[Health&Healing] Wisdom of the Cows

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Thanks, Misty.

 

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

 

Namaste`

 

Walt

 

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" Misty L. Trepke " <mistytrepke

 

Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:51 AM

[s-A] [Health & Healing] Wisdom of the Cows

 

 

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> Misty L. Trepke

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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?

> ---

> 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