argylesock says… I too have been wondering how that Roundup Ready wheat came to appear in that field. It will be interesting to see what is found out about the incident. Meanwhile I’ll say that concern about GM crops isn’t all ‘fake science and fear’. There’s good science leading many people to think that GM biotech isn’t the right way forward. You can read more under my ‘genetic modification’ tag.
You have been reading about the sudden appearance of GM wheat in a field in Oregon, the ongoing USDA investigation into how it appeared there, the possibility of a boycott of American wheat by countries worried about GM wheat in their food supply, and the possibility of stiff losses to farmers (90% of Oregon wheat is exported). However, being a member of that vast group, Clueless Urban Consumers, you held back on giving your opinion on social media because you were discovering a whole new world which you knew very little about , and did not feel comfortable asking out to the world the questions burning in your brain: for instance,” where do baby wheat come from anyway?”; and, “wait, what, there are different kinds of wheat?”
Here is something to start with: wheat is not pollinated by insects, it self pollinates inside the flower while the flower…
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