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John Draper

Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:42 -0600

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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