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Sydney Kuehn's avatar

GM crops that are resistant to diseases/pests do not need chemicals like Roundup. This article conflates this implying that GM crops are crops that use Roundup type chemicals….

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Richard Anglin's avatar

Most Roundup Ready crops are still sprayed with glyphosate because of pest and plant adaptations and resistance.

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Sydney Kuehn's avatar

I sure hope a solution to growing the necessary quantities of affordable crops in a healthful way becomes a priority for agribusiness! The quantities of “convenient food products” in stores, pesticide/herbicide covered produce and hormone and antibiotic laced meats and milk are affecting our health in ways we don’t yet fully understand.

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Richard Anglin's avatar

This is the fundamental issue ... what will it take for the large institutional agribusinesses to see profit potential in healthy food products. Such decision-making is hampered by government subsidies to industrial food production.

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