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originally posted by: Potmonster
I'm considering ordering my food from Russia. I heard they are the only country with 100% gmo free food. Only fall back is that id be colluding with the Russians to make dinner. That might not sit well with some...lol
cancer and other health issues we have are directly related to our unhealthy farming habits
originally posted by: Potmonster
a reply to: Gothmog
Your wrong, this from the article linked in the op.
The ban makes it less attractive for farmers to buy soybean and cotton seeds that Monsanto engineered to resist dicamba because the crops are designed to be sprayed with the chemical during the summer growing season.
What do you think they mean by engineered.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: Gothmog
The article clearly states this is both about herbicides and the need to purchase genetically modified seeds.
"Monsanto is banking on its dicamba-based herbicide and soybean seeds engineered to tolerate it, called Xtend, to dominate soybean production in the United States, the world’s second-largest exporter."
Arkansas restricts controversial Monsanto, BASF farm chemicall