{"id":91,"date":"2007-03-01T09:54:38","date_gmt":"2007-03-01T07:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/wordpress\/?p=91"},"modified":"2007-03-01T09:54:38","modified_gmt":"2007-03-01T07:54:38","slug":"sa-happy-to-eat-what-they-can-gmo-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"SA happy to “eat what they can” – GMO producer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m talking South Africa, but it sounds bad like you say, they eat what they can, it’s a thing that worries some developed communities, that’s a fact.<\/em><\/p>\n

This remarkable statement was made by Osvaldo Capellini<\/a>, president of the Dairy Processors of Argentina.<\/p>\n

I follow a pro-GMO blog<\/a>, just to keep up with the other side<\/em>. Usually it’s just PR nonsense from companies involved in the trade. The mangled statement above (admittedly it’s presumably not in his first language) came at the end of a piece justifying the use of GM food for Argentinean cattle. Thanks to countries like South Africa that eat what they can<\/em>, and with non-existent controls, they can sell their goods, providing Monsanto and other biotech companies with more PR.<\/p>\n

It’s nice to know we’re seen as a market that accepts any old junk, that we eat what’s put on our plate by the kind multinationals.<\/p>\n

To summarise my position again briefly for those arriving here for the first time, I am not against genetic technology. Unfortunately, it’s rather like proprietary versus Free software, with immensely more serious consequences. Countless studies have been manipulated or disregarded by those with a vested interest in selling the product, and a vested interest in covering up any bad news. Blindly letting them get away with this is insanity. With proper use and control, the technology can be fantastic. Unfortunately right now it’s merely ruthless profiteering, with all of us at risk.<\/p>\n

Technorati tags: genetic modification<\/a> GM food<\/a> genetic engineering<\/a> genetically modified food<\/a> genetics<\/a>, GMO<\/a> dairy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m talking South Africa, but it sounds bad like you say, they eat what they can, it’s a thing that worries some developed communities, that’s a fact. This remarkable statement was made by Osvaldo Capellini, president of the Dairy Processors of Argentina. I follow a pro-GMO blog, just to keep up with the other side.… Continue reading SA happy to “eat what they can” – GMO producer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fire-social","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}