USDA Approves Gene-Edited Walnut Trees To Resist Crown Gall Disease, Amidst Continue Push For Gene-Edited Crops

The following report is a press release from the USDA:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently reviewed a walnut tree modified using genetic engineering. The University of California Davis modified the walnut to resist crown gall disease. This disease causes galls that can appear on the roots, trunk, and crown of a tree that can lead to nutrient deficiency and reduced plant growth. We reviewed the modified walnut to determine whether it posed an increased plant pest risk as compared to cultivated walnut.

APHIS found this modified walnut is unlikely to pose an increased plant pest risk compared to other cultivated walnut. As a result, it is not subject to regulation under 7 CFR part 340. From a plant pest risk perspective, this walnut may be safely grown and bred in the United States.

You can view the RSR request from the University of California Davis and APHIS’ response letter on the APHIS website. Our response is based on information from the developers and our:

• familiarity with plant varieties,
• knowledge of the traits, and
• understanding of the modifications.

Under 7 CFR part 340, developers may request an RSR when they believe a modified plant is not subject to regulation. APHIS reviews the modified plant and considers whether it might pose an increased plant pest risk compared to a nonregulated plant. If our review finds a plant is unlikely to pose an increased plant pest risk relative to the comparator plant, APHIS issues a response indicating the plant is not subject to the regulations.

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

This latest regulatory approval courtesy of the USDA – the health body that approves anything and everything – is part of a much broader trend to introduce and expand the use of gene-edited crops, a step above conventional GMOs – crops that have been radically altered and have new traits, things like weather resistance, non-molding capabilities, vitamin D generation without sun, etc.

The WinePress has reported on this trend in other reports. Gene-editing is being touted as the next necessary thing to fight climate change and reduce famine, as documented in those articles, which I suggest you read up on so you can caught up on the bigger picture here:

• As Media Declares “Global Hunger Crisis” Media Blasts Organic Farming, Looking To Implement Gene-Edited Foods
• Bill Gates Says ‘Every Piece Of Bread I’ve Ever Eaten Is From Genetically Modified Wheat’ During Climate Conference In Kenya
• Politico Says ‘Like It Or Not,’ Gene-Edited Crops Are Coming To The EU’
• European Union Moves To Relax Regulations On GMOs And Gene-Edited Crops In Order To Deal With Climate Change
• FDA Fast-Tracks Clearance For Gene-Edited CRISPR Cattle For Meat Consumption
• FDA Approves Gene-Edited CRISPR Pigs Made Into German Sausages, ‘Safe For Human Consumption’
• Scientists Use CRISPR To Create A New Gene-Edited Tomato That Does Not Require Sunlight But Creates Vitamin D
• Scientists Use CRISPR To Create Gene-Edited Weather-Resilient Potatoes To Be Ready By 2025, But Might Not Be Labeled As A GMO
• Pairwise’s First Ever CRISPR Gene-Edited Salads Set To Hit US Retail Later This Year Via New Distribution Channel
• Gene-Editing Food Company Pairwise Announces Partnership With Bayer To Advance CRISPR Corn
• Bayer Buys Majority Stake In CRISPR Edited Crops Company For “Farm-To-Fuel” Scheme
• Biden Signs Executive Order To Further Research Hacking And “Rewriting” People’s DNA, Along With Edited Crops And Bolstering AI

Again, for obvious reasons, this is wicked man looking to play God and even out do him, but it is of course vain, and will fail, and will make things exponentially worse.

[16] Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. [17] The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Ecclesiastes 9:16-17

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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

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