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***Question Of The Day #7***

Do genetically modified foods (GMO’s) unleash a host of unpredictable side effects?

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Yes, they do.

I saw a very good documentary.

I will share. 😃

https://youtu.be/7sUNxX0OxP8

It’s very informative. It’s dated 2012 but it discusses BT, an herbicide that causes the stomach of insects to explode. That’s probably why the insects are disappearing. And why people are getting so many illnesses these days.

Glyphosate is banned as unsafe in many countries, but it is being used rampantly in Monsanto’s Roundup and Ranger Pro products. All for GMO’s. 😡

https://lightonconspiracies.com/12-reasons-why-even-low-levels-of-glyphosate-are-unsafe/

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I had a rough day so I wasn't able to talk about it as much as I'd have liked, but the gmo controversy is one that's very interesting to me. Especially since one of my main life goals is to begin farming

Seed saving and seed libraries are important in maintaining genetic variety in crops. I'd go a little farther and say that gmo + large scale farming both do a lot of damage towards the Earth (goodbye, topsoil), communities (no Farmers Market to tighten social ties; erroded self sufficiency due to no longer saving seeds + needing to repurchase over and over again each cycle, community itself no longer being self sufficient bc all food is trucked in), and non gmo plant genetics due to accidental contamination by those plants from one farm to a neighboring one

There's been a few gmo biased websites claiming that seed saving is only something old fogies do, but it's alive and well in communities dedicated to maintaining heritage crops and rare indigenous American crops. It's also used by poorer farmers who have to save seed in order to have a harvest next season

Personally I see gmos and large scale farming to go hand in hand. Round up resistant = can get rid of weeds in a large area. Gmo corn kernals are meant to be similar sizes so they can be planted and harvested via machine instead of by hand. The gmo is designed to be friendly to these massive farms and I think the recent swell of allergies can be traced back to both of them

And that's it! Thanks for coming to my back alley plant lecture!