<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div><span><b>CBC Report on Failure of GM Insect-Resistant Crops:</b></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><span>Genetically
engineered insect resistant (Bt) crops are failing as insects become
resistant - just as predicted. There was actually never
any dispute that this would happen, it was just a matter of
time...and now is the time. <br><br>You can listen to the discussion of this
problem on CBC's The Current: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2013/05/29/gm-resistant-rootworms-and-the-future-of-farming/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2013/05/29/gm-resistant-rootworms-and-the-future-of-farming/</a><br>
<br></span></span></div><div><span><span><b>Synopsis<br></b></span></span>A decade ago, corn farmers thought they had rootworms beat. Companies such as <a href="http://www.monsanto.ca/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Monsanto</a>
and others rolled out genetically modified cornseed, known as BT. It
contains a toxin that kills the rootworms as they fed. But apparently,
the rootworms have done a lot of evolving in the past ten years.<br><br>In
recent months, there have been more cases of resistant rootworms ... in
Indiana, Illinois and across the U.S. Midwest. And now insecticide
sales are surging, as farmers look for ways to protect their investments
with tools that GM corn seeds were supposed to make obsolete. <br><br><b><a href="http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/staff/index.php?action=list&user_name=spencer1" target="_blank">Joseph Spencer</a> - Corn entomologist, Illinois Natural History Survey<br>
</b><br>Corn
growers' associations in Canada say they haven't seen any signs of
GM-resistant rootworms here. But they're watching closely. <br><br>And
some observers say that when it comes to corn production in the U.S.
midwest, we now have the worst of both worlds ... with GM seeds that
aren't effective and no longer offer the economic or environmental
benefits that come with cutting the need for insecticide use. <br><br><b>Jay Feldman - Executive Director, Beyond Pesticides</b><br><br>We also spoke to Jay Feldman is the Executive Director of <a href="http://www.beyondpesticides.org/" target="_blank">Beyond Pesticides</a>, a not-for-profit group that advocates moving away from the use of pesticides in farming. Jay Feldman was in Washington, D.C.<br>
<br><i>We
requested an interview with a spokesperson from Monsanto, the company
that developed the BT corn seed. No one returned our calls.</i><br><br>This segment was produced by <i>The Current's</i> Gord Westmacott.<br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">Best regards,<br>KiM</span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
--</span></span><br></span></b></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">K i m b e r l e y M. F e l l o w s</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">Pollination Outreach Coordinator<b><br></b><a href="http://www.seeds.ca/en.php" target="_blank">Seeds of Diversity</a> ~ <a href="http://www.seeds.ca/proj/poll/" target="_blank">Pollination Canada</a><br>
<a href="http://www.seeds.ca/fr.php" target="_blank">Semences du Patrimoine</a> ~ <a href="http://www.pollinisationcanada.ca/" target="_blank">Pollinisation Canada<br></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">303-40 King Street South<br>
Waterloo ON N2J 1N8 Canada<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,51)"><br><br><span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168)">Heard about <a href="http://www.fooddowntheroad.ca/content/introducing-bee-friendly-farming" target="_blank">Bee Friendly Farming or Gardening</a>?</span></span><br>
</span></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168)">"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3pIuy69UE8" target="_blank">Spot Your Flower</a>"</span> *<br>
</span></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><font size="1"><span>* Yes,
you're right ... the film uses the word 'proboscis' incorrectly, for a
moth's proboscis refers to their feeding tube, and would be more
accurately described as a tongue. In contrast, proboscis usually <font size="1">refers to a nose in </font>the vertebrate <font size="1">world</font> (animals
with a backbone). <font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="1">A majority of <font size="1">p</font></font>ollinators <font size="1">inadvertently spread flower pollen simply <font size="1">as </font>they feed on pollen and ne<font size="1">ctar </font>for their own nut<font size="1">ritional needs<font size="1">. Do not be confused -- </font></font></font></font></font>in this f<font size="1">ilm c<font size="1">lip featuring this </font></font>particular orchid pollination, it is still plant pollen that is in<font size="1">volved in pollination -- you can learn more about this wondrous<font size="1">, unusual strategy in </font></font>Michael Pollan's musings <span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168)"><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2009/09/orchids/pollan-text" target="_blank">Love and Lies</a></span>.</span></font></span></div>
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