But like sex, they affect everyone and
everything in one way or another, sooner or later. What’s disconcerting is that you’ve probably missed your virgin moment without even realising it - since you, your family and your animals have probably been having an intimate GMO relationship for some time now - they just neglected to tell you. Or ask you. Or give you a choice to opt out if you're not interested. Or protect what you're interested in from GMO intrusion.

OTHER THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW

After I began researching GMOs several years ago, my ignorance of the agricultural and food world became exposed when I started to learn about nanotechnology, food irradiation, the corporate gobbling up of small farmers, contemporary conventional ( non-organic) farm practices in general, agricultural sciences and agricultural policy, that have all been occurring and developing virtually unnoticed, unquestioned and untethered for the most part, by the major community.

I also discovered that there are new agri-biological techniques that have outdated and superceded the GM technology ( observations supported by biotech industry folk ).

But this has made no difference to the all devouring GM machine in
its efforts at world food market control and ownership.
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Jeffrey Smith Talk - Hawaii 2009 ( can play full screen )
More videos here

  A SHORT SUMMARY OF WHY GMOs CAUSE CONCERN ( AND ANGER )

( this section being written )
 

AUSTRALIAN MEDIA REPORTS  ABOUT GMOs  (OLD & NEW) ( tv & radio ) Reports from australian 'mainstream' TV and radio services you may have missed. ABC radio & TV have virtually been the only news network, along with various community radio stations who have reported at any depth about GMOs in australia. The ABC reports bear no apparent bias toward either apro or anti GMO argument, and officially remain neutral. ( this section still under construction, as is the video & media section, link below - but there's still plenty to watch or listen to, and lots more to come ) Bush Telegraph ABC Radio, Feb 02, 2009 : Will Ockendon reports - Guests Gustav Nossal  scientist ), Julie Newman ( farmer ) and others Original source link JoomlaXTC MiniMP3 - Copyright 2009 Monev Software LLC   Bush Telegraph ABC Radio, Jan 28, 2010 : Michael Mackenzie- Western Australia has given the green light to farmers wanting to grow genetically modified canola.Original source link ** More australian, and international, media reports, audio & video  here

 



AN EXAMPLE of  'SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT'  GM BANANA
( currently being written up )

" On May 26, 1992, the FDA declares that it has
determined that genetically modified foods are
'substantially equivalent' to conventionally grown
foods and therefore will not be subject to any special regulations."  Read more here (not linked yet )

And these are the organisms from which the
inserted genes in the GM Banana, which began
testing at the Queensland University of
Technology in mid 2008, are sourced :

a nematode ( a soil living roundworm), a glow in the
dark jellyfish, a strain of E.Coli and a soil bacterium

 Plus genes from these sources :

maize
castor bean
cauliflower mosaic virus ( plant virus )
tobacco etch virus ( plant virus )

Read about the above gene sources, here ( not linked yet )
 

 The FDA justified it's position saying that assessments
concerning the safety of food products should be based on
the characteristic of the food product, and not on the
method used to develop the product.
 

Does this GM banana seem like it is
' substantially equivalent '
to a conventionally produced banana
to you ?

Full article, extracts from the QUT
gene release application, details of the
traits being researched, and other links,
  here....( not linked yet )
 

Vandana Shiva, nuclear physicist,
seed saver, sustainable
agriculture advocate & activist :

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The Magazine Rack

' The Big GMO Coverup '
- an article in Urban Garden magazine,
  Nov 6, 2009.

To view ( in full screen, new window )
- click the icon second from the right.
 

 



ABOUT THIS PROJECT...

The intention of this site is help make accessing as much GMO information as possible, and we'll give you links to the pro GM lobbyists and biotech companies as well, so you can make up your own mind ( look for the link in the site menu top left of each page ), and where to find the actively campaigning 'No GMOs' people and groups ( especially australia ).

We'll also give you links to the many and growing alternative, often proven better, economically more holistic, soil, nutrient, eco & climate friendlier, food supply options.

Related Projects :

If It's GMO It's Gotta Go .org is part of an overall
concept / project called the
'Things R Lookin' Up Big Project !' .

Other site members in this project are:

(' Blue's Green Mate & The Big Green Directory ') at
'Blue's Green Mate .com' ,

'My Big Green Ask .com',

'Wombat Wadio .org' ,

'CommuniTVme.com' ,

'Chauncey Gardener .org'
and
'Communi-Rate-It'
( based at Chauncey Gardener .org ) .
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The projects are vehicles of action ( not just websites! ), creating their own and supporting others' green & community projects with positive action, and also with 25% of all green directory listing subscriptions and advertising going to the green & community groups, causes and projects that the subscribers & advertisers individually nominate.

" Awareness Heals "

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