Posted on 10/29/2022 7:26:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Farmers across the world are desperate to grow genetically modified crops (GM) in their fields. So much so that in some countries farmers have bypassed existing bans on these crops and even made harvests from them.
Why do farmers risk being prosecuted, and what compels them to grow GM food crops? The answer is straightforward: GM crops give higher yields, are resilient to deadly plant diseases, and can withstand tough environmental conditions.
Optimum Environmental Conditions Meet Advancement in Science
Conditions for food crops around the world are the best in all of human history. Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration and warmer temperatures have greened the earth since the end of the Little Ice Age in the 17th century.
GM crop varieties are proven to be disease resistant, drought tolerant, and high yielding. This means more efficient farming and more food, at lower prices, for the world. GM crops also protect poor farmers against crop loss or excessive financial expenditure in purchasing pesticides and insecticides.
However, accessing these crop varieties is very difficult for farmers, as countries are still very slow in allowing their commercial cultivation.
Today the world produces more food crops than ever before. But we must not get complacent. Utilizing scientifically advanced GM food crop varieties will ensure global food security in the coming decades, helping us maximize the advantage of existing global climatic conditions -- but only if governments permit them.
Propaganda Against Science
Many middle- and low-income countries have yet to approve GM crops despite them being declared safe by the world's leading food regulatory bodies. Additionally, a wave of anti-GMO activism disrupts their adoption.
Sad to say, some citizens who mistakenly think GM crops are dangerous -- including some Christians who think genetically modifying plants means “playing God with nature” -- pressure governments to outlaw their use.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
“Many middle- and low-income countries have yet to approve GM crops despite them being declared safe by the world’s leading food regulatory bodies.”
Gee...”regulatory bodies”....why would we Not trust them????
Do GM grown crops produce seeds for future crops?
The government will make it illegal to grow genetically modified plants, but require you to INJECT A GENETICALLY MODIFIED VIRUS IN YOUR BODY!
—> And over 100 Nobel laureates have signed a statement vouching for GM crops’ safety.
Did they say climate change is real and scientific too??
I could not in my wildest dreams imagine 200+ bushels per acre of corn when growing up.
“And over 100 Nobel laureates have signed a statement vouching for GM crops’ safety.”
So they’re saying that GM crops are ‘safe and effective’.
By the way, how many of those 100 laureates have even studied GM crops?
“Do GM grown crops produce seeds for future crops?”
Hybrids don’t give good seed and they are NOT considered genetically modified.
Because dying in 30 years from toxic build up, is different than dying next week from starvation......
When people are actually starving which is not outside the realm of possibility, if people will try to eat boiled leather belts, they aren’t going to turn up their noses at food made from GMO crops.
Granted, boiling water using windmills or solar panels to cook the leather in won’t be possible either…
I can not eat GM flour (Wheat) from the USA but can eat it from Europe. Some GM items are not good for the body….
Because GM foods are optimized for survival and getting the most out of their growing conditions. Farmers being smart smart businessmen, always want to get the most for their work and monetary investments and GM foods fit that bill. Humans have been doing the same thing, albeit more slowly since we adopted agriculture 10,000 years ago.
Right!
Every single bite of food you put in your mouth has been genetically modified one way or another.
Every single bite.
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It really is that simple, and the forces of starvation are doing it on purpose.
Their are no GM wheat varieties in commercial production anywhere in the world. There is research and test plots, but none have been been commercialized at the present time.
The gm or non-gm commercially grown soybean can be used for seed, and do as well as the plant it came from. But holding back some harvested gm soybeans can be VERY costly:
https://grain.org/en/article/2240-monsanto-patent-fight-ensnares-missouri-farm-town
Commercial gm or non-gm corn doesn’t keep that ability. That’s why raising seed corn is so expensive.
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