Depends on the study; I only consider those in peer-reviewed and refereed literature, with full disclosure of methods, sources, and data. White paper marketing tools from companies selling products and from so-called non-profits trying to raise funds are not terribly reliable.
Here in the US, the largest funder of actual research is the USDA.
Just as personal anecdote, most of the crop identifier signs I've seen in corn fields (Iowa, Illinois, where it's serious business) were Dekalb.
No surprise, actually my bigest problem with Monsanto is their abuse (IMNSHO) of the legal system.
This will all be moot, Monsanto has one patent expired 2011 and a second in 2014 and supposedly announced that the worst of their behavior will end (not that they put it that way). I didn't realize how few crops have GMO versions either.
I wonder what will happen with no royalties and free seed reuse.
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About 2.5% of the US workforce is employed in farming.
My "ciotka" had a farm which is now a cloverleaf on I-77! It was a hard life. Lending money to farmers mostly leads to bad outcomes. In the late 1970's the US Federal Ag Banks allowed loans on the inflated value of land -- it was a pre-cursor to disaster just a few years later, much like the housing bubble we've just gone through.
While I am rambling on about farming -- did you guys know that the crop failure in Florida in 1926 eventually lead to the bank failures in 1929? It was like a pebble in a pond. Groucho Marx was able to make light of this in their first talkie "Coconuts" -- a film (comedy) seriously worth watching!
There are only 3 Shakers alive in the US. They had issues with the pro-creative process.
Yes a strange concept sort of an analog of the terminator gene, killed by irony.
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Heirloom pasta from Brooklyn (the author is a friend):
The Mother Of All Heirloom Recipes From Brooklyn | Linguine | Tomato | Julia della Croce
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The Mother Of All Heirloom Recipes From Brooklyn | Linguine | Tomato | Julia della Croce
Break the pasta in half, I thought I was the only person that did that all the time.
> Break the pasta in half
I always do that. Sometimes thirds.
'Cause I never mastered the classic
twirling it around my fork.
I always do that. Sometimes thirds.
'Cause I never mastered the classic
twirling it around my fork.
Party time, lobster, shrimp, and scallops. I don't like scallops wrapped in bacon so I came up with a variant. Yellow and orange peppers, leeks, and garlic roasted until very dry spiced with saffron, orange peel, and fennel seed, pureed as a spread and finished in the broiler with a sprinkling of smoked prosciutto. There also is garlic and cilantro mayo (Whole Foods mayo really is puss, too bad), cocklail sauce made by blending to death a good fresh salsa and adding horseradish, and a small dish of the lobster guts of course.
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Looks great. What are those things right outside the window? Don't they interfere with the music sometimes?
Morning and evening commute only. Problem is they ranout of funds to make both directions continuous rail. It's unbelievable how much difference it makes. SY was here I'll bet he never noticed, there were some distractions.
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