Thx Margaret.

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:44 PM, Margaret Whiting <
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> Diana,
>
> I just ordered a CD of the wonderful film "Symphony of the Soil" and you
> are welcome to borrow it.  (I didn't come yet).  Otherwise...Netflix has
> it.
>
> Margaret
>
>
> Margaret Whiting
> 1974 Caras Road
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1974+Caras+Road+%0D%0AWaterloo,+IA+50701+%0D%0A319&entry=gmail&source=g>
> Waterloo, IA 50701
> 319-291-6994
>
>
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> *From:* Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements <
> [log in to unmask]> on behalf of Diana Krystofiak <
> [log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 19, 2018 4:20 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Zombie GMO myths
>
> Yes, I love the movie "Symphony of Soil".  Who owns this film and can SE
> Iowa borrow it?
>
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 9:10 PM, Margaret Whiting <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I recently watched the environmental film "Symphony of the Soil" again,
> and it is very good!
>
> There is discussion about GMOs although that is not the main focus in the
> film.  The film has very convincing arguments about the problems of Big Ag
> chemicals.
>
> Margaret
>
>
> Margaret Whiting
> 1974 Caras Road
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1974+Caras+Road+%0D%0AWaterloo,+IA+50701+%0D%0A319&entry=gmail&source=g>
> Waterloo, IA 50701
> 319-291-6994
>
>
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> *From:* Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements <
> [log in to unmask]> on behalf of Donna Buell <
> [log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:15 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Zombie GMO myths
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Yes, we are on a treadmill.  And how frustrating.  I wonder how we can
> change the dynamics of the conversation to be more effective?
>
> Here’s a thought and maybe some of you have better ideas too.....  It
> seems to me that we are fighting an uphill battle to frame our debate in
> terms of GMOs rather than the outcomes they have given us.  People get lost
> in the science arguments and then they just tune-out.  And many scientists
> (including my graduate student son) will argue that we laypeople just don’t
> understand all that’s happening in science since we mapped the human
> genome.   And I don’t understand.  But I do know that the outcomes of our
> farming practices have us wondering how many more decades of soil are left
> in Iowa.
>
> It is the vastly increased use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that
> GMO corn and soy has brought upon us.  It is the monopolies that have
> arisen throughout the entire food production system, from seeds to retail
> grocery store space.  It is the dependency on monoculture that brings us
> the soil loss and water pollution.  ..... GMOs make this happen, but we
> were on the track of chemical monocultures before GMOs too.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Cover crops are an easy place to start the conversation about moving
> beyond the chemicals.
>
> We can’t give up on nutritious food grown in a healthy environment.
>
> Best,
> Donna
>
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2018, at 11:32 AM, l <000000f9356eb662-dmarc-reques
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Great article. Nowhere is this more relevant than right here in Iowa.--Tom
> M.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurel Hopwood <[log in to unmask]>
> To: CONS-SPST-BIOTECH-FORUM <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wed, Apr 18, 2018 6:00 am
> Subject: Zombie GMO myths
>
> https://globalecoguy.org/zombie-gmo-myths-a59123a403f2
> <https://gmwatch.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=29cbc7e6c21e0a8fd2a82aeb8&id=25c0c8fdf4&e=fd8a918f71>
> Zombie GMO myths
> by Dr. Jonathan Foley
> globalecoguy.org, 17 Apr 2018
>
> EDITED
> * Some widespread notions about GMOs — especially that they are “needed to
> feed a growing world” — are wrong and simply refuse to die.
>
> It never fails. Every few months, someone — usually a reporter — asking me
> to talk about GMOs*. And they almost always ask the same few questions.
>
> Sadly, these questions are the usual “GMO Zombie Myths” — put into
> circulation by big agricultural interests and their allies — that just
> won’t die.
>
> Industrial agriculture and biotech interests have built entire campaigns
> saying that we “need” genetically engineered organisms to “feed the world."
> Yet most of the GMOs in use today aren’t even primary food crops that feed
> the world — like rice, wheat, roots and tubers, pulses, and fruits and
> vegetables. Instead, most of the world’s GMO farm fields are growing things
> like feed corn (not sweet corn that we eat, but feed corn that is used for
> making animal feed, high-fructose corn syrup, and corn ethanol), soybeans
> (mainly for animal feed), cotton, and canola. Very few of the GMO crops in
> use today are feeding the world’s poor; instead, they are crops used in the
> world’s wealthier countries, mainly to fatten animals, make unnecessary
> biofuels and food additives, or make cheap clothing.
>
> There is the common claim that GMOs dramatically increase crop yields.
> That’s not really true either.
> If you really wanted to feed the world, you’d tackle bigger issues —
> namely food waste, wasteful diets (especially in the U.S. and Europe, where
> more red meat is eaten) and feedlot animal agriculture (where we turn food
> crops in animal feed).
>
> Moreover, there are side effects to using these bundled GMO-pesticide
> systems at such large scales. The loss of native plants on the edges of
> farmers fields, and the subsequent impact on native insects, birds, and
> other wildlife. Plus, there are the potential effects of using any biocide
> too much in the environment, and the potential impacts on soil
> microorganisms and biodiversity — which are still poorly understood.
>
> It’s like a giant treadmill, where we are in a race between GMO+pesticide
> development and nature’s ability to adapt to our chemicals, with new,
> resistant weeds and bugs. And nature typically wins.
>
> We need whole-food-system solutions, from the farmers field to our plates
> and stomachs. That’s the way we can feed 9 billion, with true food security
> and nutrition, with far less environmental and social harm.
>
> But, first, we need to dispel the myth that GMOs are “needed” to “feed the
> world”. Because that’s just not true, and is never going to be.
>
>
>
>
> ** Please don’t say, “Hey, all crops are genetically modified”. Yes, yes,
> we have been selectively breeding plants for thousands of years. We all
> know that. But the term “GMOs” refers to the recent development of “gene
> splicing” and the development of transgenic crops, creating forms of life
> that nature, or selective breeding, could never have created. *
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