Martha And why on earth (pun intended) can some people (e.g., the starving African millions) not feed themselves? What went wrong with their system that they can no longer feed themselves? Can you tell me that? I think the biggest problem in Africa is overpopulation, by no means the only problem, bu...

bipedalhumanoid I bought the audio-book for my ipod. I thought it was brilliant. There is some seriously cutting arguments both against the truth value of religion and 'virtue' of faith. It is a very short book though. The audio goes for 2 hours. Compare that to the god delusion which goes for about...

stublore Modern strawberries are much larger than than those of the past, through "artificial" means, thats all You're correct strawberries are much larger now http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c296/Slokenin/IMAG0028.jpg some I grew last year. Like most of our fruit and vegetables, they are differen...

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eaten a modern strawberry, etc?

What do you mean by this? I grow organic strawberries commercially.
Albeit on a fairly small scale.

I think there is quite a bit of misunderstanding in this thread with regard to "alternative medicine" as Martha points out here, some of the remedies that some of the posters on this topic would regard as "alternative" are not. They are herbal remedies, a totally different thing, I myself would not ...

I'm sorry but the process described in this quote, (my highlight) Genetically Modified (GM) foods are produced from genetically modified organisms (GMO) which have had their genome altered through genetic engineering techniques. The general principle of producing a GMO is to insert DNA that has been...

Dutch growers who bred the vegetable to grow in the colours of the House of Orange.

I don't think this qualifies as Genetically Modified, that's like saying my English Bull Terrier, bred over many years by mixing the English Terrier, the Bulldog, and the Dalmatian is Genetically Modified.

I just started to harvest my Broccoli (overwintered in the polytunnels) yesterday, got free range eggs from a neighbor and we had Broccoli quiche for tea. Scrummy.

Reading the parts I have highlighted, we should be eating both purple and orange varieties. I grow a white carrot (Kuttiger) which was very popular in Victorian times. The noble carrot has long been known as an orange vegetable. Generations of people in the West have grown up believing that carrots ...

Martha, you are one feisty wuman Please, don't ever change.