Genetically Modified Foods And Some Potential Effects
Genetically modified foods are a subject of much debate in our current world. Some nations are pro GMOs and some nations are strongly opposed. Genetically modified foods are not just a matter of preferrence of one type of food over another, some people are very concerned that the food supply is going to eventually become irreversibly changed.
Some corporations are genetically modifying their crops so as to keep them from producing new seeds. These “terminator seeds” as they’ve been named, are only able to produce one year’s worth of food. They don’t produce seeds with which to plant new crops. What’s the point of that, you ask? That’s a good question. It’s mostly business. If a farmer can’t produce seed for replanting, he has to keep coming back to the seed company year on year to purchase more seed.
That’s the main point of it. But just imagine for a second if all farmers were using seed that couldn’t replicate itself. What if there was a catastrophe and the seed were no longer available. We would have no crops left. We would be facing global starvation.
This explains why so many people have become enraged. Simply to make two bucks, food corporations have started to change the nation’s food system in potentially dangerous ways and to indebt farmers into their product. There is increasing concern that GMOs will at last lead to a major food crisis.
Others are big supporters of genetically modified foods, arguing that through modification, GMOs have the ability to feed the whole world. While that argument does have some importance, it must be noted that there’s already enough capability to feed the entire world without GMOs. Our government pays farmers not to grow crops to attempt to subsidize them. The reason why the world is still hungry is more due to oppressive governments and controlling warlords who wouldn’t permit food to the poor in their nations regardless of if supplies were airlifted in.
Genetically modified foods pros and cons have to be weighed carfully, so that mankind can come to an agreement about the way to proceed. If you have an interest in food and health, take a look at the new research on acid alkaline balance in the body.
