am i eating frankenfood?
Kate Smith (katesmith_007@yahoo.com)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
> Hello Saneteers,
>
> I've a question and a comment. First the question.
>
> Are Sweet Grape Tomatoes from a genetic engineering
> process? My husband made a salad this week with grape
> tomatoes that he bought at Fresh Fields here in Philly.
> They're the size and shape of grapes only they're
> tomatoes
> (smaller than the cherry tomato).
>
> The label from the container says "grown and distributed
> by
> AG-MART Produce, Inc, Plant City, FL". Does anyone out
> there know if the grape tomato came from a plant breeding
> program or a genetic engineering program?
>
> And my comment is relative to Misha's response to being
> called a girl. Thank you Misha for responding. When I
> read the earlier post where the "girls" was used, it
> really
> made me fume. But I did not comment because the only
> words
> that came to mind were quite harsh. Now the anger has
> transmuted to more of a sadness.
>
> The sadness comes from thinking back over the years of
> being a woman in agriculture--to the many times when I
> have
> felt an outsider.
>
> SANET is mostly devoid of such impolite behaviors. Words
> that bring on the feeling of subjugation can not be good
> words.
>
> I hope that the SANET culture will not condone the use of
> diminutives to minimize one another.
>
> Kate
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AUS Consultants, Inc.
155 Gaither Drive
Moorestown, NJ 08057
609-234-9200
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