carole
12-01-2004, 04:52 PM
We may have had this discussion before I am not sure, but what prompted me to start this thread, was last night hubby and I attended a focus group held at the university.
A professor there is doing research to find out how the public feel about it all, it was an interesting time, we spent one and half hours giving our opinions, hearing others, answering questions, reading data, and hearing media reports, and we got paid 30 dolllars for our trouble, and drinks and eats all laid on.
People are chosen at random, and they don't know anything about you, as it turned out our group was really interesting because we had a student finishing her science degree and a woman who belongs to Greenpeace, a group who is anti- GE.
I honestly don't know a lot about it myself, and really I am on the fence with how I feel about it all, there are some positives for sure, but it is the fear of the unknown that halts my decision, and I have never been much of a risk taker myself.
NZ has an image of clean and green to uphold, so far our Tourism industry is bringing us more into the country than our Dairy industry, so we have to consider if we change our image is this going to stop the tourists coming? only one thing to think about.. the list goes on and on, once we have started it, there is no going back, and what can happen is scarey to think about.
Can we survive without it, already they are saying 80 per cent of our food is Genetically modified.
How do you feel on this topic, have you mixed feelings like me, or do you take a particular stance on it.
Would you like to see all food labelled if they are GE free or not, and would that actually stop you buying the product knowing?
opinions please.:)
A professor there is doing research to find out how the public feel about it all, it was an interesting time, we spent one and half hours giving our opinions, hearing others, answering questions, reading data, and hearing media reports, and we got paid 30 dolllars for our trouble, and drinks and eats all laid on.
People are chosen at random, and they don't know anything about you, as it turned out our group was really interesting because we had a student finishing her science degree and a woman who belongs to Greenpeace, a group who is anti- GE.
I honestly don't know a lot about it myself, and really I am on the fence with how I feel about it all, there are some positives for sure, but it is the fear of the unknown that halts my decision, and I have never been much of a risk taker myself.
NZ has an image of clean and green to uphold, so far our Tourism industry is bringing us more into the country than our Dairy industry, so we have to consider if we change our image is this going to stop the tourists coming? only one thing to think about.. the list goes on and on, once we have started it, there is no going back, and what can happen is scarey to think about.
Can we survive without it, already they are saying 80 per cent of our food is Genetically modified.
How do you feel on this topic, have you mixed feelings like me, or do you take a particular stance on it.
Would you like to see all food labelled if they are GE free or not, and would that actually stop you buying the product knowing?
opinions please.:)