Comments on: U.S. Farmers Shifting from Corn Crops to Soybeans http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/ Organic food information and tips and gadgets for healthier living Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=We Want Organic Food hourly 1 By: Diane Vigil http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-5674 Diane Vigil Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:09:09 +0000 http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-5674 Thanks, Lynn. To be honest, I've never understood the GMO approach (other than as a method of garnering locked-in customers --- farmers --- for "one and done" seeds) simply because I don't see the need. Seems to me that plants are doing just fine, so why the need to modify? That said, I've seen some interesting results from splicing plants together, but that's not quite the same as GMO. Thanks, Lynn. To be honest, I've never understood the GMO approach (other than as a method of garnering locked-in customers — farmers — for "one and done" seeds) simply because I don't see the need. Seems to me that plants are doing just fine, so why the need to modify?

That said, I've seen some interesting results from splicing plants together, but that's not quite the same as GMO.

]]> By: Lynn Cameron http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-5669 Lynn Cameron Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:22:13 +0000 http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-5669 I want to amend this in view of recent blog indications that National Health Care IS everyone's top priority. Support the NRFA because they will be the ones working to fund the NHCP. On a slightly hopeful note, cultivation of conventional soybeans (as opposed to GMO seed) is on the increase. The University of Mississippi Delta Research Center says the tried and true conventional varieties are replacing genetically engineered Roundup Ready beans. The reason farmers are choosing conventional seeds is lower seed costs plus lower weed control costs along with comparable or higher yields. Roundup herbicide, required for growing Roundup Ready GMO seed cost $15 gal. in 2007; now it's up to $50 gal according to www.nwrage.org. Roundup's main ingredient, glyphosate, increases the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer (Journal of the American Cancer Society, 3/15/99). Let's all keep up LOUD DEMAND for non GMO food and mandated labeling as such. Apparently it's working. I want to amend this in view of recent blog indications that National Health Care IS everyone's top priority.
Support the NRFA because they will be the ones working to fund the NHCP.

On a slightly hopeful note, cultivation of conventional soybeans (as opposed to GMO seed) is on the increase. The University of Mississippi Delta Research Center says the tried and true conventional varieties are replacing genetically engineered Roundup Ready beans. The reason farmers are choosing conventional seeds is lower seed costs plus lower weed control costs along with comparable or higher yields.

Roundup herbicide, required for growing Roundup Ready GMO seed cost $15 gal. in 2007; now it's up to $50 gal according to http://www.nwrage.org. Roundup's main ingredient, glyphosate, increases the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer (Journal of the American Cancer Society, 3/15/99).

Let's all keep up LOUD DEMAND for non GMO food and mandated labeling as such. Apparently it's working.

]]> By: Diane Vigil http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-467 Diane Vigil Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:59:01 +0000 http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-467 > Support the NRFA and you won’t need an NHCP. I love that one, Lynn. Quite agree. > Support the NRFA and you won’t need an NHCP.

I love that one, Lynn. Quite agree.

]]> By: Lynn Cameron http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-464 Lynn Cameron Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:38:03 +0000 http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-464 Hey Mike, you're sure right about how delicious corn and soy are. This is especially true since so much of it is not only GMO in the field but highly processed by the few huge food processors which pass it on to another few supermarkets and chain stores. Cargill, #19 for big in processing, in strategic alliance with Hain/Celestial Seasonings (#85) since 2003 now is the parent processor for Westbrae's Westsoy; TofuTown, Imagine's Soy Dream and many others. In North America alone small organic companies are being gobbled up by the conglomerates at a rapid rate since the relaxation of the "organic standard" in 2002. So, whether corn or beans, it's being shoveled into the maw of the food industry structure and spit out the other end to the consumer with negative nutrient-density and at a high cost to the national health. I think we need a National Real Food Awareness political platform instead of a National Health Care Plan. Support the NRFA and you won't need an NHCP. Hey Mike, you're sure right about how delicious corn and soy are. This is especially true since so much of it is not only GMO in the field but highly processed by the few huge food processors which pass it on to another few supermarkets and chain stores. Cargill, #19 for big in processing, in strategic alliance with Hain/Celestial Seasonings (#85) since 2003 now is the parent processor for Westbrae's Westsoy; TofuTown, Imagine's Soy Dream and many others. In North America alone small organic companies are being gobbled up by the conglomerates at a rapid rate since the relaxation of the "organic standard" in 2002. So, whether corn or beans, it's being shoveled into the maw of the food industry structure and spit out the other end to the consumer with negative nutrient-density and at a high cost to the national health.

I think we need a National Real Food Awareness political platform instead of a National Health Care Plan. Support the NRFA and you won't need an NHCP.

]]> By: Mike http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-463 Mike Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:26:19 +0000 http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/02/02/us-farmers-shifting-from-corn-crops-to-soybeans/#comment-463 Don't know how to feel about this, they're both delicious haha. Don't know how to feel about this, they're both delicious haha.

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