Comments on: GM Crops Facing Meltdown in the USA http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/17/gm-crops-facing-meltdown-in-the-usa/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:23:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ed Straker http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/17/gm-crops-facing-meltdown-in-the-usa/#comment-52144 Ed Straker Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:23:35 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3739#comment-52144 Can't speak for the others, but Amaranth isn't a weed. It's a food. The seeds are as good a protein source as soybeans. http://www.bobsredmill.com/organic-amaranth-flour.html If people thought outside of the box a little, and agriculture wasn't designed only for monoculture, we wouldn't be in this sort of mess. Can’t speak for the others, but Amaranth isn’t a weed. It’s a food. The seeds are as good a protein source as soybeans.

http://www.bobsredmill.com/organic-amaranth-flour.html

If people thought outside of the box a little, and agriculture wasn’t designed only for monoculture, we wouldn’t be in this sort of mess.

]]> By: Moe http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/17/gm-crops-facing-meltdown-in-the-usa/#comment-51989 Moe Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:53:56 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3739#comment-51989 yeah as cruel as it sounds, this is a good thing for us. this will keep proving that the same old wont work and you need to go organic or loose. Funny how in the video the representative for monsanto blamed the farmer for misusing the pesticide hahaha. bastards, hope they burn. yeah as cruel as it sounds, this is a good thing for us. this will keep proving that the same old wont work and you need to go organic or loose. Funny how in the video the representative for monsanto blamed the farmer for misusing the pesticide hahaha. bastards, hope they burn.

]]> By: Nick Huggins http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/17/gm-crops-facing-meltdown-in-the-usa/#comment-51792 Nick Huggins Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:48:10 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3739#comment-51792 Go super weeds! The earths repair workers... Go super weeds! The earths repair workers…

]]> By: Arian I. http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/17/gm-crops-facing-meltdown-in-the-usa/#comment-51780 Arian I. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:38:40 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3739#comment-51780 Palmer amaranth seems like a good choice for green manure to enrich nitrogen-poor soils, due to its habit of absorbing high levels of nitrates. I like to eat amaranth leaves, but usually these are of a variety of Amaranthus hybridus that grow in a semi-wild state. (I live in a large city.) Palmer amaranth seems like a good choice for green manure to enrich nitrogen-poor soils, due to its habit of absorbing high levels of nitrates.

I like to eat amaranth leaves, but usually these are of a variety of Amaranthus hybridus that grow in a semi-wild state. (I live in a large city.)

]]> By: JBob http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/17/gm-crops-facing-meltdown-in-the-usa/#comment-51748 JBob Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:41:48 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3739#comment-51748 UNSTOPPABLE SUPERWEED THAT CAN'T BE KILLED... except by every means ever used to kill it prior to the advent of glyphosate. UNSTOPPABLE SUPERWEED THAT CAN’T BE KILLED… except by every means ever used to kill it prior to the advent of glyphosate.

]]> By: Adam T http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/17/gm-crops-facing-meltdown-in-the-usa/#comment-51738 Adam T Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:00:07 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3739#comment-51738 the theory behind the use of herbicides and pesticides is intrinsically flawed. there is little point engineering the super-crop or designing the perfect chemical. natural genetic variation in all plants and insects is so broad, that it ensures there is an ultimate survivor. those herbicide companies aren't stupid, they know resistance is an inevitability. i look at those weeds with great optimism. they are great news! imagine one years mulch from that super-weed, decaying on the fields in windrows, mulching the following year's cotton crop? that superweed had so much biomass, both under and above the ground. all they need is a sturdy slasher, and the soil and cotton wouldn't look back. on the topic of genetic engineering. its laughable to incorporate genes from one plant to put into a crop species because in the end you will just introduce diseases and other weaknesses suffered by the former into your crop. its like upgrading your car by using the wheels from a train. sure its stronger but will it work? the theory behind the use of herbicides and pesticides is intrinsically flawed. there is little point engineering the super-crop or designing the perfect chemical. natural genetic variation in all plants and insects is so broad, that it ensures there is an ultimate survivor. those herbicide companies aren’t stupid, they know resistance is an inevitability.

i look at those weeds with great optimism. they are great news! imagine one years mulch from that super-weed, decaying on the fields in windrows, mulching the following year’s cotton crop? that superweed had so much biomass, both under and above the ground. all they need is a sturdy slasher, and the soil and cotton wouldn’t look back.

on the topic of genetic engineering. its laughable to incorporate genes from one plant to put into a crop species because in the end you will just introduce diseases and other weaknesses suffered by the former into your crop. its like upgrading your car by using the wheels from a train. sure its stronger but will it work?

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