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Thanks, Misty.

The argument about this has always been political--not scientific.

Namaste`

Walt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Misty L. Trepke"
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: [S-A] [Health&Healing] Wisdom of the Cows

> Comments?
> Misty L. Trepke
> http://www.searching-alternatives.com
>
> WISDOM OF THE COWS
>
> Among a growing number of stories re: domestic and wild animals
> avoiding GE food. Can they smell the Bt, or what?
> ---
> From: Neil Carman
>
> Excerpt from Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government
> Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're
> Eating by Jeffrey M. Smith http://www.SeedsofDeception.org
>
> p. 76, WISDOM OF THE COWS
>
> In 1998, Howard Vlieger harvested both natural corn and a
> genetically modified Bt variety on his farm in Maurice, Iowa.
> Curious about how his cows would react to the pesticide-producing Bt
> corn, he filled one side of his sixteen-foot trough with the Bt and
> dumped natural corn on the other side. Normally, his cows would eat
> as much corn as was available, never leaving leftovers. But when he
> let twenty-five of them into the pen, they all congregated on the
> side of the trough with the natural corn. When it was gone, they
> nibbled a bit on the Bt, but quickly changed their minds and walked
> away.
>
> A couple of years later, Vlieger joined a room full of farmers in
> Ames, Iowa to hear presidential candidate Al Gore. Troubled by
> Gore's unquestioning acceptance of GM foods, Vlieger asked Gore to
> support a recently introduced bill in Congress requiring that GM
> foods be labeled. Gore replied that scientists said there is no
> difference between GM and non-GM foods. Vlieger said he
> respectfully disagreed and described how his cows refused to eat the
> GM corn. He added, "My cows are smarter than those scientists
> were." The room erupted in applause. Gore asked if any other
> farmers noticed a difference in the way their animals responded to
> GM food. About twelve to fifteen hands went up. 1
>
> "If a field contained GM and non-GM maize, cattle would
> always eat the non-GM first." -Gale Lush, Nebraska
>
> "A neighbor had been growing Pioneer Bt corn. When the cattle
> were turned out onto the stalks they just wouldn't eat them." 2
> -Gary
> Smith, Montana
>
> "While my cows show a preference for open-pollinated corn over
> the hybrid varieties, they both beat Bt-corn hands down."
> -Tim Eisenbeis,
> South Dakota
>
> According to a 1999 Acres USA article, cattle even broke through a
> fence and walked through a field of Roundup Ready corn to get to a
> non-GM variety that they ate. The cows left the GM corn untouched. 3
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