AngC
Well-Known Member
Every now and then, when reading on the main forum, I see mention of GMO; usually it's couched in terms that indicate GMO crops are BAD!!! Then, in other posts, the same person may say that they feed some sort of supplement like Omolene or Triple-Crown or beet pellets or sweet feed drenched in molasses derived from sugar beets..., etc.
This really cranks me.
I don't know if GMO crops are BAD. I don't think anyone knows. There have been some studies, many of which have been biased and/or unscientific. Personally I think, special interests "support" our law makers and get what they want.
But if you are feeding anything other than your own pasture grass -- and maybe hay, there is a huge probability you are feeding GMO-derived product to your animals (and/or your people.)
For example, Triple Crown 30% Equine Supplement lists soybean meal as 1st ingredient and then some relatively minor ingredients/vitamins/etc. According to USDA, 93% of US soybean crop is GMO; perhaps Triple Crown is magically stuffing the remaining 7% that isn't GMO into their product; I doubt it.
I don't know about Omolene--ingredients are not listed online. And our goobers are perfectly capable of making themselves too fat without any kind of 'ration balancer' so I can't look at a label to see if they list ingredients on the actual package.
Beet pellets, anyone? 95% of the US sugar beet crop is GMO.
I was reading an article at the Kentucky Equine Research website and most of the proteins they listed as approved for horse feed were derived from crops that are 90% or greater GMO. (When I cite percentages, I mean percent of that crop grown in the US that is GMO.)
The only laggard is alfalfa at 30%.
SOOO. I don't know if GMO is BAD! What I find much more disturbing is that our seed supply is in the hands of corporations that are trying to concoct ways to corner the market. Each spring I receive a huge pile of seed catalogs and each one sells the very same thing. ...with the exception of a few. I sadly watch each seedsman disappear and only order from the ones that have trial gardens and aren't selling the same old crap.
One last thought... Instead of worrying about GMO, I'd be thinking about hormones injected into our meat supply. Back in the day, I had to wait until I was like 15 to grow boobs. Now it seems like you can get 'em at 8 or 10 or?
This really cranks me.
I don't know if GMO crops are BAD. I don't think anyone knows. There have been some studies, many of which have been biased and/or unscientific. Personally I think, special interests "support" our law makers and get what they want.
But if you are feeding anything other than your own pasture grass -- and maybe hay, there is a huge probability you are feeding GMO-derived product to your animals (and/or your people.)
For example, Triple Crown 30% Equine Supplement lists soybean meal as 1st ingredient and then some relatively minor ingredients/vitamins/etc. According to USDA, 93% of US soybean crop is GMO; perhaps Triple Crown is magically stuffing the remaining 7% that isn't GMO into their product; I doubt it.
I don't know about Omolene--ingredients are not listed online. And our goobers are perfectly capable of making themselves too fat without any kind of 'ration balancer' so I can't look at a label to see if they list ingredients on the actual package.
Beet pellets, anyone? 95% of the US sugar beet crop is GMO.
I was reading an article at the Kentucky Equine Research website and most of the proteins they listed as approved for horse feed were derived from crops that are 90% or greater GMO. (When I cite percentages, I mean percent of that crop grown in the US that is GMO.)
The only laggard is alfalfa at 30%.
SOOO. I don't know if GMO is BAD! What I find much more disturbing is that our seed supply is in the hands of corporations that are trying to concoct ways to corner the market. Each spring I receive a huge pile of seed catalogs and each one sells the very same thing. ...with the exception of a few. I sadly watch each seedsman disappear and only order from the ones that have trial gardens and aren't selling the same old crap.
One last thought... Instead of worrying about GMO, I'd be thinking about hormones injected into our meat supply. Back in the day, I had to wait until I was like 15 to grow boobs. Now it seems like you can get 'em at 8 or 10 or?