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Originally Posted by momoese
I hope they are saving Heirloom seeds for the future when the GM crops contaminate and destroy all the organic heirlooms.
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I understand and agree with the disgust over Monsato's line of sterile crops. That's greedy and very irresponsible. But to label genetic modification (GM) bad as a whole I think is going way too far.
What is the difference between a "natural" hybridization breeding program that produces 400 million trials and eventually someone finds the white marigold -- or doing it a few times in the lab with GM and avoiding the unwanted millions of mis-crosses?
The term "organic heirloom" ... does it have a fixed meaning? "Heirloom" is a somewhat stable term: self-fertile hybrid that reproduces true to form and is no longer eligible for patent. But organic is a very ambiguous term, so I'm lost on the combination.
