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Very cool.. thanks for the link..Will bookmark that one..What happened to Rotten Ronnies?

I believe they do but I don't trust them..Not to mention the prices are insane..I went in there this summer to have a look at the "organic" produce..What a joke that stuff is..It all looked like crap old n wilted. $3.99 a pound for wilted swiss chard from god knows where.. Those stores are chains and dont support the local economy at all

Ya that sens game was wasnt it..lol

Big game tonight..Win tonight and pound the snot out of the sideways toilet seats and ill be a happy leafer come Monday.. Go LEAFS GO!

Nice Thanks! much appreciated as always. I will look into Faul farms for some beef and maybe a nice ham..

I actually a member of the poultry club here in Brantford.. I don't know why i didn't think of that..But thanks for reminding me..

Does anyone know where I can get organic free run turkey or Ham? I live in Brantford and would like some place close if at all possible. Were hosting the family dinner and are going to have one or the other. Thanks folks.

Thats funny guys..Habs beat the Leafs..LOL I suppose they are due one of these times..Its gotta happen eventually

Brutal. no shots in 3rd 413 left...come on boys

As sad as that is its true..Yet sid punched Dion in the face twice that I seen..Brutal.. Ill go back to loving Sid the Kid come the Olympics..Go Leafs Go! Go Canada Go!

Wow what a game..Sure is exciting to watch..Coaches dont like it much but I sure do...lol Bozak welcome back dude..Winning key draws and scoring goals..nice

Wow what a game..Dion could have easily pounded Sid the kid in the face but held back.. Classy move on Dion`s part

While listening to the fan 590 this am A rogers station John Shannon said mid week Leaf games will remain on TSN..Due to the fact that they(TSN) own half the team. In other news Rogers is going to air sat night games on city tv, omni tv, CBC and all rogers stations..Now we wait to see what the new channel packages are going to cost.. CBC has to remain true free to air and all Sat night Leaf games will remain on CBC.

Good news mid week leaf games will remain on TSN due to the fact that they are half owners of the team..

Heres the deal with Gene manipulation as opposed to selective breeding within north America,particularly within Canada. Hoprfully no one is sorry I post this but here`s my thoughts The Canadian government's oversight of the health implications of GMO foods is based on an outdated and refuted view of gene function. When you insert a gene - when you randomly throw this thing in there, they don't know ahead of time where it's going to land. The researchers don't know how many copies will be inserted, or what other genes it will affect, or will affect it. We now know that the position of a gene is critical to how it functions, and side effects of this are unpredictable and could be drastic Canada's regulatory system relies on companies to provide their own experiments and risk assessment. To determine safety of a product, Health Canada uses a concept called substantial equivalence. No Canadian GM submissions have ever been rejected. Neither is Canadian regulation transparent to the public. The Canadian public has no say in approval of GMOs. Independent scientists can't evaluate feeding studies the Ag Biotech companies submit because they are deemed confidential. The Canadian regulatory system is supporting the biotechnology industry ahead of the health and welfare of Canadian consumers and farmers. It is no different than in the US GM Salmon has just been approved for Canada – it contains DNA from an eel spiced into Salmon for commercial fisheries. It is my understanding that there have not been any GM crops that purposefully contain animal genomes. However there have been numerous studies that show problems with animals who are fed a constant diet of GM feed. In addition, rBST is a genetically synthesized peptide hormone that is usually produced by a cows’ pituitary gland. Milk from rBST-treated cows is chemically similar to traditional milk. Both have very similar levels of protein, fat, and sugar. A study also indicated that both sources of milk had comparable levels of vitamins and minerals. Milk from rBST-treated cows is not, however, chemically identical to traditional milk. Milk from rBST-treated cows contains slightly elevated levels of hormones such as BST, and IGF1. Cows treated with rBST have a substantially higher rate of mastitis and more often require antibiotics. As for assertions that GM crops have reduced pesticide and herbicide use – nothing could be further from the truth! See http://www.nlpwessex.org/docs/benbrook.htm Scientists and government agencies approved a variety of chemicals and drugs and told us they were extensively tested and were safe. They include asbestos, DDT, PCB, Lead, MTBE, Dioxin, Agent Orange, Dalkon shield, and Thalidomide to name a few. Fortunately for us science also ultimately proved these things to be unsafe - Science is proving that GMO’s are not the answer as well - Despite what the chemical companies who are spearheading the GMO revolution are telling you, these GMOs are requiring farmers to buy more of their chemical pesticides, not less. A 2012 paper concluded that the rise of glyphosate-resistant “superweeds” in the wake of the GMO revolution has actually increased pesticide use in the last 15 years by 183 million kilograms, or 7%. The study estimated that if new strains of GM corn and soybeans are approved for commercial use, herbicide use could increase by a whopping 50%. In his 2012 study, Dr. Charles Benbrook determined over a 16 year period that Herbicide-tolerant crops worked extremely well in the first few years of use, but over-reliance led to shifts in weed communities and the emergence of resistant weeds that have, together, forced farmers to incrementally – • Increase herbicide application rates (especially glyphosate), • Spray more often, and • Add new herbicides that work through an alternate mode-of-action into their spray programs. Each of these responses has, and will continue to contribute to the steady rise in the volume of herbicides applied per acre of HT corn, cotton, and soybeans. HT crops have increased herbicide use by 527 million pounds over the 16-year period (1996-2011). In 2011, about 90 million more pounds of herbicides were applied than likely in the absence of HT, or about 24% of total herbicide use on the three crops in 2011. There are now two-dozen weeds resistant to glyphosate, the major herbicide used on HT crops, and many of these are spreading rapidly. Millions of acres are infested with more than one glyphosate-resistant weed. The presence of resistant weeds drives up herbicide use by 25% to 50%, and increases farmer-weed control costs by at least as much. The biotechnology-seed-pesticide industry’s primary response to the spread of glyphosate-resistant weeds is development of new HT varieties resistant to multiple herbicides, including 2,4-D and dicamba. These older phenoxy herbicides pose markedly greater human health and environmental risks per acre treated than glyphosate. Approval of corn tolerant of 2,4-D is pending, and could lead to an additional 50% increase in herbicide use per acre on 2,4-D HT corn. In order for Bt corn work the corn borer still has to ingest the crop – I lknow farmers that live in Illinois and I can tell you that Monsanto’s Bt corn did not stop the European Corn Borer there and my farmer friends who did buy Monsanto’s Ht corn found resistant weeds after the 2nd harvest. Bt and Ht crops are not designed to increase more yield – they are designed with defense mechanisms in place – that is all it is. Ht is designed to withstand the application of glyphosate. There is nothing in Ht crops or Bt crops that could possibly increase yields. Does this mean I think that all GM is bad? Absolutely not! I think there can be some amazing things accomplished through responsible technology. Their are some risks to your health regarding Golden Rice that could be minor, or could be major. The absence of animal testing data on genetically modified rice, or “Golden Rice” is worrying because Golden Rice is made to overproduce beta carotene, and studies show that some retinoids made from beta carotene are toxic and can cause birth defects. Ingesting too much Golden Rice could also give you an overdose in vitamin A which could lead to Hypervitaminosis which can lead the body to have toxic symptoms. Some effects of Hypervitaminosis are: birth defects, liver abnormalities, and reduced bone density that could result in Osteoporosis. When pharmaceutical drugs are tested for safety, they are tested on animals first. If no harmful effects occur with animals, then testing on humans may begin. Golden Rice has never been subjected to feeding on animals. It is therefore criminally irresponsible to test it on humans at all. “Golden Rice proven not safe to eat” (“Golden Rice: A dangerous experiment”, 2009) People die every year for lots of reasons but they do not die from eating organic foods. There are not any death certificates that say “death by GMO consumption.” Nor are there certificates that state “death by organic consumption.” Big Agri somehow thinks trying to prove that GMO crops are “safer” than organic, because they were GMO. To insinuate that GMO crops are protected from food-borne disease contamination is ridiculous. There is research to support that farm management practices commonly used by organic farmers or conventional farmers either encourage or discourage food-borne disease outbreaks, none of these findings are absolute. No side can claim they can prevent such outbreaks completely. Using the bean sprout tragedy as a way to convince people that organic is unsafe is absurd. I hope I helped answer your questions, Now you know just how passionate about this I am. Below is a link for further review if you so choose.. Dr Charles M. Benbrook - Genetically Engineered Crops and Pesticide Use in the United States www.nlpwessex.orgthe study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Sciences Europe, found that the use of herbicides in three GM crops - cotton, soya beans and maize, actually increased in the USA over the past two decades.The research

yes we love it but dont dare judge a tomato by its cover...lol Im going to check out some of those pepper varieties. We grew the black plum one year but they weren't very blight resistant.. Lost them before the fruit was ripe.

Ha ha ha I was thinking exactly the same thing.

You hit the nail right on the head..This why its important to keep these seed banks running and why its also important to keep growing them, even if its only for our personal use..Like I said earlier once they control the food they control us. People are to lazy or asleep to figure out whats happening right under our noses. Weather GMO are good or bad is honestly irrelevant right now we should be more worried that our farmers cant grow whats left in the silo come spring due to patent laws..Now look further down the road when these companies start patenting genes perfected in labs for humans..Those genes go into our bodies, when we reproduce does that mean we have to pay someone to have kids? Its a slippery slope is all im saying..

We the people do..Thats the point..Its run on a co-op basis you can buy sell or trade. There are a TON of seed banks run by average joes all over the planet. Start here and go from there.. http://www.seeds.ca/en.php

Ya got that right..We grow just about everything on your list excet the peppers all from heritage seed banks. Also we grow a tomato called Sicilian saucer it is red and as old as the hills..Tomato seeds are one of the easiest to harvest..

lol thats some funny stuff right there..Ill start with there is no way im stepping away from the bong..

That will be the demise of Canadian hockey..

LOL deserves what? A possible carer ending blindside hit? Yikes dude the Sens loosing ways sure have made you one miserable beast..So your also saying every player that plays with grit and determination deserves to be almost killed out there? Just like 3/4 of your sens? Brutal.. I honestly dont see a difference between Kadris play and 90% of the rest of the league..

your darn right I would but I dont have to.. we raise our own chickens and rabbits..

Control the worlds food you control the worlds population.. It has started and is well underway..with patents for soy corn wheat and rice seeds, the average farmer cant even replant his own seed in Canada..Or anywhere else in the world for that matter..Heritage seed banks are our only hope at this point..