Are your seeds Non GMO? Love what you do. That takes a lot of work and dedication. Why don't you check out Stephen Frantz' time line on FB? Lots of info for you. Most info is manipulated by Monsanto.

Yes. Arsenic in rice. And that's bad, too. I read that Lundberg Co. attempts to keep it at a minimum and that they continuously test their rice.

What gmo foodstuffs are the Chinese putting out @HippieChick58?

You seem to hold a lot of misinformation on the topic.

Organic is a marketing movement, not a scientifically based beneficial idea. Their claims about GMO (that you seem to believe) are untrue.

GMO is probably the safest way we've ever added traits to our domesticated species. It is the one case where we know exactly what is being changed and resultant product is really safety tested.

GMO is really a non sense label. Everything you've ever eaten (besides the accidental insect now and then) is GMO in every sense that matters. We've been collecting completely random and unknown mutations in our food supplies for 1000s of years. Sometimes this has resulted in disaster, see the case of the Lenape potato for one example. Everything you fear in "GMO" products has a much greater risk of occurring in crops produced through traditional techniques.

One more time, everything you eat is GMO. Adding a gene manually is just one new way of doing the job. It is also probably the safest method in actual fact.

@Akfishlady I understand what you're saying, and agree that DDT was not well understood when it was introduced--neither was radioactivity. But the answer to poor or inadequate science is better and more of it. We now have mountains of analysis and studies into genetically modified organisms, and nothing has been found that would cause us to halt. In some parts of the world, GMOs may be the only option to avoid famine. A compromise might be better labelling, identifying GMOs in supermarkets, giving people a choice; but to ban them outright, without a single shred of evidence? Highly reactionary and irrational.

@Akfishlady Exactly. Have the long hard yards gained from years of testing yet occurred to enable trust in the safety of these GMO products? Look at the lies told over tobacco additives, pharmaceuticals such as thalidomide, vioxx, chemicals such as agent orange ... the list goes on.

Japan is one of the countries that have banned current GMO's because a new protein, not found in nature, appeared in GMO products that cause some deaths and bad side effects. Problem is worse because once these new strains are created, even though they are not expected and are very bad, they cannot be gotten rid of. They are with us forever.

Many people believe this is good science. We really don't know what the true science is behind Monsanto's creations because they suppress findings that do not back them up. It isn't honest. Perhaps it would be a good idea to scout out these suppressed findings and to keep an open mind.

Bottom line is YOU, your health now and down the road in the future. It's not a question of proving a point. It is a question of what is good for you - for your precious life Then we don't want to whole world to go the way of Paraguay whose green fertile lands were destroyed by Monsanto.

At least, the jury should be out.

@think-beyond The beauty of science, unlike religion, is that the jury, so to speak, is always out, as there's always opportunity to gain more knowledge. Religion is doctrinaire and incapable of change. The anti-GMO crowd, much like the anti-vax'ers, behave much like a religion, in that they start from a non-evidence based position, and spread their memes using anecdotes and fear. I would appreciate a qualified source on the deaths and side affects, as I was unable to locate this story. And please know that, while my mind is not closed on the topic of GMOs, testing and studies performed to date, not by paid mouthpieces of Monsanto, but by independent labs, has not found any cause for alarm. In other words, I remain agnostic on the subject; isn't that the most logical position for us all?

@think-beyond have a cite for "Japan is one of the countries that have banned current GMO's because a new protein, not found in nature, appeared in GMO products that cause some deaths and bad side effects. "

1. GMOs are not banned in Japan so far as I know. In fact, they have a robust regulatory process that checks them out and approves them on a regular basis.
2. What protein is this?
3. What deaths? I can find nothing about this.

These are really basic facts to have so substantially wrong.

And we are eating this stuff right here in the USA...produced here...marketed here...approved of here. Hospitals lookout! Here we come!