We have had GMOs since the dawn of agriculture, it's called selective breeding. Inserting genes in corn, for example, does not breed Frankenstein corn. It's a safe technique that's helping feed the growing number of humans on our planet, you and me and our kids included. There's a nice informative video on this subject by Neil deGrasse Tyson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMDhUsxom0U Hilke Breder Brattleboro, VT On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 4:49 PM Poleysgmavt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Until I read Maeve’s posting about oranges and jelly I had forgotten that > some people put out jelly (most commonly grape) along with oranges for the > orioles (and squirrels). > I would like to remind (or inform) everyone that most commercial jellies > contain genetically modified ingredients in the form of high-fructose corn > syrup. You may want to read the ingredients list on your jelly jar label to > make sure it doesn’t contain a sugar substitute. Unfortunately many people > buy the same brand of jelly that they (and their mother) have always bought > and don’t realize that the sugar has been replaced with a GMO product. > Our orioles deserve the best we can give them. > > Denis Poley > Richmond, VT > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 23, 2019, at 9:23 AM, Maeve Kim <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > We’ve been getting great enjoyment from feeding orioles oranges and > jelly - and then the orange halves started disappearing. The whole things! > As if a monstrous bird had swooped down and snatched them away. After two > days, we saw a squirrel (a female with young, judging from her underneath) > deftly getting around the squirrel guard and running off with half an > orange. A while later, we looked out the window and saw her jumping to the > ground holding in her mouth the little metal cup holding jelly! > > I charged out of the house, yelling. The squirrel streaked across the > lawn. I followed. She dashed up a small tree. I shook the tree, hard. She > dropped to the ground at my feet, her teeth still clenched around the edge > of the jelly cup. She raced behind the barn. I raced behind the barn. She > zipped around a woodpile. I zipped (well, as well as a human can). She tore > up another tree. I picked up a stick and threw it at her. She FINALLY > dropped the metal cup, right side up, still full of jelly. > > Score one for humans! > > Maeve Kim, Jericho Center > > >