Title: What Are GMOs and Genetic Engineering in Agriculture? | FoodPrint
Headings: GMO Foods and Genetic Engineering
GMO Foods and Genetic Engineering
What Is Genetic Engineering?
What is CRISPR?
Prevalence of GE Foods
Why Has this Technology Become so Widespread?
Creating Seed and Chemical Dependence
The Myth of Necessity for Feeding the World
Problems with GMO Crops
The Environmental Impact of GMO Crops
Do GMO Crops Increase Yields?
GMO Seeds and Herbicides Are Expensive for Farmers
Corporate Control of GMO Seeds
GMO Labeling
What You Can Do
More Food System Issues
Biodiversity and Agriculture
Communities Organizing Against Big Pork
Food Policy 101
Hunger and Food Insecurity
Urban Agriculture
How Industrial Agriculture Affects Our Water

Content: However, this does not tell the whole story. These crops have actually driven up the use of herbicides like glyphosate, thereby increasing weed resistance and leading to the reintroduction of more potent herbicides. 17 These false narratives are perpetuated by biotech and other agribusiness corporations, but also by land grant universities (which receive more funding from agrochemical companies than public dollars, many agricultural scientists and farm organizations. 1819
However, technology and the industrialized food system are not currently feeding the world, so there is reason for skepticism about this claim. Globally, agriculture produces more than one and a half times the number of calories needed to feed the world population, yet one in nine people goes hungry. 20 The profit motive of Bayer/Monsanto and other agrochemical companies, as well as their long lack of support for small farmers, should subject their claims of working solely for the public good to scrutiny. When it comes to increasing calorie production for the parts of the world that sorely need to feed a hungry populace, the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development report from the United Nations proposes that organic and sustainable agriculture is the best solution for countries like Africa and India, where the need is greatest. 21
Problems with GMO Crops
Much of the debate around genetically modified food crops and animals focuses on potential threats to human health. But, long-term studies of the impact of consuming GM foods have yet to be done. Some independent studies have documented health effects on animals from eating GMO foods, which have become the subject of controversy.