Posted on 05/30/2013 7:39:09 AM PDT by opentalk
–The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that test results of plant samples from an Oregon farm indicate the presence of genetically engineered (GE) glyphosate-resistant wheat plants.
Further testing by USDA laboratories indicates the presence of the same GE glyphosate-resistant wheat variety that Monsanto was authorized to field test in 16 states from 1998 to 2005. APHIS launched a formal investigation after being notified by an Oregon State University scientist that initial tests of wheat samples from an Oregon farm indicated the possible presence of GE glyphosate-resistant wheat plants. There are no GE wheat varieties approved for sale or in commercial production in the United States or elsewhere at this time.
… “We are taking this situation very seriously and have launched a formal investigation,” said Michael Firko, Acting Deputy Administrator for APHIS’ Biotechnology Regulatory Services, “Our first priority is to as quickly as possible determine the circumstances and extent of the situation and how it happened. We are collaborating with state, industry, and trading partners on this situation and are committed to providing timely information about our findings. USDA will put all necessary resources towards this investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at aphis.usda.gov ...
Multi National Corporate take over of food/seed supplies is DANGEROUS.
I would gladly attend an anti Monsanto rally and carry protest signs along with the hippie commune loving rabble of the left.
A smart pol might find an interesting nexus with this issue.
Should be interesting to see how this is handled. ...approval of open field test..nonsensical
gettinolder ~:” Is this variety not good for people?
Haven’t followed this so don’t understand the seriousness of what they are fearful of...”
Wheat is a variety of grass. It polinates via wind.
The only way you can control cross-polination with other wheat crops is by controlling the wind (ie.: greenhouse,or under-cover).
Monsanto ‘owns’(?) a patent on certain plant varieties that they have Geneticly Modified/Engineered .
The legal definition of ‘own ‘ a patent on living matter is yet to be legally defined .
A couple of years ago , the Russians conducted experiments using rats and the effect of GM/E foods.
The Russian tests showed a decrease in rat fertility by the 4 th generation, and complete sterility by the 12 th generation of rats fed the GM/E foods.
Hence the name “Frankenfoods”.
As a result , Russia and other foreign countries banned all GM/E foods from importation into their country.
Thus , the presence of GM/E in common regular field wheat jeopardizes the billions of wheat money available for export, since many countires won’t even allow it into thier borders.
This represents a potential substantial financial loss to the farmer,the grain elevator operator ,the transporter , and to the country exporting the wheat.
The issue of safety of these GM/E foods is the main issue.
Since these GM/E foods don’t have to be marked as such,and since these foods are not exported , they remain within the continental U.S.
Supposedly, the GM/E foods are used for annimal feed, but as the genetic lines get blurred by windblown cross-contamination and there is no reliable tracking , it is inevitable that some of these GM/E foods will enter human consuption here in the U.S.
Does that clarify the situation ?
I am thinking that the next miracle will be produce that never rots or needs refrigeration. Like a McDonald's burger.
Look in your pantry.
Any canola cooking oil ?
opentalk ~:” Monsanto, on their web site claim they have not conducted studies of their GMO products impact on humans. Basically because they are no different than other food, thus are safe. But are unique enough to deserve a patent.”
The Russian tests say otherwise as to safety.(Post #24)
Some say there is an “unHoly Alliance” between the FDA and Monsanto, as Monsanto and the FDA staff regularly interchange between themselves.
Ignorance is bliss !
The winds blow strong here in Texas. Do you have more information to backup your statement. I’m always willing to learn.
You’ll excuse my saying so, but the ignorance displayed on this, and similar threads, is palpable.
I don’t know enough about the general GMO controversy to take a position, but I do consider Dr. Normal Borlaug a towering hero. It’s the interaction between GMO, Montsanto, and the global monopoly of seed and agricultural supplies tht looks worrisome, though. I just don’t know all the in’s and out’s of food technology vs transnational political power.
While high wind will extend the distance pollen will travel, it would also tend to shorten the life of the pollen. If this farmer in Oregon really found a substantial growth of glyphosate resistant wheat in his pasture and he hadn’t raised wheat in the prior year in an immediately adjacent field, the wheat didn’t get there by accidental wind drift.
Let’s not forget that Benghazi Hussein Obama appointed the former Vice President of Monsanto to his “Food Safety” Czar position—Michael Taylor. (don’t know if he’s still there, but the appointment certainly raises red flags.)
Mortrey ~:” Let’s not forget that Benghazi Hussein Obama appointed the former Vice President of Monsanto to his “Food Safety” Czar position—Michael Taylor. (don’t know if he’s still there, but the appointment certainly raises red flags.)”
EXACTLY !!
It’s called INCEST between the Monsanto/Government control of our food supply .
Go back and look at the interchange of Monsanto /Fed/ then back to Monsanto conundrum.
Interesting. I think this is also interesting in that this comes out right around the same time as the big anti-Monsanto protests. Do I think it is beyond the realm of possibility that some anti-GMO greenpissers got a hold of some of the “Roundup Ready” wheat seeds and purposely planted them, perhaps with the consent of the farmer who might be looking for a more profitable payday from a lawsuit against the deep pockets of Monsanto than he would see from just growing wheat? Just saying.
The genetically modified wheat sprouted this spring in a field that grew winter wheat last year. When the farmer sprayed the so-called volunteer plants with a glyphosate herbicide, some of them unexpectedly survived. Samples were then sent to Oregon State University and to the USDA for analysis.
And Monsanto says that they stopped field testing of the GMO wheat in 2005 after the FDA drug their feet in rendering an opinion on it after they determined there was no market for it. All of a sudden, now it suddenly pops up in a field in 2013 and the farmer just happens to spray Round Up on it and just happens to call someone from Oregon State University?
Absolutely no canola oil. I keep up on what’s gmo and what’s not. I cook from scratch, only use packaged pasta and organic oatmeal, otherwise zero processed foods. Zero fast foods. Walking the walk. It can’t hurt, but not walking it might. Eat meat only on weekends, buy the best from local butcher who guarantees no-feedlot local cattle. And hogs. And lamb. And buffalo. Would rather pay for a small quantity of excellent meat than a lot of questionable stuff.
In general, you get much better quality and flavor from organics than from conventionally grown produce. Try the raspberry test...a fresh organic berry tastes about a thousand times better than the “regular” one. Worth a buck more.
I’m on a limited budget...so I know you can do it. Fast foods are so much more expensive than uncooked organic stuff. I buy great stuff on sale, when possible, and perhaps eat a little less overall. Great for the figure :) I really don’t like to cook, so do it really quickly. Stir fry, steam, crockpot soups. Very little effort.
Fellow at local nursery explained the difference between hybrids, which are OK with me, and genetically modified plants, which are not.
Isn't it interesting. My dearest friend is congenitally a lefty, but we agree 100% over the GMO issue. Except for those McDonald milkshakes he cannot resist. And the junkie packaged donuts. I can just say no. Maybe right-siders have more will power?
Politically, I think a farming state that declared itself GMO- and feedlot-free would very quickly find itself rolling in dough.
Under the most favorable of circumstances, accidental drift would cross pollinate a very minor fraction of the seed in an adjacent field. Even assuming that Monsanto had raised a test plot of glyphosate resistant wheat in this very same field, and that wheat had been grown continuously on the field in all intervening years, after 8 years of 10% cross pollination, only .000001% of the current wheat would carry the GMO trait.
Yep. I smell a set up.
And I hope you really enjoy the company you choose to keep. I hope you find those PITA chicks, unwashed and reeking of Patchouli and Hash, hot and eager and willing and that you have some “evil” antibiotics on hand and I hope they feed you plenty of free range organic tofu vegan burgers. LOL!
Among that crowd, you would have been likely to have seen the very same folks at the Occupy Wall Street protests; however, you are unlikely to find any real farmers. These are in great part the same crowd that wants to put farmers out of existence – cows = flatulence = global warming = meat is murder, etc.
I’m seeing it’s past time for me to dig in and get educated on Monsanto and all they do or don’t do.
My kid worked with them for a semester and even with the untrained young mind and eyes, there was much that didn’t add up.
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