Over 90% of some crops are genetically modified and consumers don't like it
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Half of All Americans Wouldn’t Buy FrankenFoods…If They Could Tell The Difference
(via ecopreneurist.com)
Submitted by mcmilker on Fri, 2008-05-23 13:51. | Tags: food | fda | frankenfoods | genetically modified food | GMOs | New York Times GMOs
GMO Corn-Stover Eats Itself, Makes Ethanol Processing A Breeze : Gas 2.0
(via gas2.org)
Researchers at Michigan State are trying to get corn-stover to digest itself after harvest. Doing so would mitigate the costly pretreatment steps needed for the production of cellulosic ethanol from the non-edible parts of the corn plant.
Does anyone think this is actually a good idea?Â
Submitted by claybodie on Tue, 2008-04-08 22:55. | Tags: science | alternative fuels | biofuel | biomass | cellulosic ethanol | corn stover | ethanol | genetics | GMOs | research | science | transportation
Axis of Agriculture: Tagging Terrorist Chickens
(via www.thenation.com)
If you worry about al-Qaeda infiltrating the Amish farming community or the organic food movement, you can finally relax. The Bush administration will leave no chicken behind . . .
Submitted by joejones23 on Mon, 2007-12-17 03:46. | Tags: food | animals; take action; environment; green; activism; activist | Big Brother | civil liberties | freedom | genetics | genetics food | GMOs | organic | surveillance | sustainability
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