We boycott all gene-altering companies." they also are connected with an heirloom gardening magazine. I get notifications on this old thread. I'm not responsible for what you understand or who is marketing what. How to Avoid GMO/GEO Owl Creek Farm There is a link to a pdf on his site that shows the graphics a little more clearly. Between 1996 and 2007, Monsanto, the largest supplier of genetically engineered (or GMO) seed traits,2 acquired more than a dozen smaller companies,3 and it now controls 60 percent of corn and 62.5 percent of soy-bean seeds and seed trait licenses in the United States.4 And that has not changed since the first time I posted it. This logical flaw is similar to "Denying a Conjunct" (wiki link where it is defined). All American Seeds are 100% Non-GMO. [8] A merger made sense for both companies, and in 1930 they combined to form the Ferry-Morse Company. You think that you have answered it, but to me that was not an answer. You should not assume I must do all the grunt work for an argument if I start and find no credibility nor effort to fact check on your part. Instead of discussing, either GMO seeds, or Monsanto, or other corporations that are producing GMO seeds, or the availability of non GMO seeds and how to preserve that, youve turned the discussion into an analysis of words and meanings of words, and what I meant when I said what and in what ways my end of the conversation fits in with your ideas of debate theories and techniques. Initially, I did not respond to this because although you framed it in an appeal to dire consequences, you carefully put a disclaimer transferring the burden of fact-checking to others. An awareness, not a better understanding. I've shared my views on the subject and what I have done as a result of that and the names of seed companies that I use that make me feel I am living up to my own convictions. It is from the Jan 2015 issue and talks about sourcing high quality seeds. 0000535219 00000 n Not relevant enough. You call this a debate and I object to the use of that term. Comments regarding Ferry-Morse Seed Company When I entered this thread, it was a year ago, when I had the time to participate fully in a discussion. LOL! Live the Garden Life with garden to table recipes and home decor! We bought Giant, Violet Queen Zinna Seeds from Ferry-Morse Seed Co., then planted them, and carefully watered and nursed them! I have to stop here, I havent even been able to read the comments made after Pupillas. 0000016755 00000 n I just wish the world could be as calm about it as you and I. Bottom Line to me is why give Monsanto more power? Ferry-Morse has been a trusted seed brand since 1856. I don't want to loose those tomatoes, but I can see some people that think losing them would be a victory (against what? 0000001396 00000 n Here are some articles that should be reliable From Mother Earth News - 35 years in business, http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/where-to-buy-non-gmo-seeds-zm0z15fmzsor.aspx, Resources for Taking Action on GMO Foods 2014, http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/gmo-foods-resources-ze0z1409zcwil.aspx. In India, it goes on to say, there is now a biotech seed monopoly and Bt cotton seed has become the standard and organic seed has become unobtainable. A more reliable source of the seed companies owned by Montsanto can be found on this link: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/sites/default/files/fs_1802_1406-monsantoseedsupd_web.pdf. It goes against my core beliefs. I have not read it all because I am not able to delve too much into it at this point in time. As with many things, our government is influenced by lobbyists. Ferry seed catalogs, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferry-Morse_Seed_Company&oldid=1144036611, Companies based in Santa Clara, California, Agriculture companies of the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 March 2023, at 12:52. Especially, that you take offense that I said you misquoted me. Oh, for the record, The New York Times, Science, Nature, and NPR are reputable sources, someone was asking what was considered a reputable source. 0000007704 00000 n You already said it is an emotional issue for you and you think it is 1000% wrong. We got to this point, because you think you make understandable comments but they are not as understandable as you think they are. I gave you a link to what I thought an realistic assessment on it from National Geographic, too where some concerns are mentioned. If you support their companies, you have no idea what they are doing behind the scenes. After the material costs, Monsanto get about $0.02 per year from me and it probably costs them $0.03. I buy seeds from organizations I have some reason to trust and who are functioning in a way I appreciate. These three suggestions will hit Monsanto's bottom line perhaps 1000X more effectively than some boycott of seeds such as Big Boy, Better Boy, Early Girl, Big Beef, etc., all conventional hybrids that are excellent tomatoes and are delicious, GMO-free, conventional good tasting tomatoes that are home garden seeds, which get discontinued all the time when consumer demand drops leaving those of us who like the varieties crying that Big Ag stopped producing them because there wasn't enough demand. That being said, I will admit that GE crops are faaaaaaaar from impervious to these same kinds of disasters. African Daisy Mixed Colors Flower Seeds (Seed Packet) .22-Gram. Pupilla - Im surprised, that you have taken offense at my last post. National Geographic Article on GMOs and Florida Orange Juice, reference from the British publication Nature, the pioneering 1973 peer-reviewed paper of CFCs causing the breakdown of ozone was published, https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/sites/default/files/fs_1802_1406-monsantoseedsupd_web.pdf, using taj mahal quartzite for kitchen counter. Youre concerned with a few tomato varieties but yet, you cant seem to grasp the concern opponents of GMO seeds have about the potential loss of ALL unadulterated seed that supplies the worlds food suppy?
