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The real problem with GMO is entirely political. Plants with proprietary DNA engineered to ignore a soil-persistent wide-band herbicide. Short term crop product
by speed_spread 5y ago
The real problem with GMO is entirely political. Plants with proprietary DNA engineered to ignore a soil-persistent wide-band herbicide. Short term crop productivity rises, forcing farmers to follow suit. Next, prices drop, costs rises, but you can't go back because fields now can't grow anything else for years. It's agricultural lock-in. Add insecticides that destroys pollinating insects for maximum effectiveness...