danboersma
Danboersma
danboersma

I understand how a representative government works. I’m disagreeing with the choices Vermont made and articulating my reasons. The point is, scientifically, GMO is not information. It is not unsafe, it is not unhealthy and there are no environmental contexts in which GMO is useful information. GMO free is pure and

Exactly—they are “political instruments”. And we should not have the government choosing political instruments on a matter that is science-based.

“Extra pesticides” = most people have limited understanding of genetically modified crops and equate the term GMO with roundup ready corn/soy. Most people have no idea that some crops are modified to not need or need less pesticides. Fun fact, most of the initial backlash against GMO crops was funded by the people

Humans have been modifying the genetics of our food through selective breeding for forever. Just because it’s now done with precise intention and not mostly by accident, that’s supposed to make it more dangerous?

There are things to be concerned about with GMOs, but those things have to do with business practices, not

I tend to avoid foods labelled “NO GMO’s” because I feel like they are scamming me.