Posted by JML755 on March 30, 2014 at 06:11:30 from (24.192.222.226):
In Reply to: GMO-Organic posted by farmer boy on March 28, 2014 at 17:41:44:
What I find interesting about the whole GMO discussion is that everything living on this planet is basically a GMO. It's called evolution, survival of the fittest. Engineering crops genetically is just speeding up or tailoring mutation. Don't farmers do this by cross-breeding cattle for certain traits? What about grafting of plants? Isn't that the same thing? I imagine that a GMO "could" be engineered to be harmful to humans but highly unlikely that a company would shoot for that objective. :lol: Like others have said, modern agriculture (especially US agriculture) has allowed feeding ourselves to be very low on the list of problems we face every day. Hungry? Go to a supermarket and look at the choices you have to obtain the "fuel" to run your body. My wife spends around 6% of our net income weekly to feed us. And we eat pretty well. I believe this is attributable to both the mechanization of agriculture and the biology/botany of it. I'm surprised the OP isn't also complaining of the harm that diesel exhaust from all the tractors and combines is causing. :D
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