DEADLINE DECEMBER 9: Tell the USDA ...

[J.T.M.]

You Don’t Want a GMO Apple!

" The "Arctic Apple®” is engineered for the purely cosmetic purpose of preventing browning after it’s been sliced " .




http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/...tion_KEY=12512

[CraterCove]

omg--- um no, I would never buy that product. Geez, more and more I want to make sure we have a few acres set aside to grow our own orchard. Why do they keep doing this sort of thing? Breeding for certain charactaristics is one thing but manipulation on this level, how can they know the consequences?

[unregistered358967]

Not an issue..our stomachs don't care what color they are.

[J.T.M.]

Originally Posted by Less-is-more

Not an issue..our stomachs don't care what color they are.

True .. true , but one of the characteristic of telling if I wanted to put something in my stomach is if its rotton or not . I mean , why wait until you take a bite of that beautiful apple to tell if its spoiled

[where I want to]

I suppose that's the Ronald McDonald healthy kid's meal apple................

[CraterCove]

Dude, have you ever tried one of their apple slices? I'm not even sure it's recently living plant material--- I think they may be mashed up saw dust, some crushed rock and lemon juice.

[unregistered358967]

I meant..apples never sit around our house long enough to even get brown. I slice, they devour! So I don't want a GMO apple that stays white...

[arabian knight]

Originally Posted by Less-is-more

Not an issue..our stomachs don't care what color they are.

True not a big deal stomachs don't have eyes. Its Cool though a nice red one.

[Paumon]

I heard somewhere that if you eat lots of those Arctic apples if you fall down and bump yourself badly you won't get any bruises that show purple colour.

[HerseyMI]

I heard if you eat them your poo won't turn brown either! :what:

[haypoint]

http://www.arcticapples.com/blog/osf-staff/halloween-and-frankenfood#.Uqeet3KA1jp

Unaided, less than 1% of consumers are currently avoiding biotech foods. The small percentage who are truly motivated to avoid any and all biotech foods (though there’s no safety reason to do so) will likely be well aware of Arctic apples when they enter the marketplace in a few years, and genetically engineered foods can also be easily avoided by shopping organic.

[Danaus29]

Do American consumers have a choice about avoiding GMO foods??????

[haypoint]

Originally Posted by Danaus29

Do American consumers have a choice about avoiding GMO foods??????

Yes, the less than 1% can bang the drum of discontent all you want. Hate to have you feel lonely and alone, so I'll invite you to join up with the Organic Foods tribe. I think you'll feel welcome there, they have rules that cover the GMO nonsense.
A minority of 17% went a hundred years before they were allowed to vote. Don't know how long a minority of 1% will have to wait to have their unfounded GM fears accommodated. I'll bet awhile.
I can list the GMO crops on a recipe card if that helps on your infrequent trips to the grocery store. It really isn't that hard to remember.

[Paumon]

Originally Posted by haypoint

I can list the GMO crops on a recipe card if that helps on your infrequent trips to the grocery store. It really isn't that hard to remember.

If you could provide that list of GMO crops here now that would be very much appreciated.

I'm ambivalent, I don't have any particular objections to GMO crops (at least I don't think I do at this point in time) but I also don't know what all the GMO crops are. I know that some kind of corn is one of them but that's about all I know. I would like to know what they all are in case I do want to either seek our or avoid any of them in the future.

I'm a wheat and oats junkie so I would especially like to know if there are any wheats or oats now that are GMO crops.

[AngieM2]

If this gets to bashing those that do not want to have GMO, or at least be able to tell the difference thread, or any of those previous GMO issues type of threads it will not be good for those that have been called down on this issue anywhere on this site.

[unregistered358967]

Originally Posted by Paumon

If you could provide that list of GMO crops here now that would be very much appreciated.

I did find something here: http://www.responsibletechnology.org...o/non-gmo-seed

"Currently commercialized GM crops in the U.S. include soy (94%), cotton (90%), canola (90%), sugar beets (95%), corn (88%), Hawaiian papaya (more than 50%), zucchini and yellow squash (over 24,000 acres). (Number in parentheses represents the estimated percent that is genetically modified.) Blue corn cross-pollinates with current GM corn varieties. And now, with the sugar beet growers going GM, there is the possibility of cross-pollination into other beet varieties and near relatives, such as chard. All but soy cross-pollinates."

As for me, I assume a product I buy is made of GMO ingredients unless it has a label specifically stating otherwise. I try to do as much research as I can but admit I don't know all the answers. I'm still learning and realize I just do the best I can. There's also lists out there for specific products, just search online. Good luck.

[haypoint]

Originally Posted by Less-is-more

I did find something here: http://www.responsibletechnology.org...o/non-gmo-seed

"Currently commercialized GM crops in the U.S. include soy (94%), cotton (90%), canola (90%), sugar beets (95%), corn (88%), Hawaiian papaya (more than 50%), zucchini and yellow squash (over 24,000 acres). (Number in parentheses represents the estimated percent that is genetically modified.) Blue corn cross-pollinates with current GM corn varieties. And now, with the sugar beet growers going GM, there is the possibility of cross-pollination into other beet varieties and near relatives, such as chard. All but soy cross-pollinates."

As for me, I assume a product I buy is made of GMO ingredients unless it has a label specifically stating otherwise. I try to do as much research as I can but admit I don't know all the answers. I'm still learning and realize I just do the best I can. There's also lists out there for specific products, just search online. Good luck.

Thanks for providing the list to those that didn't know. Alfalfa is a recent addition, but that isn't for human consumption anyway.
In the real world, who is growing chard near sugar beet fields? Learn about buffer zones around GMO corn and then show me where blue corn is grown near GMO corn.
Does the GM DNA of sugar beets exist in refined sugar? Does the GM DNA of corn exist in corn syrup?
Is the mixing of DNA between two different apple varieties always good (called pollenization) and mixing of DNA between two varieties of corn always good (called hybridization) while replacing the DNA from one apple with the DNA from another apple always bad?
Why is the development of a non-browing apple news for 99% of the public, but a "call to arms" for the remaining 1%?

[Paumon]

Originally Posted by haypoint

In the real world, who is growing chard near sugar beet fields? Learn about buffer zones around GMO corn and then show me where blue corn is grown near GMO corn.

What is a buffer zone and what is the purpose of it? Why would chard not be grown near sugar beets? Will they not both grow in the same climate zone? I grow beets and chard together with no problems so is there something different about sugar beets that requires a different climate?

Originally Posted by haypoint

Why is the development of a non-browing apple news for 99% of the public, but a "call to arms" for the remaining 1%?

Hypothesis here but I'm guessing it may be for the similar reason that 99% of the public don't know about or don't care about foods that are irradiated and 1% of the public are suspicious about irradiated food. That reason may be lack of information or witholding of information.

[Danaus29]

European studies have shown that approx 30% of consumers worry about gmo contamination. GMO products are required to be labeled in Europe. It would probably be about the same rate here.