Most days I get at least one tweet or
Facebook post telling me about the evils of Monsanto and GMO
(Genetically Modified Organisms ). It usually accompanies a link to one
of the conspiracy sites. When I research something I look for
education websites or journalist I trust. I have spent the past
decade trying to learn as much as possible about climate change. I
must admit that I haven't put as much time into researching
Genetically Modified Organisms. I do try to understand enough to know
if the foods I'm eating are killing me. I'm sure most things we do in
life affect life span in some way.
The
one thing we know for certain is
that people are living longer than ever. We also know that is mostly
due to hygiene, medical care, home environment, and an abundance of
food. I'm sure most of us learned in history about the 1930's dust
bowl. That was when a large portion of the plains states were
trapped in cloud of dust because of bad farming techniques and a
drought.
A dust bowl of today is much less
likely, not because there aren't droughts, but because of better
farming techniques and drought resistant crops. Some of those crops
are a result of hybridization and some from genetic modification.
Because of hybridization and genetic modifications we can grow far
more food per acre than in the dust bowl era.
