pests Genetically modified insects (leafhoppers, whiteflies, and aphids)

We definitely live in a brave new world.
 
I really think we need to get over our societal fear of GMOs. Though I do think this method could have massive unintended consequences. However, I can also imagine benefit if you could give certain traits to already established areas (e.g. a forest drought resistance, etc).
 
We live in a "F-----" World. Superbugs have been around for a long time, after effect from the pesticides and some gmo crop. Their was a documentary in the UK were they showed that almost all antiviral medicines no longer work, all the mutations are out of hand now.
More and more people are waking up and trying to grow their own food, the stuff in the stores are no longer "Food" tasteless water that looks like food. Allergies going through the roof from the additives in the "Food".
 
 
dragonsfire said:
We live in a "F-----" World. Superbugs have been around for a long time, after effect from the pesticides and some gmo crop. Their was a documentary in the UK were they showed that almost all antiviral medicines no longer work, all the mutations are out of hand now.
More and more people are waking up and trying to grow their own food, the stuff in the stores are no longer "Food" tasteless water that looks like food. Allergies going through the roof from the additives in the "Food".
 
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Store bought tomatoes are the worst. NOTHING compares to a home grown, vine ripened tomato.
 
And the TOMATO is also the key ingredient in a good BLT. Lettuce is fine, bacon is always good. But a good, sweet tomato really makes it.
 
austin87 said:
 
Store bought tomatoes are the worst. NOTHING compares to a home grown, vine ripened tomato.
 
And the TOMATO is also the key ingredient in a good BLT. Lettuce is fine, bacon is always good. But a good, sweet tomato really makes it.
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Speaking of tomatoes: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06915-y
 
Problem is that not everyone has access to land to have a garden, etc. But everyone can agree store bought tomatoes (and other fruits/veggies) suck. Science to the rescue!
 
Actually, Hydroponics/Kratky to the rescue, you dont need a garden for that. My brief experience with that looks very promising.
 
 
.....Also, WTF, Onions 3$/LB average here, thats insane, used to pay $.99/3lb. Bought local grown sack of Cooking onions (50lb) for $20, cutting up the onions made my eyes cry like their supposed to do, total forgot about that since the stuff in the stores dont affect my eyes like they used to.
 
blueapplepaste said:
We definitely live in a brave new world.
 
I really think we need to get over our societal fear of GMOs. Though I do think this method could have massive unintended consequences. However, I can also imagine benefit if you could give certain traits to already established areas (e.g. a forest drought resistance, etc).
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As someone who is generally anti-GMO, i have noticed that most of us aren't victims of a "societal fear" of so-called Frankenfood. I think most of us are anti-GMO because the applications tend to be so shitty, like enabling growers to find more poison on our food, or to squeeze out smaller growers via litigation stemming from cross-pollination. Or, bioweapons designed to destroy crops. If GMOs were truly just about drought resistance, they wouldn't be so often maligned.
 
Bicycle808 said:
As someone who is generally anti-GMO, i have noticed that most of us aren't victims of a "societal fear" of so-called Frankenfood. I think most of us are anti-GMO because the applications tend to be so shitty, like enabling growers to find more poison on our food, or to squeeze out smaller growers via litigation stemming from cross-pollination. Or, bioweapons designed to destroy crops. If GMOs were truly just about drought resistance, they wouldn't be so often maligned.
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I agree that things like allowing more pesticides to be sprayed may not be best use and have given bad rap. Couple that with the shady business practices of big-ag like Monsanto, and you're absolutely correct.
 
But I think many would also be blanket anti-gmo regardless of the genes being modified. But perhaps that's a miss in education. But then again, you also have a sizable portion of the population who ignores science and experts and just listens to what they want to hear.
 
blueapplepaste said:
 
I agree that things like allowing more pesticides to be sprayed may not be best use and have given bad rap. Couple that with the shady business practices of big-ag like Monsanto, and you're absolutely correct.
 
But I think many would also be blanket anti-gmo regardless of the genes being modified. But perhaps that's a miss in education. But then again, you also have a sizable portion of the population who ignores science and experts and just listens to what they want to hear.
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It's hard to say what the most common public perception would be like because, see if right now, the main application for gmo crops is still too be Roundup -ready or similarly suited to survive exposure to lots of herbicide.
 
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