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Originally Posted by lkailburn
... GMO's are NOTHING like heirlooms.
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U.S. case law has established that heirloom seed must meet two requirements: (1) be off-patent, and (2) reproduce true-to-phenotype from seed.
There are GMO heirlooms -- although I'm not aware of any that are tomatoes.
Most seed sold to consumers are heirloom -- even if they aren't labeled as such. For example, the commercial seed source for Burpee's Better Boy Tomato is from a stable hybrid, not F1 breeding.
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Originally Posted by lkailburn
C'mon you know this. Letting nature breed ...
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Check out what nature does with plants in areas where naturally occurring radioactive material is at the surface! This is where the 200 year-old technique of producing seedless and thornless varieties of plants comes from.
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Originally Posted by lkailburn
Now you bring up a good point that there is POTENTIAL morality with GMOs, however I highly doubt that ANY of the current creators or owners of GMOs or their patents honestly are doing it for morals or for helping the planet in any way shape or form.
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Your statement would be correct if you said "the majority" instead of "ANY". There is on-going GMO work at UC Davis plus commercial firms in San Diego and Raleigh (maybe more) that are concerned with food quality and sustainability.
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Originally Posted by sunfish
No they live off tax payers money
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Actually many work at for-profit firms.