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TinCan
October 14th, 2009, 9:37 pm
OK, there's been a lot of talk on seeds lately so, what's the beef? Heirloom Seeds vs corporate or genetically altered seeds? Just trying to get up to speed on the issue as I plan on putting in a garden next spring.
ThrowCop
October 14th, 2009, 9:50 pm
By the best seeds you can. The GM debate is BS. We have been altering crops for centuries.
LouC
October 14th, 2009, 9:53 pm
OK, there's been a lot of talk on seeds lately so, what's the beef? Heirloom Seeds vs corporate or genetically altered seeds? Just trying to get up to speed on the issue as I plan on putting in a garden next spring.
Hype.
Alcoa just announced an unexpected rise in profits.
There are camps predicting doom and gloom for family farmers and even the back yard gardener from lawsuits by Monsanto in league with the Obama administration backed by the UN.
They will be throwing people in jail for not using their GA designer seeds.
Or for illegally setting aside seed seeds from patented seeds produced by Monsanto.
Then you have the other camps that believe in a total breakdown of society being imminent and are selling non-genetically altered seeds vaults with a large assortment that is guaranteed to produce enough food to keep you and your family alive and healthy enough to fight off the zombies.
Seanachie
October 14th, 2009, 9:59 pm
OK, there's been a lot of talk on seeds lately so, what's the beef? Heirloom Seeds vs corporate or genetically altered seeds? Just trying to get up to speed on the issue as I plan on putting in a garden next spring.
Hello TinCan,
See if your friends have any leftover seed catalogs. If not; send for them. Most are free and it's never too early to start.
This article from Scientific American describes how seeds are now being saved in case of a doomsday disaster; natural or man-made. Interesting stuff.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=seeds-of-future-agriculture-enter-doomsday-deep-freeze
Be well and happy garden planning.
Jim
Vaard
October 14th, 2009, 10:01 pm
park seeds is a good site to order from.......
ThrowCop
October 14th, 2009, 10:02 pm
Off topic a bit but RIP Norman Borlaug.
I was looking up info for Tincan & just saw that he had passed. :cry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
ThrowCop
October 14th, 2009, 10:03 pm
I should get you my sister's eBay info. She has a killer garden & sells her seeds there.
Vaard
October 14th, 2009, 10:13 pm
I should get you my sister's eBay info. She has a killer garden & sells her seeds there.
pm it to me, i will check it out....
LouC
October 14th, 2009, 10:14 pm
Off topic a bit but RIP Norman Borlaug.
I was looking up info for Tincan & just saw that he had passed. :cry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
Cool dude.
ThrowCop
October 14th, 2009, 10:15 pm
Cool dude.****ing American Hero more like it...
;)
LouC
October 14th, 2009, 10:18 pm
****ing American Hero more like it...
;)
Only a billion lives, not like he did anything important... ;)
ThrowCop
October 14th, 2009, 10:19 pm
pm it to me, i will check it out....I sent her an email. She has good stuff & you get a picture of the actual plants they sprouted from.
I know little to nothing about growing anything but increasingly irreverent though. ;)
ThrowCop
October 14th, 2009, 10:20 pm
Only a billion lives, not like he did anything important... ;)One dude that actually deserved the Nobel Peace Prize & got it.
LouC
October 14th, 2009, 10:51 pm
One dude that actually deserved the Nobel Peace Prize & got it.
He lived in Dallas.
Wonder is I ever crossed paths with him when I lived and worked there and was totally clueless of his greatness...
ThrowCop
October 14th, 2009, 10:58 pm
He lived in Dallas.
Wonder is I ever crossed paths with him when I lived and worked there and was totally clueless of his greatness...A man who saved more lives than ALL despots & their wars have ever taken...
And he is not a household name.
Damn shame.