Class Discussion-GMOs

During the breakout room, our group discussed genetic modification and the scientific reasoning behind it versus necessity. I very strongly disagree that GMOs will feed the world or that they are the best option for large food production. As we are witnessing, large mono-crops are at great risk for wipeout. That's not to mention the billions of gallons of pesticides it takes to grow the "food". Not only are we polluting the ground water, air, soil, animals, and humans, but we are sterilizing non-GMO crops that are our future's hope. This is all happening silently day after day. Industrial farming of all plants and animals has to change. I have tried to bring knowledge and understanding to people with hopes to change from the inside out, but the power of money and control seems to be far greater. My hope is that continued awareness and education, and people just being fed up will eventually bring us closer to a time where we can support more seasonal small scale farming and depend less on large scale farming.