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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 |
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Site Comments Suggest new Forum categories, features for the Biofortified Blog, report bugs, etc. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 9 Posts: 60 | Last post by MaryM in Re: Biotech traits on 5 August 2010, 04:38 |
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Cells, Chromosomes, and Genes Talk about the basics of genetics. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 4 Posts: 34 | Last post by Karl Haro von Mogel in Re: Contamination on 27 May 2010, 05:44 |
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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: 1 | Last post by MaryM in Corn: 85% not corn! on 19 November 2009, 17:41 |
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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: 13 | Last post by Anastasia in Beautiful peaches on 2 March 2010, 21:14 |
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News Suggest and talk about recent news in genetic engineering. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 18 Posts: 96 | Last post by MaryM in New Conspiracy Theory in The Guardian on 20 July 2010, 21:31 |
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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: 1 Posts: 3 | Last post by GregH in Re: Anyone got any simple studies? on 30 July 2010, 05:52 |
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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: 1 Posts: 5 | Last post by Anastasia in Re: Ok, here on 30 November 2009, 18:25 |
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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: 4 Posts: 9 | Last post by MaryM in Cool project: mutant tef on 18 May 2010, 00:21 |
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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: 2 Posts: 17 | Last post by pdiff in Re: epistemology and orgenics on 9 December 2009, 12:48 |
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Politics Labels, commerce, local politics, and the international scene. What happens when genetics intersects decision-making? Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 10 Posts: 44 | Last post by Anastasia in Organic and the UN on 26 August 2010, 04:09 |
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Growing Methods Conventional, Organic, Sustainable? Talk about the different ways we grow crops. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 1 Posts: 1 | Last post by GregH in What is organics anyway? on 31 August 2010, 04:51 |
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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: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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: 2 Posts: 3 | Last post by MaryM in Survey shows acceptance of GE on 24 July 2010, 03:09 |
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Portuguese Conversa sobre a genética no Português. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet |
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Italian Parlare dell'ingegneria genetica in Italiano. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet |
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French Parler de génie génétique en français. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet |
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Spanish Hablar sobre ingeniería genética en español. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet |
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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: 3 Posts: 9 | Last post by Anastasia in Re: So, what you y on 11 June 2010, 18:25 |
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