[Health&Healing] Wisdom of the Cows

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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?

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Neil Carman <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