> Are Sweet Grape Tomatoes from a genetic engineering
>> process? ... They're the size and shape of grapes only they're
>> tomatoes (smaller than the cherry tomato.
Sounds like what you've got are plum tomatoes, which are an old, open pollinated variety (i.e. not an GMO).
other theme
> When I read the earlier post where the "girls" was used, it
>> really made me fume.
Fuming can be detrimental to your health.
>... the only words that came to mind were quite harsh. Now the anger has transmuted to more of a sadness.
What a trip!
>>
> ... I have felt an outsider.
Not intentional on my part.
>> ... Words that bring on the feeling of subjugation can not be good
>> words.
Read Freud. The word is not the probleem.
Be happy! (Do I dare add "Girls")? Best not! Not today.
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
On 22/04/99 at 8:09 AM Kate Smith wrote:
>> 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
>> ===
>> ------------------
>> Kate A. Smith, Ph.D.
>> Vice President
>> AUS Consultants, Inc.
>> 155 Gaither Drive
>> Moorestown, NJ 08057
>> 609-234-9200
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Do You Yahoo!?
>> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>>
>>
>
>===
>------------------
>Kate A. Smith, Ph.D.
>Vice President
>AUS Consultants, Inc.
>155 Gaither Drive
>Moorestown, NJ 08057
>609-234-9200
>_________________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>
>
>To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command
>"unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command
>"unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest".
>To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command
>"subscribe sanet-mg-digest".
>
>All messages to sanet-mg are archived at:
>http://www.sare.org/htdocs/hypermail
Douglas M. Hinds, Director
Centro para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Rural, A.C.
(Center for Community and Rural Development, Non-profit Association)
Cd. Guzman, Jalisco 49000 Mexico
U.S. Voice Mailbox: 1 630 300 0550 (e-mail linked)
U.S. Fax Mailbox: 1 630 300 0555 (e-mail linked)
Tel. & Fax: 011 523 412-6308 (direct - Cd. Guzman, Jalisco)
Tel. & Fax: 011 528 922-2424 (direct - Reynosa, Tamaulipas)
e-mail: cedecor@acnet.net, cedecor@ipnet.com.mx, dmhinds@acnet.net
To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command
"unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command
"unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest".
To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command
"subscribe sanet-mg-digest".
All messages to sanet-mg are archived at:
http://www.sare.org/htdocs/hypermail