Malnutrition, Philippines and GM rice

[fred]

More research is required, but any decisions on GM crops should be based on science, not scare-mongering stories from idiots who go around destroying the trials!

How can organic farmers continue to produce real food anymore once the old natural seed has been forever contaminated from GM crops? One gust of wind and its all over.
By the time the scientists are finished it will be far too late for protests(by the people you call idiots) etc as our food will be changed forever by then.
I have been trying to purchase NON hybrid corn for ages now as I like to save seed for the next season.. Cant find it anywhere here in the R.P so far so almost decided not to bother as sweetcorn these days tastes nothing like it did when I was a kid..
We are trying our best to grow organically here with Non hybrid seed (getting harder to find) with much success... Medium to long term,whats the point anyway?
Real food will be non existent probably in my lifetime.

[Steve.r]

We use both pesticides and fertilisers on our fields. Seems accepted and not a whiff of anyone bleating about the consequences.

[lordna]

How can organic farmers continue to produce real food anymore once the old natural seed has been forever contaminated from GM crops? One gust of wind and its all over.
By the time the scientists are finished it will be far too late for protests(by the people you call idiots) etc as our food will be changed forever by then.
I have been trying to purchase NON hybrid corn for ages now as I like to save seed for the next season.. Cant find it anywhere here in the R.P so far so almost decided not to bother as sweetcorn these days tastes nothing like it did when I was a kid..
We are trying our best to grow organically here with Non hybrid seed (getting harder to find) with much success... Medium to long term,whats the point anyway?
Real food will be non existent probably in my lifetime.

I agree Fred!

[Jamesey]

By the time the scientists are finished it will be far too late for protests(by the people you call idiots) etc as our food will be changed forever by then.

So are you suggesting that we stop all research on GM crops and ban them?

It's OK for those of us who can afford to grow and eat organic food, but many in the world are struggling just to survive and GM crops could be a solution.

[fred]

It's OK for those of us who can afford to grow and eat organic food, but many in the world are struggling just to survive and GM crops could be a solution.

I live in a so called third world country and I am surrounded by poor people,many that are living on inherited land.. There are millions and millions of hectares of land throughout the R.P that are left fallow as many of the people here seem too lazy to grow their own vegetables.
My brother in law lives with us but comes from Luzon..He is different.. Since he has been here he produces enough veg on 50 sqr meters of land to feed a family of ten..(Me included)..The locals are amazed and slowly slowly he is educating them and giving them ideas how to start their own small gardens..
Its OK for people like you that can afford to purchase your food from Asda... Over here ,us locals need to think a little more out of the box!!

So are you suggesting that we stop all research on GM crops and ban them?

It makes no difference what I suggest.. The scientists will continue to experiment with food crops and use us as guinea pigs.
Here in the Philippines,Doctors are handing out antibiotics like they are sweets to treat the sick..
Imagine the antibiotic gene modification in your new food these days.. Doesn't it worry you that this could lead to our bodies eventually becoming more and more resistant to antibiotic prescriptions in the future?
How can the poor afford to purchase the new drugs that the science and pharmaceutical companies will need to produce?? (at huge profits).
They tell us they know whats best for us.. I dont trust them.
I already know whats best for me.