Rice is life
http://www.greenpeace.org/rice Photographer John Novis on sustainable rice farming communities in Southern China. For farmers of Southern China, rice is more than just food - it is the very basis of their culture, however, it's a way of life that could be under threat as the spectre of genetic modification (GM) creeps up on the planet's most important food crop. www.greenpeace.org/bearingwitness
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@ddpl365 GMO are not selectively or cross bred, etc. "definitions are used by agencies that regulate genetically modified organisms (GMO's).""under guidelines issued by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, genetic engineering is defined as the genetic modification of organisms by recombinant DNA techniques (7CFR340: 340.1).""Recombinant DNA techniques (DNA formed by combining segments of DNA from different organisms)" ers.usda.gov/briefing/biotechnology/glossary.htm
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Why would GM rice destroy theire culture? its the dumbest thing i ever heard!
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Very simple people but still happy with such a mere existence. The community looks very natural. Unbeleivable how people can be so poor but still willing to share their food with others. I have a different perspective on China after watching the footage you have so kindly shared with the YouTube community. Thankyou!
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then explain.
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I'm just saying, if these companies got together and said no to the demand they could arrange things better in their favor. As for your "rich getting richer and poor getting poorer" are you saying these people that get rich don't deserve it? Also Slavery in America was wrong but it was only for the south because their economy used to run off plantations. that doesn't put us ahead it was so long ago, we can easily replace man power with modern engineering.
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Even if all of mankind changed direction and actually started to care about the enviroment instead of raping it. And started to care about of all humanity instead of letting people starve or kill them in wars. If we achieved the perfect balance between Man and Nature. We would screw it up. We need strife , it is in our nature. Someway , Somehow we need to become better than we are. The Road we are on surely leads to the end of mankind.
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I miss Cousteau and Sagan. They brought a little sanity into this insane world.
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America is the demand, the other countries are the suppliers. Think that out.
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k, i took a look at the doc, the 1st 3 parts. It seems to me that monsato represents the archetypal case of extreme coorparate irresponsibility. It is it not representative of all industrial agriculture, nor is it the fate of all agricultural practices. The negative impact from Monsanto was due to poor management, not b/c biotechnology is inherently bad. Monsanto will have difficulty doing more harm as the adverse consequences of it irresponsible actions become more apparent to the public.
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jo, i am afraid u are not thinking outside the box. what u are expressing is nostalgia for the past. when man worked the land with his hands, rather than with machinery. It was an honest lifestyle based on hard work and persistence. It is these ideas that were expressed by Thoreau in 1854 and John Muir in 1892: a "back to nature" mentality. But times have changed. To grow ur own food by hand is now a luxury. It cannot sustain our global population as a result of its high costs and low yeilds.
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jois I agree, sadly most of the world does not. Greed is the dominant force in the world today. The Greatest Treasure we have is right under our feet and we are destroying it for the next dollar.
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The World According to Monsanto - Part 1 of 8? ill take a look at it
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bmed19 If they are overusing thier land they need to crop rotate, but "Mechanized Farming" with pesticides is not the answer.
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bmed19 Watch the Monsanto Documentary on you tube. Maybe you will change your mind I hope.
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We cannot deny these ppl the opportunity to mechanize their farms to increase yield and improve working conitions. 2) they are not "in harmony with nature". These farmers are overusing their lands to increase yeilds and profit thus decreasing its fertility. Therefore to make up for the loss in aerable land they overexert and furhter accelerate the degradation of the land. These farmers have extremely low yields and cannot affort to adopt sustainable practices to avoid env degredation.
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i would like to clear up 2 misconceptions u seem to have. 1) these ppl arnt happy. maybe happy they have a familly and grateful to own a bit of land. but they are stuggling everyday to make enuf money to live comfortably. My father lived in Laos and his family is one of these poor farmers. It is heart wrenching to see them struggle to slave away in their fields just so they can sell what they cultivate for rediculously low profits.
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"How ironic that these "poor" countries can self sustain while America would crumble in a day without the conveyer belt." i agree. lets all convert to the agrarian lifestyle and become bums and live on a few dollars a day. real genius there bud
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bmed19 : would u be kind enuf to fill me in on what i missed then? Sure. They are one with the enviroment. They are Self - Sustaining. They do not need Lots of money or technology to be happy. They are living in a way that works and has worked for thousands of years.
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would u be kind enuf to fill me in on what i missed then?
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Now that is a Great Community. It won't be long before MonSatan destroys it :(
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