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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
Thanks Thor, but the concerns with human tampering pre GMO were and still are diversification. GMOs make that even more extreme, as the GMO species will outlive and outlast at a very fast rate the existing species.
I am actually surprised that there are posters acting like my thoughts are mine alone - this is a major issue amongst those in the industry.
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But as long as you bank the seeds to keep the viable genetic material available for future use you don't have to worry. I agree that the mono-culture is a concern.
This however is not a Pro GMO / anti GMO issue. It is a farming practive issue that goes back 4000 years where the best perfroming seeds were kept for the next season and 500 or so years from when specific traits were sought out and bred for and 100 or so years where different simillar spieces were cross polinated to try to get the beneficial traits of both.
At least now we have the capability of preserving diversity.