Comments on: Genetically Engineered Seed Company C.E.O. Buys Organic

By: Mel Smith

Mel Smith — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:07:24 +0000

When the algae blooms, it makes oxygen, as algae is Marine Phytoplankton, and Marine phytoplankton makes about 90% of the oxygen on earth, so your theory is wrong.
If you work for Monsanto, I can see why you are prejudice towards GMO crops.
When you grow GE crops, you have to use chemical fertilizers and pesticides along with the herbicide Roundup. You can’t grow any GM crops organically, so all those poison chemicals go with growing Monsantos GM crops, and they are destroying the environment.
Quit defending that monstrous Frankenstein company. and go watch the movie “The World According to Monsanto”
http://www.my-healthy.info/4u

Organic crops contain most of the essential trace minerals and most of the nutrients our bodies require, and all conventionally grown crops with chemical fertilizers have none of the above and are worthless as a nutrient rich food source, plus those chemicals are destroying our environment so organic can never be grown on land that has used all those chemicals on it.

By: BL

BL — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:10:17 +0000

The phosphate bit in the above comment is wrong. Food supplier is correct that the pesticide is not a major cause of the marine dead zones. Phosphate however is the limiting nutrient in freshwater ecosystems and can cause dead zones in streams and eutrification in lakes. In marine systems the limiting nutrient is fixed nitrogen (ie in NO3 etc not N2 gas). The nitrogen (and phosphate) in the Mississippi is mostly the result of fertilizer run off and sewage from factory farms. Human sewage in the US is usually treated well enough to prevent disease spreading and this limits the leftover nutrients in the effluent.

Also the use of automatically pest resistant and self fertilizing GM crops is counter to the corporation’s business interest. They would rather be able to sell you a resistant crop and the pesticide it’s resistant to. And as far as this terminator gene goes it’s no worse than the current hybrid crop system.

Mel smith: the way nutrients are normally replenished is recycling waste. Animals eat the plants and then “fertilize” in the same general area. Some nations either still do this or have gone back to doing this as it is often cheaper and is more sustainable. Care must be taken though to sterilize the waste or separate it by enough stages that disease transmission isn’t a problem.

By: Educated Food Supplier

Educated Food Supplier — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:41:24 +0000

Some of the facts in the article above are not correct. First of all, the Terminator Gene does exist, but is not licensed in all countries – Canada for one, who does use a large amount of GMO, does not have it nor does south america. Secondly, there is NO evidence that glyphosate does any harm to soil structure (I know, it’s what I do). Thirdly, the GM traits in soys DON’T harm insects – they are strictly for herbicide tolerance. They use seed treatment of fungicide and insecticide that systemically protect the plant for about 30days to increase plant stand and early season health. And finally, the death zone in the Gulf of Mexico is primarily the result of urban populations that still pump large amounts of raw sewage into the Mississippi that is full of phosphates and causes algae blooms that deplete the oxygen in the water. Though some farming operations do impact this as well, such as the huge hog operations.

By: Mel Smith

Mel Smith — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:48:22 +0000

Mt. Readout just blew up and I hope some of the ash blows here is the USA! It will replace a lot of the trace minerals that have been washed out to sea and taken up in past farming by crops harvested.
That is how we can get natural minerals back to the soils ,or by taking sea solids and spreading on the farm lands.
We do not need GE or GM foods that will eventually cause mass malnutrition in the population.

The sickness in the world will just get worse by using chemical fertilizers and poison herbicides on the soil.
Monsanto is nothing but a Corporation spreading death and sickness through to world, with only profits and power as their leading agenda.
This company is trying to play god and we all know, You can’t change Mother nature without disrupting the eco system and causing the death of many living things , animal and plant life.
Nature has balanced the earth in a perfect way for centuries and we have to stop Monsanto from destroying this planet for profits and with disregard to all other life, for their profits.
Thank you Adam, for keep the public aware of the destruction Monsanto is doing to OUR Earth.
Watch the video on my website, ”
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