Unapproved GMO wheat found growing wild in Alberta

"martin14" said
Interesting, I thought one of the GMO changes was to make the seed sterile.

Then the farmer has to buy seeds from Monsanto every year.

"martin14" said
Interesting, I thought one of the GMO changes was to make the seed sterile.

Then the farmer has to buy seeds from Monsanto every year.

"herbie" said
Here comes the 1000% tariff on Canadian wheat....

Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat after GMO wheat found in Alberta

Reuters Staff

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese farm ministry said on Friday it has suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada after grain containing a genetically modified trait was discovered last summer in Canada’s Alberta province.

"DrCaleb" said
Interesting, I thought one of the GMO changes was to make the seed sterile.

Then the farmer has to buy seeds from Monsanto every year.

"BeaverFever" said
This is exactly what they said would happen with GMO crops, they would escape and breed in the wild.

GMO wheat is not approved for consumption anywhere in the world due to health concerns.

"BartSimpson" said


GMO rice has the potential to significantly reduce blindness from vitamin A deficiencies and it stands to reason that GMO wheat could eventually be developed to help resolve similar nutritional maladies.

http://www.goldenrice.org/

...new research from Washington University indicates that the reason it hasn't come to market is because, after over two decades of expensive research, it is still not ready to be rolled out, alternative approaches to supplying vitamin A to children are actually working.....There is sufficient evidence to show that GM crops do not necessarily increase yield or outperform non-GMO crops with positive traits derived from conventional breeding (see this and this, both cite numerous peer-reviewed journal papers).

Furthermore, they are usually worse than non-GM crops at tolerating extreme climate conditions like drought (see this, again with peer-reviewed studies).

Certain scientists choose to ignore the economic mess many nations find themselves in due to the "structural adjustment" of their economies, which has devastated agriculture. This as true for African countries as it is for the Philippines, where Golden Rice is being offered as a proxy solution for an aspect of malnutrition.

These scientists make inflammatory statements in an attempt to denigrate any legitimate analyses of the root causes of hunger and poverty and genuine solutions for productive, sustainable agriculture that can feed humanity.....he evidence might lead us to question why supporters of Golden Rice continue to smear critics and engage in emotional blackmail. Are they even capable of carrying out unbiased assessments of GMOs?

In 2011, Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, a senior scientist with a background in insect ecology and pest management asked a similar question. She noted the Golden Rice project is presided over by an elite, so-called "Humanitarian Board" where Syngenta sits -- along with the inventors of Golden Rice, the Rockefeller Foundation, USAID and public relations and marketing experts, as well as a handful of other parties.

Golden Rice is really a Trojan horse (see heading "GMO rules" in link); agribusiness corporations are attempting to pave the way for the acceptance of more GM crops and food. Once this is acknowledged, it is apparent why so much money, lobbying and time has been invested in trying to tackle just one aspect of malnutrition with a single GM crop.

While effort would be better spent on restoring natural, agricultural biodiversity to address malnutrition in its broadest terms, one obstacle has been the Philippine government's cooptation to the agenda of transnational corporations and the WTO and the revolving door between government, academia and corporations.....

(et cetera)....

"Zipperfish" said
I think there is a lot of unfounded scaremongering over GMO, but as far as humans improving on nature, generally I think...