Tasty GM crops, or insecticides... you decide

doublejj said:

I buy local grass fed beef (you can find it on craigslist). I feed my chickens organic feed & let them free range, the eggs & meat are excellent. Organic isn't hard to do..........."Rocky & Rosie".....

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tokeprep said:

I've tried organic/free range/cage free/whatever products curious to see if I could perceive any difference in taste and quality, but I usually find that there is none. I was actually quite disappointed, because people have raved to me about how much better cage free eggs and organic free range chicken is. I have definitely perceived differences in organic fruits and vegetables versus conventional ones, so I don't know what to make of this.

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tokeprep said:

I've tried organic/free range/cage free/whatever products curious to see if I could perceive any difference in taste and quality, but I usually find that there is none. I was actually quite disappointed, because people have raved to me about how much better cage free eggs and organic free range chicken is. I have definitely perceived differences in organic fruits and vegetables versus conventional ones, so I don't know what to make of this.

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NoDrama said:

You can't taste the difference?

Do you smoke tobacco or have some disease that causes your taste buds to not work?

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Doer said:

Interesting. Do you really think you could pass a double bind, taste test, blindfolded?

Maybe. It is worth try. But, if you think it tastes better, I don't. ( Never had tobacco.)

I think homegrown tomato taste better, but not that they are organic. Just they not processed with gas and the ripening was in the sun...not in a control way during transit.

I cannot taste the difference in free-range chicken, organic eggs, salad greens, vegggies...

You might find that in a strict taste test, you may not either. But, you could.

Peas taste weird to some, but not me.

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tokeprep said:

I've tried organic/free range/cage free/whatever products curious to see if I could perceive any difference in taste and quality, but I usually find that there is none. I was actually quite disappointed, because people have raved to me about how much better cage free eggs and organic free range chicken is. I have definitely perceived differences in organic fruits and vegetables versus conventional ones, so I don't know what to make of this.

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• Conventional*(i.e., no special label) – Typically less than half a square foot of space per hen, giving not even enough room to spread their wings.
• Cage Free*– As it says, the hens are able to move about inside a barn without being confined to cages. A better life, but not optimal as parts of beaks are often burned to prevent pecking at themselves and others (a sign of distress, by the way).
• Free Range*– Implies chickens on lush green pastures. Actually is not a regulated term for eggs so this can be used by absolutely anyone. Really all that’s needed is a door to the outside that gives the chickens “access” to an outdoor area, whether they actually use it or not. This is a meaningless term.
• Organic*– This means the hens were fed organic feed, whatever that feed consists of. I think it also means no animal by-products in the feed.
• Vegetarian*– The hen is fed a vegetarian feed. I only mention this to point out that chickens are omnivores, not vegetarians, and will naturally eat bugs, grubs, etc. This term is used to imply “healthier” in our anti-meat culture.

doublejj said:

Have you ever seen what a large commercial egg farm looks like? If that don't put a bad taste in your mouth I don't know what would. My chickens are happy all day.....commercial egg chickens can't turn around!.......you are what you eat....

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UncleBuck said:

“Free Range,” “Cage Free,” “Organic”…what does it all mean? Marketing labels are perhaps the most confusing part of this whole “eating healthy” game. So what do the various terms you see on the packages mean?

• Conventional*(i.e., no special label) – Typically less than half a square foot of space per hen, giving not even enough room to spread their wings.
• Cage Free*– As it says, the hens are able to move about inside a barn without being confined to cages. A better life, but not optimal as parts of beaks are often burned to prevent pecking at themselves and others (a sign of distress, by the way).
• Free Range*– Implies chickens on lush green pastures. Actually is not a regulated term for eggs so this can be used by absolutely anyone. Really all that’s needed is a door to the outside that gives the chickens “access” to an outdoor area, whether they actually use it or not. This is a meaningless term.
• Organic*– This means the hens were fed organic feed, whatever that feed consists of. I think it also means no animal by-products in the feed.
• Vegetarian*– The hen is fed a vegetarian feed. I only mention this to point out that chickens are omnivores, not vegetarians, and will naturally eat bugs, grubs, etc. This term is used to imply “healthier” in our anti-meat culture.

As you can see, few of the terms on the egg carton actually mean a whole lot. Other than “organic” and “vegetarian,” it’s pretty useless. But there’s one more term that actually means what you want it to mean. “Pastured” means the chickens were raised on pasture, with access to the sun, grass, bugs, and possibly supplemented with grains and other feed.

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UncleBuck said:

the "organic" and "cage free" labels on eggs are completely meaningless.

find yourself a local farm and take a drive. buy some eggs there. you will notice the difference.

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doublejj said:

"Organic" label means NO GMO.........that's a big difference right there......

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NoDrama said:

You can't taste the difference?

Do you smoke tobacco or have some disease that causes your taste buds to not work?

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M1dAmber said:

LOL!

I was waiting for the GM debate to hit RIU.

Have fun with this one...It's a shit storm, and Bill Gates is the main man. And you can bet your ass he believes in thinning the heard.
He is a firm believer in eugenics.

There is no way to win at this point. They are already creating "terminator" plants that terminate seeds after one harvest. Forcing farmers to return to the seed market year after year. Eventually there will be no heirloom seeds left, and the gm seeds that have been MODIFIED TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND LARGE AMOUNTS OF ROUNDUP, will be all that is left.

GM crops have been show to cause intestinal problems, digestive problems, and cancer. And this is just short term studies.

Pretty much all of our corn and soy at this point is gm.
They are moving to create a gm version of pretty much every crop out there. World wide.
Monsanto is even paying farmers to spray experimental cococtions of chemicals on crops.

Control the food, control the people.

Anyways, I have said my peace....have fun with your debate.


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Start saving your heirloom seeds NOW, because soon...you won't have any other option than to grow and eat poison.

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/health-risks

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DNAprotection said:

lol
sweat hogs love GMO's...they ass'embled their 'debate' team a while back...
https://www.rollitup.org/politics/602854-monsanto-cannabis-yes-no-dna.html

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• yes
  
  41 14.59%
• no
  
  219 77.94%
• undecided
  
  16 5.69%
• what is GE cannabis?
  
  5 1.78%

Antidisestablishmentarian said:

Could care less about voters.

I do care about you sharing bullshit and misinformation.

Lucky for you PT Barnum was correct.

edit: what's even funnier is the majority voted undecided. You didn't sway shit yourself.

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