Feed Us Seymour (Genetically Modified Organisms)

You eat clones and genetically modified organisms ... and frog. Well, at least, if you’ve eaten an apple, you’ve almost certainly eaten a clone and if you’ve eaten a strawberry in the last so many years, odds are you’ve ingested a genetically modified organism that’s part frog DNA. John, Mike, and Tom discuss Monsanto being the devil, cloning animals, vertical versus horizontal genetic transfer, ethics of breeding Bulldogs, Chihuahuas, Pugs, and other designer breeds, why people are scared of genetic engineering, whether or not apple orchards were intentionally destroyed due to prohibition, silk worms and boring worms and your corn becoming GMO, Bacillus thuringiensis bacterium, frog DNA being spliced into strawberries, Tahitian Treat, vaping, and antifreeze, relative risk of GMO potential negatives to positives, Chestnut blight and Banana extinction, postharvest physiology and waste and logistics, cheap available nitrogen and the Haber process, Elon Musk and GMOs feeding the world, food control as a weapon, vulnerabilities of crop homogenization, antibiotics and natural adaptation, aspirin origins, recycling GMOs over time to address vulnerabilities, the FDA, EPA, and USDA regulation of GMOs, vegan anti-vaxxers, Germany dominating the EU and European food, off-label Reynold Wrap usage, global population increasing and decreasing, cheap available energy supporting agricultural production, food deserts, Irish potato blight and famine, increased herbicide usage with GMOs, saving the Bald Eagle from extinction results in children dying from malaria, the fragility of systems with GMOs, designer human babies and cloning your dog, unintended affects of GMOs in the ecosystem, giant GMO salmon in the Atlantic Ocean, bunnies and predator-prey relationships, tiny giraffes, and Total Farming. #GMO #DNA #Monsanto #Farming #Food #Frogs #Strawberries #Bananas #Bt #Bacillusthuringiensis #Corn #Soybeans #Cotton #SupplyChain #Salmon Gene Patenting https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02905-9 https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/testing/genepatents/ https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/the-patent-landscape-of-genetically-modified-organisms/ Did Prohibition Really Destroy Apple Orchards? https://montezumaorchard.org/2021/01/14/burn-them-a-myth-of-cider-orchards-and-prohibition/ https://www.bbg.org/gardening/article/the_apple_in_north_america DNA Extraction - Silk Worms and Boring Worms and Your Corn https://passel2.unl.edu/view/lesson/7f79e74ec2cd/3 GMO Crops Over Time https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/adoption-of-genetically-engineered-crops-in-the-us/recent-trends-in-ge-adoption/ Banana Extinction https://fruitworldmedia.com/index.php/featured/banana-disaster-example-history-repeating/ GMOs and World Hunger https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/biotechnology-solution-hunger https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674000/ Postharvest Physiology and Logistics https://postharvest.ucdavis.edu Nitrogen and The Haber Process https://youtu.be/o1_D4FscMnU https://www.instituteformindfulagriculture.org/writings-1/2016/3/24/the-haber-bosch-process-1 Did Rome Salt Carthage? https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/5-imperialism-rome/ The Aspirin Story https://www.aspirin-foundation.com/history/the-aspirin-story/ Irish Potato Famine GMO Solution https://www.irishcentral.com/news/genetically-engineered-potato-resist-great-hunger-blight Bt Corn and Increased Herbicide Usage https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/gmos-and-pesticides/ Genetically Modified Salmon Head to US Dinner Plates https://apnews.com/article/whole-foods-market-inc-lifestyle-health-coronavirus-pandemic-technology-a4ef4f24801f62ac65918e4560d7eb8a Support the show