![]() ![]() 6 million people in California voted for prop 37 to label GMOs but the industry paid 45 million dollars to make sure it wouldn't pass. 60 countries require the labeling of GMOS, and we can't even get 1 single state due to Monsanto. Organic fields increase groundwater recharge and reduce runoff. Conventional systems emit nearly 40% more greenhouse gases per pound of crop produces that the organic systems. Organic corn yields were 31% higher than convention in years of drought. After 30 years of side by side comparisons b/n organic and chemical agriculture, the rod ale farming systems trial proved that organic yields match conventional yields. Now over 500 species of bugs are resistant to pesticides. ![]() By 2000, it was 5.1 billion pounds of pesticides. In 1945, 200 million pounds of pesticides were used. Around 900AD, the chinese started using arsenic sulfides in their planting. The very beginnings of agriculture started 10,000 years ago. The herbicide is inserted into the plant DNA to make it resistant to round up. Herbicide Resisters are immune to weed killer, like round up ready. The modified corn releases a toxin that kills insects. PP kills insects like Monsanto's BT Corn, a gene from a naturally occurring bacteria is inserted into the DNA of corn. 2 basic types of GMOS: Pesticide producers and Herbicide Resisters. GMO - Organisms in which the genetic material DNA has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. ![]()
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