We are heading towards an Idiocracy!

pochercoaster · 07-29-2016, 08:46 PM

Jill Stein wants to impose a moratorium on GMOs. As someone whose job requires me to be somewhat educated on GMOs, I wonder how she proposes we do that given that basically our entire food supply has GMOs in it. We would have no food left. Organic food (which has to be GMO-free to be certified organic) simply is not produced in a large enough quantity to feed the american populace. If we just unequivocally banned GMOs, supermarket shelves would be utterly bare.

There are some issues with some GMO food in that it encourages agricultural practices that are bad for the environment and there are less destructive alternatives, but you can't just ban GMO food without starving the majority of americans. And probably fucking the economy. It would never pass in congress but yeah. Unfortunately improving our food supply is done through grueling, tedious work over the long term.

07-29-2016, 08:46 PM	#11
pochercoaster rollerpocher tycoon Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,808	Jill Stein wants to impose a moratorium on GMOs. As someone whose job requires me to be somewhat educated on GMOs, I wonder how she proposes we do that given that basically our entire food supply has GMOs in it. We would have no food left. Organic food (which has to be GMO-free to be certified organic) simply is not produced in a large enough quantity to feed the american populace. If we just unequivocally banned GMOs, supermarket shelves would be utterly bare. There are some issues with some GMO food in that it encourages agricultural practices that are bad for the environment and there are less destructive alternatives, but you can't just ban GMO food without starving the majority of americans. And probably fucking the economy. It would never pass in congress but yeah. Unfortunately improving our food supply is done through grueling, tedious work over the long term. Last edited by pochercoaster; 07-29-2016 at 08:53 PM.