Genetically modified food

[DrLeftover]

"GM" food

AND NOW COMES:

DuPont Co. (DD), the world’s second- largest seed company, said wheat yields would increase 15 percent to 20 percent if it can make a hybrid version of the world’s most planted grain.



Those yield gains would occur with the first commercial product, expected in a decade or so, John Soper, a vice president of research at Wilmington, Delaware-based DuPont, said today in a telephone interview. The company is using conventional and biotechnology approaches to developing hybrid wheat, Soper said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...t-yield-may-jump-20-with-hybrid-creation.html

 

[Evil Eye]

"GM" food

I guess profits would increase 15-20% as well.

 

[DrLeftover]

"GM" food

It might just be a guess, but I'd bet that glutton free foods are going to become even more popular.

 

[DrLeftover]

RE: "GM" food

2013-05-30T10:04:44Z

Genetically modified wheat created by Monsanto Co. (MON) that wasn’t approved for use turned up on an 80-acre farm in Oregon last month, threatening the outlook for U.S. exports of the grain that are the world’s largest.

A farmer attempting to kill wheat with Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide found several plants survived the weedkiller, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said yesterday in a statement. Scientists found the wheat was a strain field-tested from 1998 to 2005 and deemed safe before St. Louis-based Monsanto, the world’s largest seedmaker, pulled Roundup Ready wheat from the regulatory approval process on concern that importers would avoid the crop.
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...Japan suspended imports of western-white wheat and feed wheat from the U.S., and canceled an order,

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-29/monsanto-modified-wheat-unapproved-by-usda-found-in-oregon-field.html

 

[DrLeftover]

RE: "GM" food

.....and

Ever heard of the ? It's sometimes called the "Nobel Prize for food and agriculture," but it has struggled to get people's attention. Prize winners tend to be agricultural insiders, and many are scientists. Last year's laureate, for instance, was , a pioneer of water-saving "micro-irrigation."
A pioneer in genetically modified crops, Robert Fraley has spent his entire career at Monsanto. He's now the company's chief technology officer.

A pioneer in genetically modified crops, Robert Fraley has spent his entire career at Monsanto. He's now the company's chief technology officer.
Photographer: Brian Schmittgens/Courtesy World Food Prize Foundation

This year, though, the World Food Prize is likely to get some publicity, some of it in the form of anger and protests. This year's prize will go to who played prominent roles in creating genetically engineered crops: Marc Van Montagu, Mary-Dell Chilton, and Robert Fraley.

Of the three, Fraley is by far the youngest, but also the most pivotal and divisive. He's spent his entire career at Monsanto.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/06/19/193447482/and-the-winner-of-the-world-food-prize-is-the-man-from-monsanto

 

[Evil Eye]

RE: "GM" food

I honestly did not know there was a Nobel prize for that.

 

[DrLeftover]

RE: "GM" food

It's not a Nobel.

But it was founded by a Nobel winner.

History of the prize:
http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?nodeID=25293

 

[Evil Eye]

RE: "GM" food

Ah, I can't read.

That's an interesting prize though.

 

[DrLeftover]

RE: "GM" food

Should I post this in the "booze" thread or here?

Both?

OK.

 

[Nebulous]

Genetically modified foods are foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering. These techniques have allowed for the introduction of new crop traits as well as a far greater control over a food's genetic structure than previously afforded by methods such as selective breeding and mutation breeding.

Commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994, when Calgene first marketed its Flavr Savr delayed ripening tomato. To date most genetic modification of foods have primarily focused on cash crops in high demand by farmers such as soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. These have been engineered for resistance to pathogens and herbicides and better nutrient profiles. GM livestock have also been experimentally developed, although as of September 2013 none are currently on the market.

There is broad scientific consensus that food on the market derived from GM crops poses no greater risk to human health than conventional food. However analysts have objected to GM foods on several grounds, including public health issues, environmental concerns, and economic concerns raised by the fact that GM seeds (and potentially animals) that are food sources are subject to intellectual property rights owned by multinational corporations.

So, what are your thoughts on genetically modified food?

Can this science be used to help us or to hurt us?

 

[DrLeftover]

I thought we'd beaten that horse to death.

http://offtopix.com/showthread.php?tid=14985

But, I guess there have been developments since then.

To the point where the EU has to make a statement like this:

No genetically modified fruit or vegetables are on the market in the EU; none of the GM plants currently authorised in the EU are intended for direct consumption.

http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/grocery_shopping/fruit_vegetables/

 

[Nebulous]

I thought we'd beaten that horse to death.

http://offtopix.com/showthread.php?tid=14985

I bet it you searched hard enough, probably almost everything we've talked about and will talk about has been mentioned before

But I can merge them.

 

[DrLeftover]

23 June
A lamb genetically modified to contain a jellyfish protein has entered the food chain in France, plunging Europe’s top agricultural research institute into crisis.

A judicial inquiry has been launched to find out how Rubis, a female lamb belonging to the French national institute for agricultural research (Inra) ended up on dinner plates.

Destined for animal research only, the lamb was sold to an abattoir in November 2014 along with unmodified sheep and then onto an unsuspecting customer, who has not been identified to date.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...b-accidentally-hits-French-dinner-plates.html