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   Survival is Insufficient (itstrainingcatsanddogs@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 00:43:11 JST Survival is Insufficient

   Alt text not working? Temple Grandin photo next to quote: “I wish golden rice, vitamin A rice, had been the first GMO product. Because then it probably would have had a whole different attitude towards it. Let’s talk about the positive things on the genetically modified plants. By controlling the weeds with GMOs you can do no-till farming. That’s a big advantage for soil conservation. That’s the kind of story that needs to be getting out there.” ~ Dr. Temple Grandin

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     SocialistStan (socialiststan@mymastadon.link)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 00:43:09 JST SocialistStan

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     @miguelpergamon @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs People also get evicted if they don't pay rent, but that doesn't mean houses are bad, GMOs and the research behind them should be publicly accessible and free, it's a public good that makes it possible to feed billions of people.

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     Survival is Insufficient (itstrainingcatsanddogs@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 00:43:10 JST Survival is Insufficient

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     Here come the anti-science folks...

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     quangobaud (miguelpergamon@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 00:43:10 JST quangobaud

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     I'm not shocked that Temple said that as I only know about her work on animal behavior. Time has shown me that having points of agreement or being inspired by someone does not mean that I will be in total agreement with them on everything let alone anything else.

     Yes, Monsanto is bad.

     When I regularly used to read AlterNet, I think they did articles about people losing their farms (or at least being sued) for using seed that wasn't part of a corporate contract.
     And, merely finding GMO plants growing on a non-contract farm were grounds for suits.

     That kind of corporate shenanigan outweighs the good that GMO is alleged to offer.

     I ineffectually avoid GMO products because they are unavoidable as labelling is never going to be 100% reliable in a capitalist environment.

     Sure, it's great to hope science can do wonderful things but I think that genetically modifying plants/animals is *not* that wonderful future.

     So, here's me looking forward to the promise of the yummy black-soldier-ant based food economy. 👍

     AnthonyJK-Admin repeated this.