Kernel Rising: Cotton Could Soon Feed The World

AgPro-Farm Journal ^ | 13-July-2020 | Chris Bennett

[Red Badger]

I prefer my cotton ‘rare’.........like rarely eaten.................

[yuleeyahoo]

Cotton seed was considered a waste product from the production of cotton until the mid 1800’s. Proctor and Gamble discovered that the oil, when hydrogenated; could be used as a cooking oil.They called it Crisco. David Wesson made a similar product. Eventually, it lost it’s place to soybean oil due to costs and shortages.

This is just another case of industry trying to find a market for its waste.

[Wonder Warthog]

"This is just another case of industry trying to find a market for its waste."

And why, exactly, is this bad?? Turning a less valuable byproduct into one that is more valuable has gone on forever. Natural gas used to be considered a waste product of oil production and flared off at the wellsites. Now it is actually more valuable than the oil, with oil the less desirable fraction.

[bert]

This research took place in Texas, Texas A&M, where cotton production is measured by the square mile. At 80 miles per hour, it takes three minutes to traverse one cotton field adjacent to the interstate

However, we all know that the world’s finest cotton is produced in Egypt and is used to make the finest sheets that Minnesota can offer and then put on sale for half price.

The seeds from this Giza cotton is so nutritious that hogs fatten to produce the best bacon in the world.

[yuleeyahoo]

There is nothing wrong with trying to find another use for waste products. However, when you try to genetically alter something which has never been for humans into something edible, it’s a problem. Western industry has been doing this for around 100 years now and we are awash with new diseases and degenerative conditions that were unknown to exist prior to this. We already know that many of the fake foods we have been using are not very good for us.

If these people are truly looking to help mankind, why not pour their efforts into naturally improving our existing food plants instead of trying to lower toxins to a level where they won’t immediately make you ill. And make no mistake, this is being done in a lab, they are changing the plants RNA.

RNA interference (RNAi) is a biological process in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression or translation, by neutralizing targeted mRNA molecules. Historically, RNAi was known by other names, including co-suppression, post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS), and quelling.

[Wonder Warthog]

"RNA interference (RNAi) is a biological process in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression or translation, by neutralizing targeted mRNA molecules. Historically, RNAi was known by other names, including co-suppression, post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS), and quelling."

Genetic engineering (other than by selective breeding) hasn't existed for 100 years. And the RNA work is NOT "gene editing". No foreign genes are added (per "golden rice") in the process.

[yuleeyahoo]

Genetic engineering (other than by selective breeding) hasn't existed for 100 years.

You are correct, I stated that poorly. I meant, as I stated earlier in the thread, that western industry has been heavily processing our foods with chemicals in order to make it edible. Such as hydrogenated oils, or Olestra. Also, what is the big difference in silencing genes and splicing genes? It has still been altered on a genetic level.

My participation in this thread has been to answer questions as to why I will not eat this stuff. You can eat all of it you want. I do not care. All I can tell you is as stated earlier in the thread. When I stopped listening to the "experts" on what and how much I should eat; my blood sugar dropped almost 300 points, I dropped over 80lbs and my auto-immune issues are negligible. My diet consists of food that I could grow myself if I choose. No factory foods, period. I use no medications and do not exercise and yet, I can no run up stairs that I could barely climb one step at a time.

My experience is just that, my experience. People have different genetics and constitution and some people can tolerate fake food better than others. It is just pretty strange, that since the FDA has allowed the corruption of our food supply, people are getting less healthy with conditions that were unheard of a century ago. ymmv

[Wonder Warthog]

"I dropped over 80lbs and my auto-immune issues are negligible."

Most of the diseases we have today are not from adulteration of the food supply but because 1) we eat too much and 2) we eat the wrong things. And I am guilty also. I didn't go the the same degree you did, but with smaller shifts, I've dropped 35 pounds (now 200). Most of the world would love to have our problem. I won't blanket condemn any discovery until I see real science backing up the "anti" propaganda.

The opposition to genetic engineering to date has NO scientific basis. It is precisely on the same level as the opposition to food irradiation.

[yuleeyahoo]

Once I eliminated the factory carbs from my diet, after about a month or so; I found myself eating a lot less due to the fact that I was no longer constantly hungry. Currently I average two meals a day, usually breakfast and lunch.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Once I eliminated the factory carbs from my diet, after about a month or so; I found myself eating a lot less due to the fact that I was no longer constantly hungry. Currently I average two meals a day, usually breakfast and lunch."

Simple carbs effect on blood sugar, insulin, and the satiety hormone (whose name I can't recall right now) are well known. And if you are just eating breakfast and lunch, you are practicing what is known as "intermittent fasting"...a major route to weight loss.

[Pennsyltucky Boy]

... and everyone will get a share!