US Government can regulate what we grow for personal consumption

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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I found this from a month ago: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/27/bayer-monsanto-merger-decision-in-the-first-part-of-2018-vestager.html

Apparently the EU is to decide if the bayer-monsanto merger will be allowed or not.

Interesting about the agriculture biotech. I think some of this is like GMOs, which I don't think are unsafe, but the pesticides they put on GMO crops (that they're specifically genetically engineered to tolerate) are what is harmful to the humans and animals, because it leeches into the food. I could envision a similar unintended blowback with this agriculture biotech. And like you said, with so much money to be made, they care little for who they hurt. Or they're so far removed from the consequences they can get away with lying to themselves about it.

It's a very interesting topic, that's for sure. D3rr and I have been talking about perhaps starting to do a weekly focused 'town hall' discussion thread, and perhaps this could be one of the weekly focus topics.

[–]i_cansmellthat[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree about the pesticides, at least for the moment. It's been theorized that celiac disease may be attributed more to the pesticides than to the actual food. If GMO's experience a swift uptick, I'm going to be a bit more uneasy though. I think I read at some point about how GMO's were supposed to help solve hunger, both here and in other countries. Instead, they ended up stocking grocery stores with cheap, junkie food.

A town hall discussion thread sounds good, I think there are many coming here that would participate. It feels really good here; honest, open and positive. Thanks to both of you!