I get email almost every day asking if our produce is GMO'd. Our produce isn't but I still wonder why the emphatic dislike of GMO product. This article sheds some light, both pros and cons.
A REPORT by the National Research Council last month gave ammunition to both sides in the debate over the cultivation of genetically engineered crops. More than 80 percent of the corn, soybeans and cotton grown in the United States is genetically engineered, and the report details the "long and impressive list of benefits" that has come from these crops, including improved soil quality, reduced erosion and reduced insecticide use...
The article is by Pamela C. Ronald, a professor of plant pathology at the University of California, Davis, wjp is the co-author of "Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food" and James E. McWilliams, a history professor at Texas State University at San Marcos, who is the author of "Just Food."
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