Comments on: A GMO Promoter Didn’t Like My Article

By: Patrick Blampied

Patrick Blampied — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:39:54 +0000

Hi guys, thanks for the comments.

Fernando you do make a good point, 10 mins in the morning before I leave and I’d have two egg and lettuce sandwiches ready to eat with the filling coming from the garden. I do try to do that when I’m home!

An interesting point.. I’ve never once had a problem growing lettuce organically but after reading Paula’s article I’m wondering if Agrifood Awareness Australia has a better solution for me? Maybe they have a seed that is resistant to the pesticide I don’t need or use.. or one that kills the bugs that do very little damage to most of the leaves

By: Zainil Zainuddin

Zainil Zainuddin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:04 +0000

Good article Patrick. And you are spot on. More and more are voting with their wallet. My two local organic shops are thriving. I made the decision to switch to organic almost three years ago and there is no looking back. At home we eat pretty much close to 100% organic.

And it is not about being trendy. It is about health and supporting local farmers who grow food without a cocktail of chemical.

And thanks for the article.

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:10:28 +0000

I should guess this woman is indirectly supported by the Norwegian Oil Found, which has bought stocks in Monsanto for 2,5 billion Norwegian Kroners. This way I indirectly feel responsible for this attack at PRI Australia, as a Norwegian citizen. Please forgive me!

Anyway, I’ll be careful not to give my vote to any political party supporting the introduction of GMO in Norway, which by now is completely banned here.

Also the Norwegian Governments speak with two tongues, banning GMO here while still filling up with stocks in Monsanto. For the time our oil found owns about 2 % of the world’s stock shares.

I’ll do my best to make this known for the Norwegian public.

By: Craig Mackintosh

Craig Mackintosh — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:33:25 +0000

Thanks Øyvind, I had an extra space in the link, which broke it. It’s fixed now.

http://newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/columns/research_paul/2007/0207/fst.shtml

By: Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:22:14 +0000

You are too polite to this Paula ,there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity.
She is obviously well enough informed to be able to make the right call.
She chooses instead to defend her pay check,her argument is bunkim.
I know we should practice “people care”,but this ones an idiot of the highest caliber.
p.s
Great article Pat,it’s high time you started to take a packed lunch with you,still not sold on that cafe;>)

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:33:24 +0000

Oh, Forgot to mention great article BTW.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:32:34 +0000

Big Agriculturals taking notice is certainly a good thing. I took a read of some other articles on the Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited website. Interesting statements like Americans would accept GM wheat. That statement is based on a survey of 750 people….how is that ever going to be representative of the 300 odd million that live there? I guess it’s easy when you can pop it into foods and but not mention it on the label. How are people ever going to be able to make the choice then?

By: Cathe' Fish

Cathe' Fish — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:33:16 +0000

Worth the read on a GMO whistleblower.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/anniversary-of-a-whistleb_b_675817.html

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:49:02 +0000

This link is NOT FOUND at my computer: “the longest-running scientifically controlled comparison of organic vs. conventional crop production systems”

Can you please check if it’s just my computer, or if the link is actually broken?

By: Craig Mackintosh

Craig Mackintosh — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:30:04 +0000

Great work Pat. It's great that we're making Big Agri uncomfortable. Paula, if you're reading this, I'd highly recommend when you get the chance to spend some time looking at information linked to in the post above, and at other material easily found on the internet. I can assure you that if you can make the connections between the many issues we face and actual holistic solutions, you'll find a new deeply meaningful purpose for your life. We cannot continue with the approach of making war with nature and expect the planet to suffer us. And we're running out of time. We don't need GMOs, we don't need pesticides. We must deal with root causes - not sell 'patches' for symptoms to capitalise on people's ignorance.