I like the idea of GMOs, being able to engineer plants to survive in harsher conditions and have a greater yield. I do agree with you about the patenting though. Something that benefits man shouldn’t be gatekeeped.
I like the idea of GMOs, being able to engineer plants to survive in harsher conditions and have a greater yield.
Unfortunately, they also like to engineer them to not produce viable seed. Roundup Ready canola/rapeseed can only be reseeded once, if I remember correctly, forcing farmers to purchase more seed to keep farming. And if there’s cross-pollination in a neighbouring farm, Monsanto likes to sue the neighbour for illegally planting their crops, despite it being the result of plants doing plant stuff.
Yeah, and it sucks that plants can be patented. Monsanto in particular can go die in a fire.
I like the idea of GMOs, being able to engineer plants to survive in harsher conditions and have a greater yield. I do agree with you about the patenting though. Something that benefits man shouldn’t be gatekeeped.
Unfortunately, they also like to engineer them to not produce viable seed. Roundup Ready canola/rapeseed can only be reseeded once, if I remember correctly, forcing farmers to purchase more seed to keep farming. And if there’s cross-pollination in a neighbouring farm, Monsanto likes to sue the neighbour for illegally planting their crops, despite it being the result of plants doing plant stuff.