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beautiful time lapse video of Hawaii
Friday, August 29th, 2014 06:37 pmNorth Shore Hawaii from Ryan Larson on Vimeo.
Friday, August 29th, 2014
GMOs and pesticide use
Friday, August 29th, 2014 07:21 pmThe Kaua‘i Cocktail - Highly toxic pesticides are being applied to GMO test fields on Kaua‘i at a much higher rate than on most US farms, an analysis of new data reveals
I'm not against the genetic modification of food in and of itself. There are beneficial uses of genetic engineering, and it will probably be very important for the future of agriculture. There can be risks in changing the very genetics of the food we eat, depending on the kind of modifications that are done. But the main issue I have with it is that in many cases the companies who are pushing GM are also pushing the use of pesticides - from what I've read, in most cases they are the exact same companies. Rather than using GM to make plants more resistant to pests, which could be a good thing, it seems that the companies are using GM to make plants more resistant to pesticides, in order to make more profits selling both the GM seeds and the pesticides. I don't think that spraying poisons on farmlands and elsewhere is healthy for the environment, animals, or people. That is why I prefer to buy organic food, which happens to also usually be non-GMO.
I'm not against the genetic modification of food in and of itself. There are beneficial uses of genetic engineering, and it will probably be very important for the future of agriculture. There can be risks in changing the very genetics of the food we eat, depending on the kind of modifications that are done. But the main issue I have with it is that in many cases the companies who are pushing GM are also pushing the use of pesticides - from what I've read, in most cases they are the exact same companies. Rather than using GM to make plants more resistant to pests, which could be a good thing, it seems that the companies are using GM to make plants more resistant to pesticides, in order to make more profits selling both the GM seeds and the pesticides. I don't think that spraying poisons on farmlands and elsewhere is healthy for the environment, animals, or people. That is why I prefer to buy organic food, which happens to also usually be non-GMO.