#monocroo destructive agriculture

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Actually opposite of the sterile seeds concern, there are issues with GM crops crosspollinating nearby fields (like with promiscuous crops like corn that blow their pollen everywhere), and now a nearby farmer who was using whatever normal or heirloom corn seeds ends up growing a crop thats cross pollinated with a GM strain. To make matters worse they now cant re-seed using seeds from their own crops because their seeds now contain Evil Company's patentented corn gene. This is an issue of both the capitalistic abuse of genetic modification but also a matter of scientific concern regarding the potential ramifications of GM genes flowing into wild plant populations. Its hard to foresee what problems this could cause, but just because we cant easily foresee any, doesnt mean we shouldnt proceed cautiously with GM crops. Do not come at me about how we have been "modifying crops for generations" via selective breeding either; putting a gene that a bacteria uses to produce a toxin into a plant's DNA is NOT the same thing as interbreeding your two best-producing apple trees. I hate the "actually GM crops arent bad" reaction to the "GM crops are scary and bad" reactionaries; the people who have questions about the ecological implications of GM crops are *not all* stupid crazies. Just because there are some wackos who have concerns about GM crops causing autism or whatever dumb shit, doesnt mean *everyone* who has concerns about GM crops is a wacko.

https://ucbiotech.org/answer.php?question=52

Funny how that works