tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post4919571557808035969..comments2024-01-27T11:40:35.680+00:00Comments on Bean Sprouts: Terminator TechnologyMelanie Rimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05871992146568559100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-9781877370660999092006-10-13T16:20:00.000+01:002006-10-13T16:20:00.000+01:00Quite, Elfie. And I've heard it said (though I hav...Quite, Elfie. And I've heard it said (though I haven't seen it myself) that there are often lush growths of tomato plants in sewage outflow areas.Melanie Rimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05871992146568559100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-82087298609449591242006-10-13T13:54:00.000+01:002006-10-13T13:54:00.000+01:00I believe the EU a few years ago made it technical...I believe the EU a few years ago made it technically illegal to plant seeds from e.g. tomatoes bought at the supermarket.<br />Not that that one is particularly enforceable - you can't legislate against seeds sprouting where they happen to land on the ground...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-77866228173265692242006-10-09T07:05:00.000+01:002006-10-09T07:05:00.000+01:00I don't know about the USA, but in the UK it seems...I don't know about the USA, but in the UK it seems to be getting fasionable to go greener. The supermarkets are stocking organic stuff & promoting the use of smaller producers (however real of fake that is) and highlight shelves of FairTrade stuff, and there's more & more stuff in the media about recycling etc. Hopefully it'll go the same was as cosmetic manufacturers 20 years ago. There was an outcry against animal testing, Body Shop came out, and the other companies jumped on the bandwagon. I know the gig co's will always persue profits, but hopefully it'll become consumer driven and make some clean up their acts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-87613377257421783362006-10-08T17:03:00.000+01:002006-10-08T17:03:00.000+01:00I sincerely hope that terminator technology doesn'...I sincerely hope that terminator technology doesn't come into common use. It's possible, but I doubt if it will become cheap enough for the seed companies to put it into more than a few types of seeds.<br /><br />It is actually very useful for trans-genetic plants that you don't want to escape into the wild. Plants tend to cross-breed more than we ever suspected. This has caused things like resistance to herbicides to get into the wild populations, resulting in 'superweeds'. (Of course, I don't like herbicides anyhow, so it's a moot point to me).<br /><br />No matter what the seed companies do with terminator technology, you will always be able to get heritage seeds. In fact, as the big companies get more aggressive in their attempts to protect their intellectual property, the distributors of heritage seeds will flourish all the more.Nerd in the Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00832282913128237365noreply@blogger.com