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Alhough the science is contested the key is to work out what question is being asked. For example if the question is will GM produce higher outputs from monoculture farming next year than the answer is yes. However if we ask other questions the answer may be no For example;
_ incraesed GM yields are not likely to be sustainable - soil exhaustion, salinisation or pests may reduce yields in the medium-term
_ GM seeds are often ‘suicide seeds’. They don’t reproduce increasing farmer indebtedness in terms of buying expensive inputs every year
_ Polyculture farming is more efficient in terms of producing the nutrients people need. For example GM was widely hailed for producing rice with a vitamin added which would provent premature blindness. The problem is any kind of balanced diet would do the same, the sort of balanced diet poeple had before monoculture for export was adopted!
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]]>do you live in suffolk? I am trying to gather a few people this end so that we can meet and see how we might contribute locally. I live in Ipswich and to start with we will meet this way once a months on a Saturday and see how things go…
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]]>1) Food one: just the plain old nut.
2) Food two: ingredient in stuffing.
3) Use the shells as decorations.
4) Use the shells, stuffed with fat and seeds as a bird feeder.
Who’s going to be first with 5) ?
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I went to their previous conference in Oxford on ‘Uncertain Times, Certain Hope? Confidence in a Time of Doubt’ which was very good. I’m not sure that I will make it to this London venue, but I thought I’d just let you know in case anyone was interested.
Peace be with you!
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]]>I think that having a rule of life is definitely a good thing and a most excellent spiritual discipline. It is certainly worthwhile. Do you have a rule of life, whether it is written or unwritten? I have found myself drawn to the Franciscan way because of his positive celebration of creation and brotherhood with God’s natural world. The Franciscan’s rule is ‘to observe the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, living in obedience, in poverty and in chastity.’
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