I’m sick to death of people being precious about #GMO produce. Functionally there is no difference between a grape bred to have little or no seed and a grape that has been modified in a lab for the same thing. Y’all are just scared of science.
You wanna talk about #Monsanto charging for “licenses” for their crops, ok. Talk about agribusiness killing the planet, ok. Talk about corporations copyrighting genetic code, ok. These are all valid concerns.
But the science is sound.
@Ethancdavenport @ajroach42 Totally - I'm not against GMO food, I'm against the pesticides that get sprayed on them. If GMO is 'more nutritious/tastier/easier to grow/better', great! If GMO is just 'doesn't die when we soak everything in Roundup', heck no, because it's the Roundup and similar I don't want anywhere near me.
I want... Organic *and* GMO? Yeah, I don't know either.
@rotatingskull @Ethancdavenport @ajroach42 I have Crohn's disease and am at something close to 6x as likely as the general population to develop bowel cancer. There's a huge rise in Canada in Crohn's/IBS/UC in my age group and younger (I know at least a dozen people out of my social circles). I usually get organic if it's something that's known to be heavily sprayed *and* you eat the skin (i.e. strawberries), but not stuff you peel.
@rotatingskull @Ethancdavenport @ajroach42 Personally there's a couple fruits and veg. where my partner and I actually bought both and compared them, and found some organic stuff just tasted better, but that is more likely due to cultivar choices, time of harvest, etc.
If we can get it local from a farmer who seems to genuinely care more, that trumps organic vs. not. So yeah, it's only certain stuff for us, mostly to avoid the 'worst of'.
@rotatingskull @Ethancdavenport @ajroach42 Also, weirdly there's some spices and other things where the organic option from a smaller brand at the grocery store was *cheaper*, gram for gram, than the 'regular' brand. Just had that happen when getting smoked paprika last weekend.
That's usually not the case of course but now I double-check. :p