Comments on: Calling Five Percent of US Residents to Action on GMOs http://permaculture.org.au/2008/08/22/calling-five-percent-of-us-residents-to-action-on-gmos/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cymon Fjell http://permaculture.org.au/2008/08/22/calling-five-percent-of-us-residents-to-action-on-gmos/#comment-26516 Cymon Fjell Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:35:36 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=567#comment-26516 Hello, In the late '70's I found the funding for Darryl Sipos to work tirelessly to establish Self Reliance Seed Company (renamed Phoenix Seeds after litigation issues). This was a social enterprise set up within Tagari Community and the Permaculture institute Trust.It dealt only in heirloom seeds. I went on to collect and grow many species of exotic tropical fruit and nut trees in Australia's north. Some of these species, all non GMO would raise bio-piracy concerns for social and cultural activists. Some species introduced by fruit growers into North Queensland, such as Pond apple (Annona glabra) are major environmental weeds of north Queensland, affecting mainly wetland ecosystems such as melaleuca and palm swamps, creeks, drains and coastal foreshores. Could a GMO weed war species help with this? Lets get real. No amount of manual weeding or mulching will. another thought. Having worked in the environmentally blighted Aral Sea in Uzbekistan perhaps a tailored GMO to bio remediate these very toxic conditions might repair broken lands. Perhaps this is a case for everything working both ways. Perhaps we have to look further than both ways. Regards, Cymon Fjell Hello,

In the late ’70’s I found the funding for Darryl Sipos to work tirelessly to establish Self Reliance Seed Company (renamed Phoenix Seeds after litigation issues). This was a social enterprise set up within Tagari Community and the Permaculture institute Trust.It dealt only in heirloom seeds. I went on to collect and grow many species of exotic tropical fruit and nut trees in Australia’s north. Some of these species, all non GMO would raise bio-piracy concerns for social and cultural activists.

Some species introduced by fruit growers into North Queensland, such as Pond apple (Annona glabra) are major environmental weeds of north Queensland, affecting mainly wetland ecosystems
such as melaleuca and palm swamps, creeks, drains and coastal
foreshores. Could a GMO weed war species help with this? Lets get real. No amount of manual weeding or mulching will.

another thought. Having worked in the environmentally blighted Aral Sea in Uzbekistan perhaps a tailored GMO to bio remediate these very toxic conditions might repair broken lands.

Perhaps this is a case for everything working both ways. Perhaps we have to look further than both ways.

Regards,
Cymon Fjell

]]> By: jeffrey dach md http://permaculture.org.au/2008/08/22/calling-five-percent-of-us-residents-to-action-on-gmos/#comment-26047 jeffrey dach md Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:07:13 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=567#comment-26047 GMO Food - The Greatest Threat in the History of Western Civilization Jeff Smith's book, Seeds of Deception, compiles 20 years of data on the health risks of genetically modified foods from scientists such as Arpad Pusztai and Trudy Netherwood who reported that feeding GMO food to laboratory animals resulted in thousands of sick, sterile and dead laboratory animals. The book also reports on allergic reactions and toxicity in humans from GMO foods. While American consumers remain oblivious, GMO Foods have been introduced into the US food supply without safety testing or even labeling. Already 70% of our US food supply is GMO, affecting corn, soy, cotton seed oil and canola oil. The following countries have banned GMO Food: Algeria, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Japan, Phillipines, The European Union, Norway, Austria, Germany United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Brazil, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Australia, New Zealand. The British Medical Association has asked for a moratorium on GMO foods. To Read More..... Genetically Modified GMO Food, the Great Scandal by Jeffrey Dach MD http://jeffreydach.com/2008/08/14/genetically-modified-gmo-food-the-great-scandal-by-jeffrey-dach-md.aspx Jeffrey Dach MD 4700 Sheridan Suite T Hollywood Fl 33021 954 983 1443 http://www.naturalmedicine101.com http://www.drdach.com GMO Food – The Greatest Threat in the History of Western Civilization

Jeff Smith’s book, Seeds of Deception, compiles 20 years of data on the health risks of genetically modified foods from scientists such as Arpad Pusztai and Trudy Netherwood who reported that feeding GMO food to laboratory animals resulted in thousands of sick, sterile and dead laboratory animals. The book also reports on allergic reactions and toxicity in humans from GMO foods.

While American consumers remain oblivious, GMO Foods have been introduced into the US food supply without safety testing or even labeling. Already 70% of our US food supply is GMO, affecting corn, soy, cotton seed oil and canola oil.

The following countries have banned GMO Food: Algeria, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Japan, Phillipines, The European Union, Norway, Austria, Germany United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Brazil, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Australia, New Zealand.

The British Medical Association has asked for a moratorium on GMO foods.

To Read More…..

Genetically Modified GMO Food, the Great Scandal by Jeffrey Dach MD

http://jeffreydach.com/2008/08/14/genetically-modified-gmo-food-the-great-scandal-by-jeffrey-dach-md.aspx

Jeffrey Dach MD
4700 Sheridan Suite T
Hollywood Fl 33021
954 983 1443
http://www.naturalmedicine101.com
http://www.drdach.com

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