In germany farmers haven't grown genetically modified plants since 2012 and there is only 1 kind of gmo corn and 1 gmo potato allowed in the eu. And everywhere in the world where gmo crops are the norm, farmers are pressured into growing them by big companies. And you can't tell me that spraying pesticides with planes is a good idea. And did you know that some farmers in south america even grow organic corn because it's cheaper to loose some of it to nature than to buy the pesticides because everything is adapting to the use of those pesticides rendering them almost worthless and resulting in the use of more pesticides which of cause cost more for the farmers.
Maybe you don't, but I think that's a very good reason to fear gmo crops
Well. I live on a farm. I’m maybe not an expert, but I know a couple things. And there are a lot of reasons to use gmo crops other than to use pesticides (we do not use pesticides).
Blight and drought tolerance are really important modifications. Some modifications increase protein and nutrient content. Some modifications allow the organism to more readily use nutrients in the soil so that extra fertilizers are not needed (fertilizers, even organic fertilizers, can be just as harmful to the environment as pesticides).
So yeah, you basically just proved the point in the post. Just like most things that humans do, it can be done to the benefit of our planet and society or to the detriment. There are millions of people who have food to eat only because of GMOs.
There are some crops that are modified with a terminator gene. The story is that they don’t want the crop to be able to spread and naturalize or become a harmful invasive. But mostly it’s so you have to buy new seed stock every year.
That can be really problematic, but you can also avoid those specific crops. Not all GMOs have terminator genes and as I mentioned above, there are important reasons (other than pesticide use) that make GMO crops vital.
Maybe you don't, but I think that's a very good reason to fear gmo crops
Blight and drought tolerance are really important modifications. Some modifications increase protein and nutrient content. Some modifications allow the organism to more readily use nutrients in the soil so that extra fertilizers are not needed (fertilizers, even organic fertilizers, can be just as harmful to the environment as pesticides).
So yeah, you basically just proved the point in the post. Just like most things that humans do, it can be done to the benefit of our planet and society or to the detriment. There are millions of people who have food to eat only because of GMOs.
That can be really problematic, but you can also avoid those specific crops. Not all GMOs have terminator genes and as I mentioned above, there are important reasons (other than pesticide use) that make GMO crops vital.