We Love GMOs and Vaccines’ back, as Facebook lifts block: Neidenbach on home planting of GMOs

Note: This is the first post since Facebook, in an unprecedented move, restored the  We Love GMOs and Vaccines page. Usually Facebook takes one month or more before even considering whether to restore a censored site. It’s accessible here, and the author, Stephen Neidenbach, allowed us to repost his new post in full.

There is a lot of emotion these days surrounding the use of seeds created with genetic engineering. Some groups have grown concerned about associated pesticides and what they see as corporate control. Scientists tell us that the technology is beneficial and poses no additional risk compared to other breeding methods.

 

I wanted to find this out for myself. In March, I contacted Rupp Seeds, one of many suppliers of seed for farmers. The immediate problem I faced was that of scale: I live in a very small Annapolis duplex with a lawn that takes me about five minutes to cut. Transgenic seeds are more expensive and only economical for large scale farming, where the increased costs are offset by savings in other areas. The smallest quantity I was able to purchase was a package of 2,500 sweet corn seeds and 1,000 squash seeds. At about $45 for each bag of seed, this was going to be an expensive experiment. .....To Read More...