@rob_mcstan generally favor but also we should fund seed banks & ppl growing heirloom crops to maintain genetic diversity as a resource for future crop development, and dislike some of the "create resistance to a chemical & soak the fields in it" GMO bec of the chemicals not the genes
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Reply · Jan 21, 2022@MeiselZachary Ofc other side is that chemicals maximize yield- food would be more expensive if produced without them (unclear *how much* more…Reply · Jan 21, 2022@MeiselZachary So, I support GMO labeling laws and would personally buy non-GMO because I can afford to pay more for my preferenceReply · Jan 21, 2022@MeiselZachary The tough / frustrating part of GMOs is that they're hard to contain- GMO pollen can be blown quite a distance to pollinate neighboring…Reply · Jan 21, 2022@MeiselZachary Chemicals applied to a field wash down the watershed and accumulate in animals that eat plants. History shows we've repeatedly had to…