AgCan Abandons Development Of "RoundUp Ready" Wheat

And yet, Perry Schmeiser is still destitute.<p><p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

Yes, will Monsanto have to compensate the people they\'ve destroyed?

Too bad it\'s too late for Canola.

Did anyone watch The Nature of Things last night? It was the second part of a two part series on first, Corporate Farming, and then second on the larger demand for Organic produce.

It was so nice to see farmers like I remember when I was a child. Rosey cheeks, smiling, petting the cows and pigs. Really in touch with the land and the environment that sustains their crops and animals. You know that when they butcher those animals it\'s done with honor and a deep appreciation for their contribution to our lives.

There was one farmer that made an excellent point about people that complain about the extra cost of organic. He said something to the effect that you may pay more when you purchase organic but you could be paying even more when you end up paying for the cost of environmental cleanup left behind by big corporate farms. And the damage to water,land and air is horrendous! When you see how things are produced you don\'t want to affirm that you are actually eating what you\'re looking at.

Lets support our local organic farmers.

Organic farming should be legislated,--it shouldn\'t be optional. If necessary, farmers should recieve aid to compensate for lost crops, and keep costs reasonable to start.

Also, don\'t forget the costs (billions) to society when chemical foods make us sick.

People? Try 'countries'. Millions of starving Africans would rather starve that support this company. I can do no less.<p> In my city, there is a store called 'The Big Fresh'. It's 100% all organic foods, from grapes to beef. It's a little costlier, and sometimes the fruit is bruised or not 100% perfect, but well worth the money for the difference in taste alone. Have you really ever tasted strawberries? I doubt it!<p> I can also get fresh chickens, lamb (real lamb, not the mutton they sell in stores!), beef and such from a Hutterite colony nearby and at local farmers markets. I urge you all to at least try this. You will not believe the taste difference between a Hutterite chicken and one bought in the store. And the cost is less too!<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

You can't legislate business models in a therotical free market economy. The market must decide.<p> What needs to be done is to educate the consumers. If not on the yet-unproven risks of GM foods, then on the business practices of these companies.<p> I can't find a link right now, but there was a big kerfuffle about a GM variant of potatoe in the States which contained the gene of another plant that was immune and even would kill a variety of beetle that destroyed the potatoe plant. Everyone was assured that the potatoe root was safe for humans, and the beetle would die if it attacked those plants, but the concern was what happens when the beetle adapts? How will it be stopped then?<p> A rule I learned a long time ago is: "Mother Nature always wins!"<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

While i wouldn`t force organic farming onto people in a fascist sense, I would pass legislation making these large polluting corporate farms ILLEGAL based on the damage they do, both to the environment and the family farm! Anyway, the abandonment of round-up ready wheat is good news for Canada! Canada`s wheat is already world reknowned for being the best! Canada has a world market to sell to because of this! If we were to switch to the GMO round up stuff, we would once again, be totally reliant on the US market and the whims of their leaders and officials. Europe and other countries would have banned Canadian wheat if we had made the switch, and that would have left us with only one market- the USA, who approve of GM foods!

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Dave Ruston

I wonder now if Canada will have the cajones to ban GM wheat like the EU and most other civilized countries have. US wheat shouldn't be allowed in Canada anyway because of the risk it could be exported to the EU or Russia.<p><p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

About Canada and cojones concerning g.m. wheat. The way Martin appears to be cozying up to anything U.S., I seriously doubt there will be any support for a ban from the pmo. It was embarrassing to watch as Martin kowtowed and tugged his forelock while Bush swaggered. South American leaders showed more cojone fortitude than did our latest \'less than prime\' minister.

That\'s my argument, Doc. That we SHOULDN\'T have a COMPLETELY free-market economy.....legislating organic farming would be accomplished by banning pesticides which are presumably carcinogenic, and raising the feeding & raising standards for livestick....this is NOT a fascist idea, it\'s a progressive decision. If WE started exporting organic food, other countries would either tax-it, or be forced to COMPETE, by raising THEIR standards.....

the few extra dollars organic farming would cost would be nothing if we had proper employment and minimum wages in this country....we already pay billions more in health care becuase of pollution, so we\'d make it back in the long run.....

You can\'t argue people should decide, when they don\'t know the facts....why do you think farming areas have such huge breast cancer rates? People WOULD support the change.

Hi Dave!

I dsagree that it would be fascist to ban chemicals. We already know that people in farming areas have INSANE rates of breast cancer, and most of the chemicals have never even been studied. The next DDT or PCB could exist, and we wouldn\'t even know it....by banning chemicals, and raising the feeding & raising standards for livestock, we would force out chemical farming, wothout even legislating it. THEN, we\'s be forcing other markets to COMPETE, or be left in the dust. If they became protectionist, we could easily appeal if we were not part of NAFTA or the FTA anymore.