Comments on: GMO Sugar Beets and Boulder Public Lands http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/2009/05/gmo-sugar-beets-and-boulder-public-lands/ climate, sustainability and the future Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:49:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anpetu http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/2009/05/gmo-sugar-beets-and-boulder-public-lands/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Anpetu Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:28:58 +0000 http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/?p=811#comment-35 Besides all the health and political issues surrounding the use of this toxic technology - GMOs - the science of it is totally flawed, the understanding of genes as fixed 1:1 determinants of an organism's characteristics. See Genetic Manipulation: the Forgotten Factor of Context by Craig Holdrege as well as a more recent title on this by him - Bio-technology. And this is not at all. Please read Seeds of Destruction by F. William Engdahl to look at the whole picture of eugenics and the creation of the field of molecular biology as a tool of this for geo-political aims. The farmers are unwitting dupes of demonic aims as well as the rest of us. Wake Up! The train is coming on down the tracks and it is coming for all of us. Besides all the health and political issues surrounding the use of this toxic technology – GMOs – the science of it is totally flawed, the understanding of genes as fixed 1:1 determinants of an organism's characteristics. See Genetic Manipulation: the Forgotten Factor of Context by Craig Holdrege as well as a more recent title on this by him – Bio-technology. And this is not at all. Please read Seeds of Destruction by F. William Engdahl to look at the whole picture of eugenics and the creation of the field of molecular biology as a tool of this for geo-political aims. The farmers are unwitting dupes of demonic aims as well as the rest of us. Wake Up! The train is coming on down the tracks and it is coming for all of us.

]]> By: John http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/2009/05/gmo-sugar-beets-and-boulder-public-lands/comment-page-1/#comment-34 John Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:43:31 +0000 http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/?p=811#comment-34 No, the GMO debate is not necessarily "hair-trigger." Many of us in "liberal Boulder" who oppose this so-called technology are aware of many myths above genetically modified food. Among the many myths: 1) GMO technology is rigorously tested over many years. 2) GMOs will save the world from starving. (I wish it were so, but this is unlikely). 3) GMOs are created with the public's best interests in mind (I wish it were so, but this is unlikely). 4) GMOs will not impact its surroundings. Speaking of myths, the myth that Boulder is a highly liberal city is just that: a myth. It is only slightly less conservative than its surrounding communities. No, the GMO debate is not necessarily "hair-trigger." Many of us in "liberal Boulder" who oppose this so-called technology are aware of many myths above genetically modified food. Among the many myths: 1) GMO technology is rigorously tested over many years. 2) GMOs will save the world from starving. (I wish it were so, but this is unlikely). 3) GMOs are created with the public's best interests in mind (I wish it were so, but this is unlikely). 4) GMOs will not impact its surroundings.

Speaking of myths, the myth that Boulder is a highly liberal city is just that: a myth. It is only slightly less conservative than its surrounding communities.

]]> By: Liz http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/2009/05/gmo-sugar-beets-and-boulder-public-lands/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Liz Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:27:11 +0000 http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/?p=811#comment-16 As a long-timer resident of Boulder County (BC), a backyard organic gardener who often purchases organic but is not adamantly opposed to GMO ag, and a former member of the BC Food & Ag Policy Council, I've watched the developments since the proposal was submitted. One of the most poignant aspects of the BC situation is that within the county, agricultural land has been diminished greatly in the past two decades, mainly due to suburban sprawl. The income the County derives from leasing ag open space helps offset the costs associated with managing open space. Much more so than the more mountainous western portion of the county, where the city of Boulder is located, the eastern part of Boulder County has a rich agricultural heritage, including sugar beet production. This small group of growers represents the last of sugar beet growers in BC, and the amount of public land in question is less than 1,000 acres. RR sugar beets are already being grown on private lands all along the Colorado Front Range, in Wyoming, Nebraska and the Dakotas. This leaves the BC Commissioners in a difficult position of 1) bowing to anti-GMO public sentiment and diminishing farmers' abilities to compete in a larger marketplace, or 2) supporting farmers' ability to make a living in an area where agriculture is seriously threatened and upsetting a subgroup of BC citizens. The model in place since 2003 with other GMO crops being grown on BC Open Spaced is peaceful co-existence - among the farmers, neighbors and community. This should be no different, but the GMO debate is hair-trigger. As a long-timer resident of Boulder County (BC), a backyard organic gardener who often purchases organic but is not adamantly opposed to GMO ag, and a former member of the BC Food & Ag Policy Council, I've watched the developments since the proposal was submitted. One of the most poignant aspects of the BC situation is that within the county, agricultural land has been diminished greatly in the past two decades, mainly due to suburban sprawl. The income the County derives from leasing ag open space helps offset the costs associated with managing open space. Much more so than the more mountainous western portion of the county, where the city of Boulder is located, the eastern part of Boulder County has a rich agricultural heritage, including sugar beet production. This small group of growers represents the last of sugar beet growers in BC, and the amount of public land in question is less than 1,000 acres. RR sugar beets are already being grown on private lands all along the Colorado Front Range, in Wyoming, Nebraska and the Dakotas. This leaves the BC Commissioners in a difficult position of 1) bowing to anti-GMO public sentiment and diminishing farmers' abilities to compete in a larger marketplace, or 2) supporting farmers' ability to make a living in an area where agriculture is seriously threatened and upsetting a subgroup of BC citizens. The model in place since 2003 with other GMO crops being grown on BC Open Spaced is peaceful co-existence – among the farmers, neighbors and community. This should be no different, but the GMO debate is hair-trigger.

]]> By: Rich http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/2009/05/gmo-sugar-beets-and-boulder-public-lands/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Rich Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:50:36 +0000 http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/?p=811#comment-12 I love Boulder - it's a great town, walking distance to the mountains, and a community of people that have a consciousness for society and the environment - it's one of my favorite places on the earth to be. Thanks for sharing this. I love Boulder – it's a great town, walking distance to the mountains, and a community of people that have a consciousness for society and the environment – it's one of my favorite places on the earth to be. Thanks for sharing this.

]]> By: Annie Hoy http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/2009/05/gmo-sugar-beets-and-boulder-public-lands/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Annie Hoy Sat, 30 May 2009 14:57:24 +0000 http://www.bigtreeclimatefund.com/?p=811#comment-11 Thank you so much for posting this first hand account of this hearing. In Oregon we are facing the GM sugar beet threat. The vast majority of beet seed comes from the Willamette Valley. Both conventional and organic seed growers are worried. This issue is even being played out in southern Oregon's Rogue Valley. Please keep us up to date. Thank you so much for posting this first hand account of this hearing. In Oregon we are facing the GM sugar beet threat. The vast majority of beet seed comes from the Willamette Valley. Both conventional and organic seed growers are worried. This issue is even being played out in southern Oregon's Rogue Valley. Please keep us up to date.

]]>