Are GMO's good? The Purple GMO Tomato

In this video I want to talk about a new development for home gardeners. GMO seeds and the new GMO purple tomato. Will I grow them? Will I eat them? Will you?
The science against gmo food: responsibletechnology.org
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[@jennifermoncada738]

This makes growing heirloom and seed saving more important than ever before 🙏🏼

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

Not really. Until hHybridized tomatoes have gone through x number of generations, the seeds won't be true if collected BUT they can still be organic. GMO are not organic and seed collecting will probably be illegal until decades from now when the patent expires.

[@MichaelRei99]

@@EvelynM-vlogsThere will be a black market for GMO seeds. They can’t stop you from saving seeds.

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

@@MichaelRei99 there is a black market for almost everything.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

@@EvelynM-vlogs The purple tomato seeds will grow true and the seeds can be planted with no penalty. Patents expire in twenty years.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

@@MichaelRei99 Oh yes they could but Norfolk has said there it's ok to save the seeds and plant them.

[@DisneyUpBoilerUp]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that amazing hen house! ❤🐔🐣🐤

[@YochevedDesigns]

That house is so cottage core, I could live in it! I mean, it's probably about the same size as the apartment I'm in now.

[@gwendolynblokland]

I guess heirloom seed saving will become even more of an art now.

[@kbjerke]

Necessity.

[@crystalburrous3030]

Luv the designs!

[@meversace]

Until they ban it, saying something like, "it contributes to a larger (fake) carbon footprint."

[@monnoo8221]

not an art, science.

[@mathew56and7]

Why can’t you save GMO seeds?

[@jackdoreenc5296]

Brian please have a garden apron in the new garden defiantly 👍. It will be welcomed by most of us gardeners.

[@LibertyLandingHomestead]

And tank tops, please

[@jaytoney3007]

Today's act of defiance for me was purchasing four raised beds, and two apple trees, a Honeycrisp and a Fuji.

[@Mrs.Patriot]

I love Fuji! Was looking at the September Wonder Fuji. Hard to find. Someday, perhaps!

[@PapaA7145]

Be aware of a condition called cedar apple rust on the Honeycrisp trees. I lost 2 due to it. Apparently if you can see a cedar tree from your honeycrisp you will eventually end up with the problem. In my opinion they are the tastiest apples but I cannot grow them in my area, Southern Middle Tennessee.

[@jaytoney3007]

@@PapaA7145 Thanks for the info. I have cedar trees on the property. I'll keep an eye out for it.

[@waddeym]

True. I have 3 apples that won't produce. Cedar trees all around me. Southern Middle Tn also.@@PapaA7145

[@snelokster]

I’m planting g some fruit trees this spring too😊

[@BeeeGeee]

I Stick to heirloom seed, but keep in mind, this too has it's own drawback if you keep replanting your own collected seed. If you don't add, swop, exchange new seed of the same kind every few years to your old stock, you will be inbreeding which weakens your plant.

[@skim9251]

One way to avoid a genetic bottleneck is to add in fresh seed occasionally. Let the new seed cross pollinate with the older saved seed. I *think* this is called landracing?

[@berryhappy4883]

I love your rationale & openess ...we all need to be responsible adults and communicate openly about real life issues / topics to educate eachother KNOWLEDGE IS POWER !!!!

[@theresarounds6869]

Firstly, I question a big corporation wanting to alter anything in the name of 'helping' people. They are in it for monetary profits. Secondly, humans have lived this long on natural unaltered food; there is absolutely no reason for altering it.

[@MichaelRei99]

Yes!

[@MylkT1023]

People have eaten natural ALTERED foods their entire lives. It's not as bad as you think. Higher yields, higher resistance to disease, pests, and weather, and higher in nutrition, water content, and flavor. That's all because we as people have crossbred them with other plants! What we SHOULD be shaming is MONOCULTURE. Think about it! How many times have you gone to your everyday supermarket and you see labels and signs JUST saying "Sweet corn", "Pears", "Onions", "Garlic", "Tomatoes", etc not knowing what variety/cultivar it is. The only real times you see variety of a specific produce types is with apples! Monoculture is worse than GMOs!

[@josienic361]

well there is........why do you think big pharma was created.....the sicker we are the better it is for them

[@beskamir5977]

What about when a university modifies a staple food crop (rice) to have Vitamin A? Is that evil with an agenda or actually helpful to reducing vitamin a deficiencies in poorer countries?

[@pendlera2959]

"Firstly, I question a big corporation wanting to alter anything in the name of 'helping' people." What, you mean like genetically engineering bacteria to create insulin instead of extracting it from pigs and cattle? Since creating a genetically engineered product is so expensive and requires so much testing, how is a small company supposed to do it?

[@ryan_kimberlywiersema4184]

Agree with all of your comments. Love the Kardashian joke! 🤣

[@monnoo8221]

hilarious !!!

[@moogoomoogoo5990]

I laughed out loud with that comment 😂

[@sstimac]

I'm growing this purple tomato this year. I will be separating them with distance from my main garden to prevent cross pollination. I may cover them with insect netting as well to further prevent cross pollination. I'm definitely interested to see how they grow and taste.

[@galactick9dogtraining420]

The way I groaned in frustration when he mentioned the possible GMO squash 😂

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

I have trouble trusting the motivations of a big corporation whose existence is dependent on profits and not much else. Slippery slope no matter what they say. Buy your seeds from small family-owned companies that invest in the home garden community.

[@teenagardner3623]

I love how you fully explain the good/bad of these types of topics plus give encouragement and links for people to do their own research. I'm concerned about long term effects all around... people, other home crops, pollinators, soil, you name it. I totally agree there actually is plenty of food for everyone in this world actually, but powers at be hold the control. Plus how much will they be selling this "super seed" to common Gardner? T-shirt.. love the design, hope comes in nice garden colors. New series, I can't wait.

[@JohnReddersen]

$20 for 10 seeds?!? That's a big nope.

[@dennisfillhart88]

Thank you for giving (as much as possible) the best explanation on this GMO tomato issue. I have watched a few other gardeners and I found yours to be the best version of this issue without getting buried with so much information and getting lost in it. Again, Thank You!

[@diannasgardenmenagerie967]

The frog in a cold pot scenario! Hmmm.

[@jrae6608]

Seed saving on heirlooms are a must

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

When I was in college there was breeding to increase the nutrition of our foods. Hybridization not genetic manipulation. It is scary thinking of the possible consequences because as you said there hasn't been enough time to see what might happen. I try to avoid GMO's and even hybrids. But that may be impossible in the future. I agree with the drip analogy! I have watched our whole society change drip by drip and so slow no one really is aware of it unless they keep track.

[@cherylmallie4622]

We have had over 70 years to see what happens! Wheat has been genetically modified since the early 1950s. Can you see the difference in the health, in the obesity, of people today compared to the people of the early 1950s? Cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's, allergies, to name a few? Yes! We know what genetically altering food does to the human body and brain. Corn and soybeans were genetically altered shortly after the wheat.

[@michellewelch6013]

Yes yes yes Brian! It’s a legislation problem. Amen! Gross.

[@MichaelRei99]

Why hybrids??

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

Actually hybrids aren't a bad thing I collect my seeds and hybrids don't always breed true so if I like a certain plant I would rather have an open pollinated that I can collect seeds from. @@MichaelRei99

[@Angelaaa1015]

I actually purchased the seeds and will be growing the purple tomato because I feel like it.

[@cindyinpcola]

I tried to get some and they were sold out. Lucky you!

[@cindyinpcola]

I finally got some from Norfolk Healthy Produce. They are 2 weeks old and growing great!

[@davidthedeaf]

Justification: “because I feel like it” Feelings are all that matters.

[@kathyshinn1007]

I garden for many reasons. One reason: We have access to at least some of of our food that hasn't been screwed-with in some way. No pesticides. The harshest thing they ever get is neem oil. We get real, whole foods. NO, I will not be buying any GMO seeds. On another topic, please include women's v-neck shirts in your merchandise choices.

[@nsdavisart]

I second the women’s v-neck!

[@happyheart2871]

I third the women's vneck.

[@Mrs.Patriot]

Fourth here! I can't wear crews. They make me look stubby. 😎I can wear scoop necks and v necks. They are also much cooler.

[@nsdavisart]

@@Mrs.Patriot Same here - scoops would be my second choice after V’s

[@lyndelgado6138]

Scoops n v necks r great 4 inside but ive seen what sun does to neck n chest skin so i will take a crew neck n add one of those stretchy neck gators n my "granny goose " hat in the garden. Thx!

[@gamewizard1760]

Where the big problem comes in, is when the home Gardner, or farmer, wants to save seed from this year's crop, to plant next year's. If you get caught growing a GMO crop, and you can't produce receipts for the seed, the patent holder can take you to court. They can even take you to court, if your neighbors crop accidentally cross pollinates with yours, because now they can take a sample from your crop, find their patented dna in it, and sue you.

[@juneramirez8580]

So is this going to be the start of making growing our own foods illegal? We should be able to sur the gardeners or farmers who use GMO plants from infecting our non GMO plants. Not the other way around. There are states where you can't collect rain water because those states say you are stealing water that would seep into the underground supply that belongs to the state. Ohio is one of those states. I have heard there are also states where it is illegal to grow any plants for food. Hate that I have to be so untrusting!

[@monnoo8221]

the answer to that would be a crowd funded trial to question that. Usually, if someone sets sth free, he is responsible for it. If there is no act of acquisition, then the responsibility is completely on the side of the owner. using biological science in the court, and lots of money, it should be easy to get rid of that nonsense.

[@cwmika]

$20 for 10 seeds gives you the license to save seeds and share them freely in your community. They do not want you selling the produce or seeds.

[@radagast7200]

Ive found Cherokee Purples grow really well in my area, so long as I can keep the squirrels off of them.

[@karlgru3n654]

...squirrels, GRRR

[@radagast7200]

@karlgru3n654 I'm currently working on chicken wire bucket lids for my 5 gallon bucket planters... hoping if I can keep them from digging, they'll be less likely to chew through my tomato stems. But those little buggers can be vengeful... it may make it worse. Wish me luck.

[@beyondorganixfarm8022]

@@radagast7200 Use an empty toilet paper roll to protect the stems.

[@radagast7200]

@@beyondorganixfarm8022 ah. That's a good idea. I wonder if I could use PVC to the same effect... I could even Dremel some little breathing holes. Or put hinges on it...

[@almostoily7541]

Did you know that there are other colors in the Cherokee line? I saw some online somewhere lol I thought, wow, when I get all the Brandywine colors I'm going for the different Cherokee colors. Now, I can't remember where. It might have been Sandhill Preservation site. Or, seedman site.... Now I'm gonna have to spend the rest of the day looking for them 😂😂

[@Volkfire]

I respect you for being this honest. Love your channel. Be well!!

[@meljordan220]

One more thing, if you want a healthier tomato, make your soil healthier. You don't have to change the seeds, it all starts in the soil.

[@caterjunes3426]

You're not a cynic, Brian, you're a realist. You've been on the planet long enough to see how these things go.

[@user-wh1tk1eh8p]

I will also go to great lengths to avoid gmo in my garden. It seems if we ate a balanced diet from our backyard gardens (organic hopefully), we wouldn't need to genetically modify things. I feel like nature knows what she's doing.

[@pjsviking]

Mannn, it couldn't be said any better and more simply that this - thank you!

[@aha5248]

Nature is not here to cater to us. It’s why nature has created things like botulism ricin and anthrax. It’s why blueberries produce methylparabens. Nature just does its thing and if we can extort it, we do.

[@aha5248]

Nature doesn’t cater to humans. Nature also creates things like botulism and anthrax, ricin and glycosides in fruit trees. It’s created blueberries packed with methylparabens and phytolaccotoxin in pokeweed. Nature isn’t here to serve us, we just extort wherever we can.

[@pendlera2959]

Nature doesn't care about human health. Humans, however, can care about nature. We genetically modify things because of that. There's a project going on right now to genetically engineer American chestnut trees to be resistant to chestnut blight. Genetically engineering crops to be more nutritious or disease resistant is no different. And if we're going to allow genetic engineering for flavor or disease or whatever, I see no reason why genetic engineering for aesthetics is bad. We already irradiate plants and seeds to encourage faster mutations, and once those traits are fixed, those are sold as organic seeds. In some cases, those plants have been around long enough to be called heirlooms.

[@dizzyboy92]

"Nature's knows best", not a single foodstuff you plant is natural, it's all man made.

[@michelleuk676]

Hi Brian, great topic. We need this conversation before it "becomes normal". I just wish Man would stop messing with nature! Unfortunately, if there's big money to be made by the few most powerful on this planet.... 😐

[@CanadianInPhilipipnes]

Canadian living in Philippines, 12 months of the year growing season here. I never was much of a gardener but my wife is. Since watching your videos I am interested and we are learning lots from your great videos BUT I had to write today. I said to my wife HEY I CAN GROW LIKE THAT. I meant at the 56 to 58 second mark of this video the blue pot - made me smile that I could do that one 😜🤣 thanks for including that and making ME feel like a real gardener!! Amping Take care. Greg

[@monnoo8221]

LOOOL the left one or the right one ????

[@CanadianInPhilipipnes]

​@@monnoo8221the one on the right it gave me hope that I can do THAT TOO 😂 thanks for giving guys like me hope!! My wife has the garden skills not me but I am interested. She just came home from the mountain farm where things grow so abundantly. Our overnight low is 23 to 25 (73 to 77), the mountains will cool off to 20 to 22 (68 to 71) and much more moisture than near the ocean where our houae is, kind of like Kihei Hawaii. The trees, vegetables and fruit growth is amazing in the mountains even I can grow up there!

[@monnoo8221]

@@CanadianInPhilipipnes would like to live in such an area as well

[@soonermom5082]

I LOVE the new merch design!!!! I can't wait to order. Thank you for saying exactly what I'm thinking. I couldn't garden without your help!

[@nadinehansen9241]

I agree with everything you said about GMOs--cross-pollination issues, not knowing whether the genetic cross will trigger harmful cells in the product, efforts to get people accustomed to the idea to therefore the practice to the home gardener--all of that. I did look to see if snapdragons are edible, and the flowers are. Tomatoes are self-pollinating and the pollen falls directly on the pistil, which limits cross-pollination in tomatoes, but that won't stop insects from also spreading pollen. While any given GMO variety might be more nutritious, taste better, be prettier, or whatever, it just seems like a downstream cascade that I don't want to introduce into my garden. Nor do I want Monsanto/Bayer or other GMO suppliers in my yard or in my life.

[@megelizabeth9492]

I mean, horizontal gene transfer is not unheard of in the natural world. Domestic sweet potatoes are a great example of that.

[@beyondorganixfarm8022]

First off, they are lying to you. I plant heirloom Cherokee Purple tomatoes every year, so there is no NEED for a GMO purple tomato. Let that sink in... We already have a PURPLE HEIRLOOM Tomato. 'Nuff Said!

[@youtubasoarus]

Yes but theirs are the super mega good artisan version i'm sure lol.

[@Thewildmanwoods]

Me too ….been growing them for many years ….wales has beautiful purple toms at REAL SEEDS …

[@loralebow5929]

I just bought a packet of the heirloom Cherokee Purple seeds and going to try the out. My only concern is if the plant will thrive in Oregon weather, since it has been grown in Tennessee over 100 years. Heirloom is great, but environmental pressures can impact how well they will thrive. If I like the tomato then will continue to plant every year to strengthen its resistance in my environmental ecosystem that I have here.

[@davidthedeaf]

And we have blueberries. We are not “needy” of snapdragon genes in tomatoes to be healthier. We need less adulteration of our foods to be healthier.

[@davidthedeaf]

@@loralebow5929oh please! Study up a bit. Cherokee Purple has grown in WA and Oregon. You are not a first one.

[@froginprogress8510]

I took part in a farming summit here recently, and one of the people talked about what is involved in creating GMO seeds. Made me all the more determined to grow/forage/hunt what we eat. My son has been having bad eczema-type reactions to corn. I am really hoping it isn't corn in and of itself, and is instead how the corn was grown or how it's been fiddled with.

[@meversace]

It's possible that it is the GMO tweak. The issue is that it has occurred from corn. What I mean by that is that since it's from GMO corn, the corn that is organic or non GMO may possibly trigger a reaction due to the genetic makeup of corn. Both are corn, but one is messed with. That means that even though the original trigger may have been the tweaking, it may carry over into all corn because of the initial reaction being from a corn product. I hope I'm wrong.

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

The usda now allows corn genetically modified to destroy testosterone and make males infertile , if your a male you shouldn't be eating any corn that you didn't grow yourself from old corn varieties

[@happyheart2871]

It makes total sense that your son's skin is erupting because of the GMO corn. Every dog we've ever had had skin rashes until we found a dry dog food without the main ingredient being corn. The same with our friends and their dogs. And yes, the only way they could break through the cell wall of the plant to insert the alteration was through feces and bacteria. Nice.....!

[@sandratimofeeva3179]

You can remove all corn from his diet for a few years and than give it a try, slowly. I had an awful eczema cos of meat, had to go vegan for a year, than after a year add some chicken into menu, year later added red meat. So far no eczema, but am still allergic for a bunch of stuff. Hope you'll work it out!

[@pendlera2959]

@@meversace Food allergies are based on proteins, not just any old chemical. Corn allergies are generally caused by the maize lipid transfer protein, which is not changed in transgenic corn. The only genes that have been altered in transgenic corn are those for tolerating glyphosate and a gene from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, which enables the corn to produce Delta endotoxins which act as a natural pesticide. The first gene codes for an enzyme which breaks down the glyphosate. That particular enzyme is present in such tiny amounts that it's unlikely to be enough to trigger an allergy. The other altered gene is from Bacillus thuringiensis, which is a naturally occurring bacteria that is found in soil worldwide. Children are naturally exposed to this bacteria whenever they eat dirt, and so are gardeners whenever they dig in the soil. Someone allergic to it would react to pretty much everything. The gene from the bacteria enables the plant to produce Delta endotoxins, also called cry proteins (short for crystal toxins). From wikipedia: "As a toxic mechanism, cry proteins bind to specific receptors on the membranes of mid-gut (epithelial) cells of the targeted pests, resulting in their rupture. Other organisms (including humans, other animals and non-targeted insects) that lack the appropriate receptors in their gut cannot be affected by the cry protein, and therefore are not affected by Bt." Glyphosate has been *extensively* tested for allergenic potential. There have been people who have developed contact dermatitis on their skin from exposure to glyphosate-containing products, but those products are generally mixed with other chemicals that could have been the trigger for the reactions. Even when exposed to glyphosate-containing products on a regular basis, it's very rare for farmers to have any reactions to it. I could not find a single medical case of a farmer having a true allergic reaction (not just contact dermatitis) to glyphosate. Glyphosate is also excreted, not absorbed by the human gut, so it would be hard for our bodies to react to it internally. There are no documented allergic reactions to eating foods with glyphosate residue, and no studies showing a causal relationship between glyphosate residue and things like gluten intolerance, celiac disease, or IBS. It's impossible for your body to be exposed to transgenic corn and then decide that corn is the problem and then react to all corn. That's just not how allergies work. Your body doesn't see that X allergen is always ingested with Y and therefore Y must be bad too. If that was how it worked, then people who developed an allergy to seafood would also develop allergies to cocktail sauce. However, your body can see similarly-shaped proteins and react to them as if they were the allergen. But maize lipid transfer protein is shaped very differently from cry proteins and glyphosate.

[@johnbourdeau2070]

I'll pass on the purple GMO tomatos, but look forward to getting one of the new T-shirts

[@vallerymartin2474]

No GMO for me that’s the reason I grow my own veggies. Thanks for the heads up. And I’m having success because of your videos.

[@MylkT1023]

Every produce you've eaten is a GMO and you're likely growing some in your garden without realizing it

[@GGsGarden]

IMO, my tomatoes are healthy enough. If I need more Anthocyanin, there are lots of other healthy options. I will not be growing and hope my neighbors will not either. Yes, the cross pollination crossed my mind and that is a concern.

[@gmansecond4103]

The dripping over time is RIGHT ON POINT. Thank you.

[@lyndiyj1104]

Excellent job of researching and presenting this information. Thank you!!!

[@BuzzedGamez]

thanks for the video, just placed my order for 10 seeds. this sounds awesome!

[@dottiecunningham2152]

But wait! Those of us who home garden don't eat the GMO foods. We avoid them. And nutrient dense food will not help my problem of being overweight. Drippings over time is like the frog in the pot slowly heating up. Great video!

[@cherylmallie4622]

Cut all wheat, refined sugar and dairy (I know, hard to do) from your diet for 6 months... doable... and you will see a big difference. Use only honey, coconut (cream) and (real) maple syrup for sweeteners. Try to make all your eggs and meats grass fed, pasture raised. You will not only look better but you will feel/BE better, healthier!😊 (You May even decide to make it a lifetime change!! 😁) Anyway, God's blessings to you!

[@spoonwinnipeg2021]

"Those of us who home garden don't eat the GMO foods. We avoid them." This is an assumption. If I had a GMO potato that was distasteful to the local potato bugs, they would be 75% of my potato crop, in a New York minute.

[@MichaelRei99]

@@cherylmallie4622Why did you say to eliminate grass fed dairy??

[@MichaelRei99]

@@spoonwinnipeg2021Well good for you!

[@spoonwinnipeg2021]

@@MichaelRei99 Aw thanks

[@johnbolton292]

Coming from a plant scientist here. Tomatoes generally don't cross pollinate because their sex parts are situated such that tomatoes self pollinate. I've bred tomatoes and it can be tricky to keep them from not self pollinating if you don't know what you're doing.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

Being a plant scientist you know that his GMO stance is nonsense.

[@katrinthorsdottir7514]

I will never purposely knowingly buy GMO seeds!

[@Vicfric]

Thank you Brian, that was a great video. You’re so funny, it seems like your soul has been set free with the acceptance of these types of conversations on your channel. 🎉😂❤

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thank you. Yes kinda lol

[@stefmcclure9386]

Once again you have explained something in a way that is easy to understand. Thank you for this and no, I won't be growing any GMO seeds! Love the new shirts!

[@SpeedBump7807]

Thanks to Brian for this video and telling us where he stands and why. I like the community here. It is nice to see civil dialogue on both sides and very little wrath aimed Brian's way, or at others. Good discussion.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

No wrath but the video is fearmongering nonsense.

[@Michellegrows]

The cross-pollination issue was the first thing I thought of when this was released. People could unknowingly sell or giveaway seeds, and that's how it spirals out of control.

[@IAMGiftbearer]

Cross pollination isn't always bad. Sometimes it's a happy accident and you get a better fruit out of it. I know somebody who created some hybrid peppers that way and he loved the result. It started off as an accident and then he fine tuned it with selective breeding to achieve certain traits he wanted to maximize.

[@shervin6711]

I would like to see the gmo purple tomato, nutrients compared to a " natural" purple tomato. I just don't see the point of it. Unless you also want back yard farmers to no longer save seeds. Purple tomatoes for example already exist. I have no idea if it's a " thing" but sometimes I wonder....could "that" contribute to our bees/butterflies getting sick/disappearing? Peoples rise in allergic reactions to food? I guess only time will tell.

[@cwmika]

The antioxidant levels are supposed to be on par with blueberries, about 3 times the antioxidants found in non-gmo tomatoes.

[@Shanaboyer]

Thank you for such a comprehensive, thoughtful, and balanced video!

[@DukeGMOLOL]

It was not balanced.

[@mariannwaddell8942]

Brian, watching your show is always very informative. I most definitely love your sense of humor. "Shocking!" 😂

[@HeatherThompsonSocially]

I am so glad you're doing the swag! I'm excited to get mine 😊😊

[@CindyOrangeNeely]

Brian, thank you so much for keeping us updated on this and for speaking out. Newer gardeners like me rely on your knowledge to teach us and guide us in the right direction. Thank you!!!!

[@kriskelley3562]

What about the gardener next door using GMO seeds and growing GMO plants and cross pollinating with my plants and my garden?

[@kriskelley3562]

Just a thought. I just don't want to think about GMO cross pollinating LOL

[@hollyreilly4818]

And, the wind does blow. Be careful who you buy seed from.

[@youtubasoarus]

That happens all the time. Just look up the lawsuits of farmers in India.

[@myhadesmoon]

And that's how it starts.

[@ewok7075]

Then the purple tomato takes over killing all crops then you and finally the whole earth is purple tomatoes

[@heathla1]

as having been a GMO tomato researcher (botanist/biochemist) I thought it all made sense and yes it involved crossing that could not happen naturally but it was so finite that it made since...... like tomatoes that could grow in salty soils was my specific area..... it could spread the area out of where tomatoes could be profitable grown

[@heathla1]

but yes I did work on the roundup on Soybeans crops too..... meh...

[@shaysummers3520]

Thanks for the explanation and for covering the gray areas!

[@jannekallio5047]

I think the GMOs are the future, no matter if someone does not like it. Having plants that go beyond is just super practical. In future growing will be easier and more plants are available even in different climate zones. Does not mean I like everything about GMOs. I know in general we want the world to be safe and stay as it is. We don't like changes, but only thing I know is constant, is the change. World keeps changing and we just need to adapt and try to guide the change so it causes no suffering.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

Bravo!!

[@bettyp.8177]

Great video. Very well put. Can't wait for the t shirts! I will proudly wear!🙂

[@montygates8767]

You are on a roll today. Smart man. Thanks for the detailed run down

[@ashb89]

lol that timing of that "NO" as your pup was chewing on the hen house siding

[@shawnamoen5026]

I agree with you 💯 percent. I will not grow gmo seeds and I try not to buy anything gmo

[@juneramirez8580]

So you eat no corn products because they are all GMO spliced. Now soy also????

[@juneramirez8580]

Unless we grow our own food (which most of us can't do) we ingest GMO Products. Could be why cancer is on the rise along with allergies and asthma!!

[@FarmToMarketRoad]

Sugar beets are mostly GMO

[@nicoler3269]

Great video … No GMO growing here either ! I can’t wait for the Merch !! Hoping for a tank top 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 💚👩🏻‍🌾 …

[@shawnamoen5026]

@juneramirez8580 yup that is what I'm saying, must be organic

[@mrmaxcarter2306]

I bought some and will be growing and enjoying them. Health benefits of blueberries with the taste of tomato.

[@althovio]

Just eat blueberries. And then have a tomato.

[@mrmaxcarter2306]

@@althovio it's easier and cheaper to add anthocyanins from these tomatoes than adding more blueberries. Blueberries aren't cheap. Or as versatile. I'll still eat berries, but now I can have them in my salad or even make a purple pasta sauce. Although I'm not sure about the stability of anthocyanins in heat. It's definitely a plus though

[@peterson6824]

enjoy your FRANKENFOOD

[@mrmaxcarter2306]

@@peterson6824 I will.

[@DawnieRotten]

WOW!! YOU are aiding in the DEATH of the NATURAL WORLD!!! Demon!!

[@MKoczwanski]

Thank You for all the amazing in depth info. Ill be picking up your merch

[@Starcraftghost]

I received my purple seeds today. I can’t wait to plant them.

[@karenw6864]

Potatoes - there's a kind of potatoe that is GMO, sold in US - we grow them in Canada to ship to the USA... but we can't buy them in Canada... weird, huh?

[@SpeedBump7807]

Simplot Co "Innate" White Russet, among others.

[@happyheart2871]

Thank you so much for explaining the whole GMO situation pretty succinctly, especially the last part about what happened to the farmers who , due to no fault of their own, were sued for having patented GMO plants growing amongst their purposely sewn seeds. I really like the way you think. You provide a much needed service Brian. We need to nip this in the bud because everything they do that damages us is done incrementally so that it seems innocuous until we're so far into it that we cannot turn back. The Garden of Eden was not to be outdone. Commercial farming changed that and destroyed the soil. We can still get back to the perfect tomato by rebuilding the soil.

[@cortholiopezorama8879]

“due to no fault of their own, were sued for having patented GMO plants growing amongst their purposely sewn seeds. ” Taking seed from your borders is bad practice even if your neighbor grows heirloom varieties. If you aren’t several hundred feet into your own field you have no idea what’s getting mixed in.

[@happyheart2871]

I'm not sure what you're getting at here.I agree with what you are saying. But these farmers do not want the GMO patented seed blowing in and germinating anywhere on their property.@@cortholiopezorama8879

[@DukeGMOLOL]

You wrote, "due to no fault of their own, were sued for having patented GMO plants growing amongst their purposely sewn seeds." That never, ever happened

[@rosezingleman5007]

I grew up eating corn from our backyard garden in LA County in the sixties and never had a problem. The year gmo corn was sold in supermarkets, I started getting profoundly sick with a liver disease. It was eventually determined (at Mayo in Minn) that I am now allergic to corn. The doctor, an African immunologist told me that corn was the #1 undiagnosed food allergy in the world. That was over a decade ago. Corn is fertilized by the wind. You’re getting gmo material in your body even if your corn seeds are “non gmo” because corn is grown almost everywhere in the US. And it’s in everything.

[@paulmickiewicz965]

Are you talking about sweet corn from the produce section? What year did they start selling GMO sweet corn in supermarkets? The answer is never, because GMO sweet corn does not exist!

[@DukeGMOLOL]

Blubbering nonsense, GMO corn did not cause your health issue. GMO corn is not in the produce section nor in a can.

[@dottiegiudice7960]

Thanks for explaining this. Yes a garden apron would be great. I could use it in my flower arranging hobby. Love your home spread with all the different areas for growing and etc. thanks for all your teaching

[@Danielchavez-sn1gj]

Well explained great video

[@jeanninecollins1434]

No, I won't be buying any GMO purple tomatoes seeds and will continue to grow heirloom. Looking forward to the t-shirts.

[@almostoily7541]

There are regular purple tomatoes that have been bred through crosses. Not bright purple ones that I know of. But I've seen beautiful purple ones with stripes of yellow. I don't even know why people would want tomatoes that have been tampered with in a lab. It may take a few years but crossing and selecting for a darker tomato can be done in a backyard garden if that's what someone wants. It would be naturally high in the vitamins those colors are known for. Not unnaturally from a lab. Just take vitamins if that is what they need lol I have a book named How to Breed your own Vegetable Varieties by Carol Depp. I stalked eBay for it until I found one cheap enough for my budget. I first learned about the book from a KZbin channel but it was during lockdown and everything to do with homesteading or gardening went crazy expensive. So I waited. I finally found it for less than $20. The stories in it of how backyard gardeners bred certain varieties are worth way more than the price I paid. The science stuff is cool, too 😂 Now I know why " that little voice" has been telling me to stock up on certain seeds for a few years now. I've been looking for drought tolerant and heat tolerance. Then, cool season to get a head start or grow later in the Fall. Finally, I'm on odd ones like the old fashioned corn that turns colors when it's starting to go from sweet to drying stage. And corn that has multiple ears per stalk, multiple tillers, etc. Most of that is bred out of modern corn to be picked easier by machine or so they are more uniform. I've also been trying to find varieties where the grower says it withstood neglect and still produced. Or it stores well. I had no idea there were cucumbers, watermelon, and tomatoes that would store well. Sorry about the novel I wrote. I just REALLY want other gardeners to be prepared in case another lockdown and everything goes up so expensive. Or the GMO backyard crops start crossing with the ones people are selling online.

[@familyonfire4808]

Now we have to worry about vaccines put in our food.

[@jeanninecollins1434]

Very true.@@familyonfire4808

[@zina6581]

Thank you for the information. I have no intention of growing GMO and I appreciate your explanations that I can share with others.

[@theresapelican9621]

Can’t wait to order a t shirt!! Nice job with the way both channels are going.

[@suzeesmu]

Please consider a women's V-neck and a garden apron too! Can't wait to purchase!

[@casheheart]

Thank you the information on GMO. Faithfully follower!

[@mazinkandah4355]

Thank you very much for your very very useful posts, and in particular, your non GMO videos. By doing so, you are advocating(maybe not intentionally) what God intended to give us as his gift in the earth and what it has to give us of its valuable and healthy production. I look at people like you as the guardians against big ag from pushing their greed to feed us (at least) less healthy fruits , vegetables and seeds. Keep up your valuable work and posts, as I for one, I’ll try in my small way to spread your beneficial information.

[@denisehawkins7280]

Yes yes and yes well said... Todays garden defiantly act for me was bagging up my non GMO field grown maize corn, cayanne peppers and parsley seeds for next seasons growing... and cleaning up beds for our autumn/fall growing... Love your channel Much love from this rebel gardener in Australia 💕🥒🍆🌶️🌽🍅

[@dgblac0]

Great video I enjoyed watching.

[@vivianl]

I'll stay with what I know. I'm looking forward to the t-shirt. I love the woman's design.

[@karigo-i1x]

GMO could never happen in the wild ... great way of explaining. I am a never GMO-er!

[@telotawa]

GMO plants do happen in the wild! some Agrobacterium species are capable of modifying plants. Lots of microbes are capable of sharing genes with each other. Biology is always more complex and fascinating than it seems to the average person.

[@christopherwillows5515]

@@telotawathank you. Not to mention bacteria swap genes frequently, which is an issue because their microbes not plants. Especially when they die, the floating pieces of DNA can just be sucked up into something else for lack of a very scientific way to put it.

[@colettesoul]

I will stick to Mother Nature's process, not all that is made or modified in labs is good for us ,and to blindly keep trusting those who say it is safe is foolish

[@aha5248]

The genome of GMOs absolutely could happen, it’s as likely as a golden doodle. Both are very unlikely because it is not the “goal” of evolution. In fact, the vast majority of the plants we grow hardly resemble their native ancestors at all. This is due to selective breeding which is a slow and cumbersome way to wonder towards a “better” plant. What is the difference in the genomes of GMOs vs what we call an heirloom? Every time a plant (or you for that matter) is infected with a virus, the plants genome is permanently altered as the virus splices in its replication sequence. Is that a GMO? Why is it suddenly “supernatural” when we do it in the search for a “better” plant. There is a plethora of reasons to strive towards organic gardening, but GMOs in and of themselves aren’t the boogeyman they are made out to be. Not to mention there isn’t a single vitamin, protein, amino acid or nutrient in general that isn’t first modified by your body before it can actually be utilized. So not only is the fear of GMOs a misunderstanding of biochemistry and genetics on the plant side, it’s also a misunderstanding of the biochemistry of digestion and the many pathways your body employs to process nutrients. Anyway I dont mean to argue that anyone has to use GMOs, but they shouldn’t be feared just because of their name.

[@telotawa]

@@colettesoul oh for sure, a heck of a lot of corporations *do* poison for profit, and it's terrible some stuff from a lab is fine, some is bad! nothing is black and white

[@paulv69]

Great video, thank you!! i have been and organic grower and part of the 'buy local' movement for 35 years. You had me with "black and white thinking is dangerous." I so agree that absolutist thinking can be delusional because it's presumptuous. i work in healthcare and have observed that medical science saves lives, often by killing an ant with an elephant gun. Nature, of which we are a part, changes, adapts, evolves over very long periods of time. People, as part of nature, have changed 'food' drastically in the last 100-150 years. For centuries, we ran around in the field and picked our food and ate it. If we wanted meat, we had to chase it, kill it with rocks and sticks, then for the most part, eat it right then because we didn't have refrigerators. Now we don't have to chase anything. We drive to the store, park in the handicap space, get into a motorized grocery cart and ride down an aisle where we can select meat for every meal. Meat that has been altered. Cows used to eat grass, now human nature has found a way to quadruple the fat content of beef. i'd say easily 85% of the patients i care for in the hospital are there because of diet related diseases. We might adapt eventually to Pepsi, but it will not happen in our lifetime... human physiological adaptation doesn't happen that fast. To me, the salient point of rejecting GMO's is because we do not know the long term results of bypassing natural process. Nature is slower, and i think smarter. The human record of contributing to nature is not very stellar. One cannot breath or drink the water in China now. Pretty much all seafood has mercury, pcbs and plastic in the meat we consume. And then there's nuclear bombs and crazy world 'leaders' controlling them. While i can see the rationale of making a (possibly) healthier tomato, i think GMO is more presumptuous than i think wise. It's precisely that we do not know the long term consequences, and that we really do not need it, that i weigh in on rejecting GMO's as an individual food grower. Even if it were beneficial, the abuses of Monsanto are enough argument to make all GMO's a big "NO" as far as i'm concerned. i fear the nefarious among us who abuse science make some ventures a bad idea.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

Blubbering nonsense. Not even a paragraph break in that screed.

[@tairam9383]

Good video. Love the T-shirts. I have invested over 4 decades reading labels and making healthier choices in challenging environment to do so. Some people are noticing now in that maybe my kookie choices were so goofy. I've eaten organic tomatoes for decades but have now moved to organic heirlooms, which amazing come in purple too. Thanks for doing this video and for being willing to stand your ground.

[@GoAgainstTheOdds]

yeaaahh... i wont be buying or planting GMO seeds and will continue to save heirloom seeds from previous harvests.. also cant wait for the merch!!! Looks so great !! Hoodie and T-shirt please 😍

[@robinlj5767]

I really appreciate all your observations and agree with you! So very glad you mentioned the bit about cross pollination-I have not heard anyone else talking about this issue that has noted that, and it’s important! In addition, we have no idea how the DNA in GMO plants can affect nature in general. There are already many varieties of tomatoes that have high anthocyanin levels-Black Beauty being the first that comes to mind-so a more nutritious tomato in that regard Isn’t necessarily needed. Organically grown homegrown tomatoes are really nutritious in the first place! I suspect your idea that this is to soften people to the idea of GMO crops is spot on. Thanks!!!

[@DukeGMOLOL]

You wrote, "we have no idea how the DNA in GMO plants can affect nature in general." Yes we do, the issue has been studied for many decades.The video is mostly fearmongering nonsense.

[@cynthiadavis3102]

Thank you, Brian. I really appreciate your time, concern, knowledge. At what cost....yes!!

[@msdcat1]

I'm in Florida now, but when we lived in WA state, apples were making me have issues. Throat closing, tingling lips and this is after I even washed and pealed that darn apple! I don't have that issue when in a pie. Another is pineapple. I love both! What ever they use on stuff I'm having issues. That is why I grow my own now. When I do buy I buy organic. I also harvest my own seeds.

[@laurenalise3488]

This is interesting! I had these same issues with apples and got diagnosed with oral allergy syndrome, but now I’m wondering if there could be more to the story 🤔

[@erikahuxley]

Apple and pear are a heavily sprayed crop. In fact I would say pretty much all non-organic fruits grown in the US. Organic apple and pear are legally allowed to be sprayed with antibiotic. I pretty much avoid buying apple and pear. There is a study that shows soaking apple with baking soda water for 15mins can help reduce pesticides from the surface, but not if the pesticide is absorbed into the fruit which it will already have after 24 hours.

[@bluetkats]

I will not intentionally/knowingly buy or grow anything GMO, as long as I have a choice. It's a never say never thing though, like, if I have no other choice some day in the distant future. 😉 Looking forward to the new series, and the new merch! Here's to gardening defiantly!! 🥂💚

[@dannywhitman996]

I don't trust them. I agree they are trying to do things slowly, get excepted

[@monnoo8221]

accepted. I am not picky, but in this case it just expresses the opposite of what you probably mean

[@debgrouette6885]

YAY! garden defiantly!! bring on the merch!! thank you!!

[@kathyley5661]

Cool! Looking forward to the new shirts.

[@markr1550]

GMO technology isn't inherently bad. There have been some substantial potential benefits from it, such as golden rice, which has been studied for over 20 years. The excessive use of pesticides,however, is a problem, even a crisis.

[@karlgru3n654]

You nailed it. Once you let the camel get it's nose under the tent... It will tear you a new hole. ;)

[@spoonwinnipeg2021]

I don't agree with your opinion, but I love that analogy. It's a great saying

[@CreativeAnneliese]

I LOVE the shirt design!! Hopefully my budget will allow for one, as I've always been one to "garden defiantly"! God Bless you and the family!!💚💙

[@tomdixon7264]

I'm with you. We don't know the effects of GMO foods enough yet to be playing with them as home gardeners. What we do know is that there ARE some people that react badly to anything GMO, regardless of what might have even been sprayed on it. This is simply, IMO, far more than enough reason for me personally to steer clear of those foods when I can. I don't think I have eaten enough of said foods to notice any effect on my health, but that doesn't mean there isn't one or couldn't be one later. Plus, there is the point you made about the food surplus--the problem is not how much or how little food there is, it's regulation and distribution.

[@pendlera2959]

Could you post the title of the medical case or scientific study or other formal documentation of people who react to transgenic foods regardless of whether they were sprayed? I know youtube doesn't allow links in the comments, but I've been googling for a while now and can't find a single source of people reacting to transgenic crops at all, much less of them reacting to transgenic crops that went unsprayed.

[@noahmeme2]

I bought some and they just arrived. I got 12 seeds in ny pack.

[@cindyinpcola]

I was unable to get them. Lucky you!

[@noahmeme2]

@@cindyinpcola They are still available. Unless you're not in the United States.

[@cindyinpcola]

I will try again now. Thanks

[@cindyinpcola]

Still not showing up. Not even saying out of stock. I wonder if they ran out completely?

[@noahmeme2]

@@cindyinpcola I still see it 🤷‍♂️

[@lynnpurfield9430]

The Kardashians....lol. I never watched but get the reference 😄

[@joybrown8644]

Thanks for sharing both sides and thinking it through with us. For now, I’ll wait.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

He didn't share both sides and said he wouldn't talk about it.

[@TinaD_RollTide]

Great video, love your humor and book.

[@lauragillespie9635]

I agree with you. I will not be putting any GMO foods in my garden. Some one else can find out if GMOs are good for you or not. I am not a test subject.

[@rosehippyguy3402]

I seed save from my heirloom seeds every single year. I just hope my neighbours don't buy any of these Frankenstein plants /seeds.

[@davidstick9207]

If you raise 2 heirlooms side by side...and do not hand pollinate...you do realize the fruit you get are probably not heirloom anymore...but a hybrid of the heirlooms? You do understand basic pollination and how it works right? Some...of your tomatoes will be heirloom variety 1. Some will be heirloom variety 2. And some...will be hybrids. Can you tell the difference?

[@rosehippyguy3402]

@@davidstick9207 of course I understand? That was my point? I don't appreciate people who are condescending. Sort your sht out bro. We're in this together.

[@anetteridleyrodriguez]

I fear this is the beginning of "them" trying to weasel their way into our home garden. The realization that the people are tired of the poison in food and are moving to home gardening probably scares "them". I hope no one buys this seed. Great video!! 👍

[@terrivance8750]

Brian, Just an FYI. We've had GMO fish in the aquarium hobby for well over a decade. They're called Glofish. Kids love 'em. As a professional aquarist (hobbyist since '90, pro since '03), I have to say that modification @ the genetic level is preferable to what was once common practice--one I was always against, btw--the injection of neon dyes to make fish "glow."

[@suzannezoubeck5216]

How about not needing fish that glow for one's amusement or aesthetic aquarium design if that's not what already they do in nature? Children can be amused some other way (as can adults, I hope). If a GMO fish is then dumped into a local body of water, it could create unintended problems (there's already concerns about GMO Salmon accidentally escaping into open water and decimating native Salmon populations). "Scientists were so preoccupied whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park❤☮🌎

[@jennygray7081]

GMOs are about owning patents to our food. GMO Foods sounded great at first. We can get sued for growing food after all our seeds are contaminated.

[@youtubasoarus]

Now you're getting it. And the case law on the books proves it. These companies want to own the food supply.

[@pederslilfarm9218]

I'm just curious if that new gmo purple tomato, is determinate or indeterminate? Not that it matters, I'm not going to grow it in our garden!! I'm wondering why they need to try for darker tomatoes when there are many Heirloom tomatoes that are purple some near black - also a plethera of other varieties purple vegetables! Carrots, eggplant, peas, bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatillo, potatoes, corn, kohlrabi, asparagus, basil, sage etc... plus lots of fruits. God gave us all we need, we need to garden responsibly and save and share seeds. This world needs to share the food we've been blessed with, we need to LOVE more!!!!

[@annsfrench]

From Norfolk’s website: The Purple Tomato is an indeterminate large-fruited cherry tomato with highly vigorous vegetative growth and a strong main stem. Fruit forms green and turns purple in the skin and flesh.

[@l3erdr]

That's very true. But tomatoes are known for having very high yield, important if you want to get enough in your diet.

[@bronowiczj]

Great video Brian. I will admit I am intrigued but even those impressive photos on the Baker Creek catalog cover is going to convince me to try them.

[@marthakratz7877]

I don't think Baker Creek is going to get into GMO seeds or plants. Have you heard anything about them doing that?

[@songsforthemaster]

👏🏼👏🏼 You are soooo RIGHT ON Brian❣️❣️❣️ Well said❣️ I look forward to the new apparel. 😁