pearl wrote:
> "Oz" > wrote in message ...
>> Buxqi > writes
>>> Is this with current or future crops? Most of what I read suggests that GM
>>> crops have yet to yield any real benefits.
>> Oh, that's simply not so. Notill in the states has drastically reduced
>> erosion and improved cropping patterns resulting in yield increases
>> simply because high yielding crops can be sown more often. Its huge use
>> in south america, india and china strongly suggests (virtually proves)
>> that the local farmers consider GM to have significant benefits.
>>
>>> Mind you I live in a country
>>> where the vast majority of people, including journalists seem somewhat
>>> prejudiced against them.
>> Indeed. Ignorance is bliss. However in this case the simple
>> unavailability of world supplies of NON-GM soya and maize has and will
>> cause problems. EU farmers cannot get or use such materials so
>> inevitably we will be buying pork and chicken from the countries that
>> can feed cheaper and more available maize and soya, that is south
>> america and asia. These areas are well known for their high levels of
>> animal welfare and hygiene (irony).
>>
>>> It's a shame because the technology has the
>>> potential to be highly beneficial.
>> It is, its just completely passed the EU by.
>>
>> --
>> Oz
>> This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious.
>
>
> 'Dangers of Genetically Engineered Foods
>
> (Footnotes refer to pages in the book Seeds of Deception
> by Jeffrey M. Smith.)

Smith is a crackpot, and is not considered
authoritative. You can always find some published
Luddite on this kind of thing; doesn't mean he's right.