Posted by sixtyninegmc on January 17, 2013 at 23:43:54 from (63.140.105.37):
In Reply to: GMO's posted by John B. on January 17, 2013 at 17:21:16:
Quoting Removed, click Modern View to seeGene, there are quite a few people doing exactly that. Those are the folks who I have respect for, and will listen to the objections they may have. And it sounds to me like you are taking the same tack that there would be no food in the grocery store if not for GMO. Yields are much better than they used to be, even without genetically modified crops. Many improvements have been made, and not jumping on the GMO bandwagon does not mean an attack on "modern farming", or a desire to go back to a team of mules, merely preferring not to use one new facet of farming. I also don`t much care for GPS guidance on equipment, does not mean I am opposed to anything new.
Also, GMOs are in no way similar to what would have resulted from further breeding. They both result in improved yields, but the way it is achieved is scientifically very different. The benefits are also very different, with roundup ready strains a perfect example. No amount of selective breeding would have achieved the same trait, as it is a trait not native to the genome of corn, or any of the other RR crops.
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