Your post on this important environmental issue affecting our food-supply is appreciated.
However you do a disservice to muddy the bee colony collapse “crisis” as a smoke screen for environmentalists opposition to GMOs.
I am against genetically modified crops that feature bio-chemical genes that produce BT caterpillar killing poison in corn, and other crops my family and I consume.
GMO tampering is a Terrible idea, and Monsanto - Cargill scientists are not to be trusted judged on lack of rigorous independent food safety studies, and previous mistakes.
Starlink corn, and GMO rapeseed contamination of organic neighboring crops.
Europeans have it right, as do other food purists.
Selective breeding of crops is one thing.
Genetic tinkering with our food supply using ever cheap n dirty methods, like: CRISPR gene splicing technology will cause disaster that will cause us to rue the day.
Those here that adore the agri-”progress” of industry men in white lab coats may not have ability to see that our present day agricultural system creates as many problems as it provides crop yield solutions,ie:
increasing crop mono culture diseases,
insecticide resistant insects,
super weeds resistant to herbicides,
soil sterility caused by salinity,
herbicide build up,
roundup residue in food has been determined to be carcinogenic,
mineral deficient soil affects food nutritional value, etc.
A truly conservative critical thinkers insist on informed consent for knowing what’s in our food and if it’s safe and efficiently produced in the LONG run.
I agree with you.
Three ways to stop or limit this blight:
1. GMO labeling requirements
2. revoke all patents of genetic materials
3. outlaw GMO’s altogether
A truly conservative critical thinkers insist on informed consent for knowing what’s in our food and if it’s safe and efficiently produced in the LONG run.
You want this stuff, go buy organic. We don’t need more govt regulation.
STOP COMPLAINING WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL. We live in a time of tremendous choice and availability of food. Has never happened in history before.
Just because you are against something is no reason to use force of law to make us pay for what you want.
A TRUE CONSERVATIVE WILL LOOK TO THE MARKET, NOT THE GOVERNEMTN. Vote with your dollars and buy organic.