isn't working. GMO's are only a portion of the problem, or answer, depending on your POV.
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