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I'm disappointed we're not going to get open primaries. GMO labeling is on the fence. I really want that one.

Posted by Mop (aka Rburriel) Nov 4 '14, 22:07

mostly, because Monsanto doesn't want it.

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I can't get excited about GMOs. hate big pharm, but still not excited about GMOs. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 4, 22:10
"People won't buy as much if they know it's GMO." - tobor.2 Nov 4, 22:09 18
- buy GMO or starve is about it soon -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 4, 22:42
- I'll still buy. But "we shouldn't label because people might not buy" isn't a valid excuse. -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 22:12 4
  - If you want to avoid GMO's then you want a label that says "GMO-free" - TWuG Nov 4, 22:14 3
    - Only problem with that is there's nothing raised or grown that's "GMO free." - Cuzzin Todd Nov 5, 04:00
    - I couldn't care less. it's yet another way to jack up the price. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 4, 22:15 1
      - So are GMO's. Monsanto doesn't supply those seeds for free. Or the pesticides to go with them either. -- nm - tobor.2 Nov 4, 22:34
- honestly. The nastiest, most poisonous, carcinogenic chemircals are natrually produced by plants. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 4, 22:12 11
  - Monsanto sells those too. They haven't met a chemical they don't like. - tobor.2 Nov 4, 22:15 8
    - I have no love for monsanto. but you know who else runs a racket? "organic" growers. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 4, 22:17 5
      - We would do well to better regulate what can and can't be called organic - con_carne Nov 4, 23:01
      - Then why aren't they rich? - tobor.2 Nov 4, 22:25 3
        
        Because most organic farmers aren't good businesspersons? If they were, they wouldn't bother with organic. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 22:40 2
        
        Then why are most other independent small (as opposed to factory farms) in the same boat? - tobor.2 Nov 4, 22:49 1
        
        I grew up in a farm town and my father spent fifty years farming. I have a decent sense of the forces involved. - Name Withheld by Request Nov 4, 23:09
    - Weird how a chemicals company would like chemicals. - TWuG Nov 4, 22:16 1
      - Man created combinations then. It's what they do. -- nm - tobor.2 Nov 4, 22:23
  - and oh yeah. those "organic" vegetables grown without pesticides. Those are grown with "natural" pest resistance. - loosi at home Nov 4, 22:15 1
    - No it doesn't. We've had this conversation before and you're just plain wrong. - tobor.2 Nov 4, 22:21

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I'm disappointed we're not going to get open primaries. GMO labeling is on the fence. I really want that one.

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