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| Forum News Look here for notices about forum policy, moderation, and such. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 1 Posts: 5 | Last post by Karl Haro von Mogel in Re: RSS feeds on 19 April 2010, 16:47 | |
| Site Comments Suggest new Forum categories, features for the Biofortified Blog, report bugs, etc. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 16 Posts: 98 | Last post by Orphadeus in Re: List of Blogging Contests on 1 January 2012, 20:21 | |
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| Cells, Chromosomes, and Genes Talk about the basics of genetics. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 6 Posts: 47 | Last post by MaryM in PlantingScience education project on 9 March 2012, 21:37 | |
| Crop Genetics All crops we eat have genes - what do they do? What kinds of changes have we made to our crop plants over the centuries? Talk about it here. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 1 Posts: 9 | Last post by pdiff in Re: Corn: 85% not corn! on 26 January 2012, 03:37 | |
| Breeder's Corner Plant Breeding today is more sophisticated than just rubbing two flowers together - what is being done in this field? Anyone doing experiments in their backyard? Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 3 Posts: 18 | Last post by Orphadeus in Re: Beautiful peaches on 14 February 2011, 23:01 | |
| Genetic Engineering | |||
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| News Suggest and talk about recent news in genetic engineering. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 56 Posts: 290 | Last post by pdiff in Re: Ignorance is bliss on 21 April 2012, 13:08 | |
| How GE works Ask questions, and discuss how genetic engineering works. How does Bt corn protect against insect pests and reduce pesticide use? Get into the nitty gritty details. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 2 Posts: 97 | Last post by GregH in This is how it works on 27 November 2011, 08:43 | |
| Is it Safe? One of the most often asked questions! Start some topics here to talk about how GE crops are tested, approved, analyzed, etc. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 12 Posts: 41 | Last post by MaryM in Re: Plants making pesticides on 21 May 2012, 07:43 | |
| What if? What if we could engineer a crop to make its own fertilizer, or a banana to taste like strawberries? Talk about ways we could change our agriculture and food. What kinds of GMOs do you want to see? Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 3 Posts: 8 | Last post by megalithix in GMO Food with its own Stamp? on 22 April 2011, 19:29 | |
| The Developing World Genetic Engineering can have many implications for the developing world. Issues of food production, malnutrition, farm labor, and more can be affected by this technology. Will it help, or make problems worse? Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 9 Posts: 46 | Last post by Ewan R in Re: Monsanto & developing world seed saving on 10 March 2012, 14:49 | |
| Philosophy All sciences have philosophical implications. What does it mean about humanity and its relationship with plants when genes can be moved and modified at-will? Does it fundamentally change that relationship, or does it instead change our perspective? Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 12 Posts: 92 | Last post by pdiff in Re: Environmentalist for GMOs on 13 April 2012, 00:50 | |
| Politics Labels, commerce, local politics, and the international scene. What happens when genetics intersects decision-making? Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 23 Posts: 148 | Last post by DebbieC in Re: Institute for Responsible Technology on 16 April 2012, 02:34 | |
| Agriculture | |||
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| Gardening Do you grow a garden? Have you tried? What kind of plants do you grow, and what are your hopes and dreams for that flower bed? Here's the place to talk about it. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 2 Posts: 4 | Last post by MaryM in Re: Massachusetts Garden on 21 May 2012, 03:05 | |
| Growing Methods Conventional, Organic, Sustainable? Talk about the different ways we grow crops. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 3 Posts: 26 | Last post by MaryM in Re: 1493 and organic fertilizer on 12 August 2011, 00:57 | |
| Animals Agriculture isn't just about plants. Talk about issues and developments related to the animals we raise. Cloned meat? Animal husbandry? Biotech bees? Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 1 Posts: 34 | Last post by Judy Hoy in Re: Developmental malformations on mammals and birds on 16 February 2012, 06:32 | |
| Agricultural Biodiversity Different varieties, different species, and a different category for discussion. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet | |
| Food | |||
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| Recipes Have any favorite recipes you would like to share? If you can suggest a recipe that involves GE foods, maybe Frank will feature it in a video! Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 2 Posts: 2 | Last post by MaryM in Plimoth Plantation recipes on 19 November 2009, 18:49 | |
| Cross-Culture Food cultures around the world are quite varied. Many of the ways that we approach discussions of food (and genetic engineering) depend upon the food cultures we come from. How are things different elsewhere in the world? Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet | |
| Marketing Food is heavily marketed, and it's not just the junk food in the center of the supermarket. Every food producer wants a share of the consumer spending pie - how have they been trying to get it? Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 6 Posts: 23 | Last post by Anastasia in Re: Survey shows acceptance of GE on 22 April 2011, 23:17 | |
| Other languages | |||
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| Portuguese Conversa sobre a genética no Português. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet | |
| Italian Parlare dell'ingegneria genetica in Italiano. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet | |
| French Parler de génie génétique en français. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet | |
| Spanish Hablar sobre ingeniería genética en español. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet | |
| German Diskutiere über Gentechnik in Deutsch. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet | |
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| Coffee House Get to know other members, shoot the breeze, and talk about things totally unrelated to genetics. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 6 Posts: 31 | Last post by Karl Haro von Mogel in Re: Seeds Drama - Schmeiser Unfolds on the Stage on 29 February 2012, 20:40 | |
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