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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: 5 Posts: 21 | Last post by Anastasia in Re: New layout on March 10, 2010, 20:49 |
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Cells, Chromosomes, and Genes Talk about the basics of genetics. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 1 Posts: 5 | Last post by gntis in Re: Food for debate ... Equivalency of GE and traditional breeding on November 12, 2009, 15:28 |
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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 November 19, 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 March 2, 2010, 21:14 |
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News Suggest and talk about recent news in genetic engineering. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 9 Posts: 35 | Last post by Karl Haro von Mogel in Re: This isn on January 16, 2010, 18:09 |
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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: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet |
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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 November 30, 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: 2 Posts: 4 | Last post by MaryM in bEcon, database of Economics literature about the impacts of genetically engineered crops in developing economies on November 22, 2009, 20:30 |
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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 December 9, 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: 4 Posts: 9 | Last post by Karl Haro von Mogel in Re: Corporate control of genetic stock on February 21, 2010, 08:14 |
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Growing Methods Conventional, Organic, Sustainable? Talk about the different ways we grow crops. Moderators: Karl Haro von Mogel, Anastasia | Topics: 0 Posts: 0 | No topics yet |
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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 November 19, 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: 1 Posts: 2 | Last post by Karl Haro von Mogel in Re: Interesting study on marketing, consumers choose GE on December 1, 2009, 20:42 |
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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: 2 Posts: 6 | Last post by Karl Haro von Mogel in Re: Ok, art is not a hot topic. How on November 18, 2009, 19:29 |
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