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Subject: Re: Roundup = Darth Monsanto
From: "John H. Immink" <ecologicals1@home.com>
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Date: Fri, 20 Jul 01 08:17:47
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Very, very well put. Thank you, Kelly!

John H. Immink
http://members.home.net/ecologicalsgardens/morelinks.htm

"Kelly Houston" wrote in message
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>
> ~sigh~
>
> This thread is usually flame-bait (as flaming as it ever gets here on rge that
> is--thanks moderators!!) but I must point out that, regardless of the
> ecological or biological "safety" of bioengineered foods, the result of
> products like "Roundup Ready" corn is that more chemicals are poured onto soil.
> There is a basic social problem with treating soil (a non-renewable resource)
> as a sterile medium that must be controlled to produce a maximum yeild.
> When biotech first developed, there was talk of the development of food crops
> that could be grown in poor soil, with little water, and with great tolerance
> to common pests and diseases. It promised food locally grown for all. The end
> of famine. Very idealistic, I know, but at least humanitarian. Funny, then,
> that the first mass-produced biotech seeds are built to encourage the use of
> herbicides. To make it more expensive to farm. To increase profit, not end
> hunger.
>
> Did we learn nothing from the "Green Revolution" of the 70's?
>
> Respect the living earth that sustains us. Buy organic. Recycle. Set an
> example.
>
> (stepping off soapbox)
>
> Kelly
>
>