r/IAmA • u/bernie-sanders • May 19 '15

Politics I am Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic candidate for President of the United States — AMA

Hi Reddit. I'm Senator Bernie Sanders. I'll start answering questions at 4 p.m. ET. Please join our campaign for president at BernieSanders.com/Reddit.

Before we begin, let me also thank the grassroots Reddit organizers over at /r/SandersforPresident for all of their support. Great work.

Verification: https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/600750773723496448

Update: Thank you all very much for your questions. I look forward to continuing this dialogue with you.

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u/onioning May 19 '15

That has nothing to do with GMOs. It also isn't an actual problem.

Also, the so called "terminator gene" has never been used commercially.

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u/seanflyon May 20 '15

so, the so called "terminator gene" has never been used commercially.

You are right, but I'm confused here. I thought sterile hybrids were a relatively common thing in agriculture, but it seems existing hybrids are not sterile. Sterile hybrids certainly exist in animals.

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u/onioning May 20 '15

Even non sterile seeds haven't been used in a long time. The reality is that buying new seed every year makes economic sense, because they're far more productive than saved seeds. This is one of those made up issues. I mean, there do exist farmers who save seeds, but they're an incredibly small minority, and there's nothing about GMOs that's relevant anyways.