10-05-2012, 05:15 PM
I think Genetically modified foods have negative effects that have nothing to do with the health of the body as well. The crops provide more yield, often doubling the harvest when compared to non GE crops, but suck more nutrients out of the ground. In response to this, the farmers using these crops end up needing more and more fertilizer each year, until the land can support no more. In addition, these genetically engineered crops produce no seeds, so every year the farmers have to buy new seeds and ever increasing amounts fertilizer from Monsanto.
These crops were pushed on many Asian nations during the so called 'Green Revolution' which was supposed to create an economic boom and a surplus of food. It has done neither. Now many of the small farmers who bought into this program are losing all their money and their land, turning it over to multinational agribusinesses.
It's disturbing to note that even though these crops have had such mixed-to-negative results in Asia in the 60's and 70's, Monsanto and the Gates foundation are pushing them on African nations as we speak.
These crops were pushed on many Asian nations during the so called 'Green Revolution' which was supposed to create an economic boom and a surplus of food. It has done neither. Now many of the small farmers who bought into this program are losing all their money and their land, turning it over to multinational agribusinesses.
It's disturbing to note that even though these crops have had such mixed-to-negative results in Asia in the 60's and 70's, Monsanto and the Gates foundation are pushing them on African nations as we speak.