tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384651448119952910.post6980065995138373635..comments2021-07-18T07:19:13.367-07:00Comments on Living Off Grid Self Sustainable Living: Miracle-Gro Gro-ables up dateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04597622992612990295noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384651448119952910.post-82779661939198428482013-07-13T13:51:27.989-07:002013-07-13T13:51:27.989-07:00Hi Kathy,
I appreciate your passion for organic ...Hi Kathy, <br /><br />I appreciate your passion for organic gardening and "living off the grid". I feel bad that an innocent post about a product you were excited about became such a big ordeal. As a grad student in the field of genetics, I would like to take the time to explain why some people (including myself) feel very passionate about Monsanto and GMOs in general. <br /><br />1) The information you had posted above regarding Monsanto being a company "about farmers" is exceptionally misguided. Monsanto is a power hungry company that uses its monopoly on the seed market to force farmers into buying seeds that are genetically modified. Monsanto accomplishes this through two avenues. First, because they are so large, they control a considerable portion of the seed and agriculture industry, so they control prices. They are able to drive GMO plant seed prices much lower than organic. Second, Monsanto is constantly filing lawsuits against small organic farms that cause the small farms to either go bankrupt or have to pay Monsanto a settlement. For an example of previous lawsuits, consider this scenario: if a farmer has an organic soybean farm and Monsanto moves in next door with a GMO soybean farm, suppose by some act of God one seed from the Monsanto field is carried into the organic field (a bird carries it, the wind blows it). Monsanto then takes legal action against the small farmer because they are "using" Monsanto crops without paying for them. Many times, the farmers cannot afford these legal fees and are forced to sell their farm all because of a single seed.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384651448119952910.post-76293143200136261002013-04-09T11:06:02.073-07:002013-04-09T11:06:02.073-07:00Thank you Anthony. It is always a pleasure to have...Thank you Anthony. It is always a pleasure to have someone advise me of what is going on. I have heard of genetically modified seeds being used to prevent farmers from being able to save the seeds from the plant for the next seasons crop. I know how serious this is and have order my own heirloom seeds. Many of the plants I am growing this year are from previous crops. Every year that I replant seeds from previous crops they seem to get stronger and adjust to my weather conditions. At one point I started my first organic tomato plant simply by accident. A tomato from the store was going bad and through it out into the yard in a dirt pile. A tomato plant started growing all by itself with little to now help from us. This is what encouraged us to start a garden. If a store tomato could grow without our help what could we accomplish with some actual hard work and love for the garden. It turned out amazing each year getting bigger.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597622992612990295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384651448119952910.post-52162644178268669252013-04-09T10:54:14.197-07:002013-04-09T10:54:14.197-07:00Monsanto is the company that supply's the worl...Monsanto is the company that supply's the world with genetically modified seeds/food -the pesticides Are grown into the seedsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561426355804621315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384651448119952910.post-3682419553105266182013-03-17T20:44:09.657-07:002013-03-17T20:44:09.657-07:00These little things look awesome. Sadly, for reaso...These little things look awesome. Sadly, for reasons I cannot find...californians are not allowed to purchase them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384651448119952910.post-24910465412210871212013-03-17T00:21:42.724-07:002013-03-17T00:21:42.724-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.demetriusweatherspoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352982174979872547noreply@blogger.com