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Insects Find Crack In Biotech Corn's Armor
NPR ^ | December 5, 2011 | Dan Charles

Posted on 12/05/2011 8:02:28 PM PST by Rabin

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To: Rabin

Don’t screw with Mother Nature, Monsanto.


21 posted on 12/05/2011 9:23:14 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: Rabin

Same thing with roundup resistant crops/turf grass seed. Apparently weeds are cropping up that are damaging farm implements because of that stuff.


22 posted on 12/05/2011 9:26:41 PM PST by jurroppi1
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To: Kirkwood

Capin Kirk,”you can’t begin to appreciate the quality and taste”

Your opine is spot on as to the lose of quality, the not so up front featuares of plants modified to kill, are also troubeling.

R.


23 posted on 12/05/2011 9:32:49 PM PST by Rabin
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To: Rabin

Heirloom seed supplier:

http://www.mypatriotsupply.com/


24 posted on 12/05/2011 9:50:30 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Rabin

Monsanto has been a real bad actor with its genetically altered seeds. Terrible that the goverment has allowed them to get away with it


25 posted on 12/05/2011 10:04:02 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: Rabin

Monsanto has been a real bad actor with its genetically altered seeds. Terrible that the goverment has allowed them to get away with it


26 posted on 12/05/2011 10:04:33 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Ah, but in the middle of winter with a pound of bacon sizzling in the skillet, I will settle for a fake tomato. I don’t like fake butter though!


27 posted on 12/05/2011 10:15:11 PM PST by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: jdsteel

Got to watch how you fertilize your munchkins. Most composted commercial manure is loaded with herbicides from their fields of origin. Roundup and its many clones are not fast biodegrade items.

R.


28 posted on 12/05/2011 10:16:37 PM PST by Rabin
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To: Tucker39
Know what a bucaneer is?

Two dollars a head?

29 posted on 12/05/2011 10:36:25 PM PST by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: Rabin

This story is a CLASSIC case of why needle-headed Libertarians are simply WRONG about the ability of a society to survive without government (and this is coming from an avid Cain supporter). They key is to keep the Baby-Boomer types out of power...which won’t be easy for the next couple of decades.


30 posted on 12/06/2011 1:54:36 AM PST by BobL ("Heartless" and "Inhumane" FReepers for Cain - we've HAD ENOUGH)
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To: Kirkwood

You can come down off of your high horse, guy. My family has been eating home grown tomatoes before anyone referred to them as “heirlooms”. There was no such thing as hybrids 50 years ago. In my garden in PA Early Girls grow best. Jet Stars are second best. Heirloom varieties have low yield and are prone to blight. I enjoyed my last vine ripened tomatoes in early November when “heirlooms” would have been a fond memory.


31 posted on 12/06/2011 5:35:38 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: Drill Thrawl

“Grow your own from heirloom seeds.”

What are those, and where do you get them?


32 posted on 12/06/2011 10:48:04 AM PST by Revel
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To: Revel
Bing it. Google it. Yahoo it.

Baker Creek
Seed Savers Exchange
High Mowing Seeds
Seeds of Change.

33 posted on 12/06/2011 11:34:02 AM PST by Drill Thrawl (The patient is too far gone to save.)
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To: jdsteel
Hybrids were never designed to taste good. They were designed to look good after being in storage for several weeks. You can have them. They are for amateur gardeners.
34 posted on 12/06/2011 2:03:23 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: jdsteel

Another reason to grow heirlooms is because they breed true. Hybrids do not. You can save your heirloom seeds every year and never have to buy any more seeds or plants. With hybrids you are forced to buy new every year. This is why hybrids are pushed by nurseries and garden centers. Those centers make money from hybrids.


35 posted on 12/06/2011 2:17:36 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Kirkwood

Have fun recycling your seeds. I have better things to do. My time is worth more than the dollar or so seeds cost. Heck, my time is worth more than the few dollars a seedling costs. I even pay more than that for one big starter plant so I can start enjoying my tomatoes the first week of July. I continue to enjoy my vine ripened tomatoes in the fall when heirlooms have succumbed to blight. I’m sure you are much happier with your memories and superior attitude.


36 posted on 12/06/2011 4:07:35 PM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
Terrible that the goverment has allowed them to get away with it

Who lets them get away with it???? Careful for whom you vote for.

37 posted on 12/09/2011 8:21:56 AM PST by yoe
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To: FReepers

click the pic - you've come to the right place to donate & help FR
thank you!

38 posted on 01/14/2012 4:04:17 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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