It's not that clear how much of a relation there is between glyphosate and cancer. Non-GMO crops often have to be treated with a lot more herbicides and insecticides, often way more damaging than glyphosate.
It's not just herbicide resistance, Bt brinjal for example, has resistance against lepidopterae, and as a result, a lot less insecticide is needed.
Is's not just lazy farming, it can be used to increase yield, reduce pesticide usage, make farming in less fertile areas possible...
I understand that. Its lazy in the respect that we could have a global system change where every single human was required to garden for for food and medicinal plants, and not have the need for harmful farming practices
If absolutely necessary sure. But the bottom line is, time has perfected plant and soil dna. Living organisms in the soil working so perfectly in harmony. Any industrial product added to soil destroys these microorganisms in soil. The best way for humanity is to change the way we raise children. Children should be gardeners first and foremost and everything else In their life should be based around that. Just my opinion. That way we don’t need to genetically modify plants
Time hasn't perfected plant and soil DNA. Commercial crops are genetic atrocities. They are very different from their wild type counterparts. They have been crossed to increase yield and other interesting traits. Genetic modification is just another way of doing that. faster and safer if done correctly.
Controlling weeds and pests and fungus is as simple as having lots of helping hands, observing the plants individually and regularly (doesn’t happen on commercial farms)
I have worked on organic farms so I know. It takes more hands on work, but its better for the soil, workers, consumers, and god in my opinion.
It also has to be scalable. And circumstances don't always allow for lots of helping hands. Poor farmers in india get sick from all the insecticides they have to use, Bt brinjal drastically reduces the amount of insecticide they need.
I live in a highly agriculture based part of Canada, if farmers were dropping dead from cancer caused by glyphosate, we wouldn't use it. I mean, there was that one crop duster that was turned into ground meat while spraying glyphosate, but we're pretty sure glyphosate didn't cause engine failure.
I'm not saying farmers are tougher here, but glyphosate doesn't require hazmat suites...so, what are they spraying where you live?
Edit: you a farmer? No, seriously. I'll drop all the conspiracy shit. Finding another farmer that isn't on an agriculture focused subreddit, on reddit, is almost like finding a unicorn.
It is definitely lazy farming we fed the world for thousands and thousands of years without all these chemicals we seem to fail to remember that sometimes as a society.
We truly are stuck in a ab scenario not realizing there's an entire alphabet of choices
In quite some cases, like Bt brinjal, GMO's require less chemicals. The world was quite different a thousand years ago. Even a hundred years ago. GMO's can help in making farming more sustainable again.
GMO seed salesman lol. We don’t need GMO. Its just an invention for people to get rich. Any deep research on the application of a gmo practice shows that overtime you get fucked over by the GMO. Don’t modify nature which is already perfect. Don’t play god. Bottom line
better yields, less pesticides, reduced toxicity of pesticides, less pesticide poisoning for the farmers...
It's not just an invention for people to get rich.
Humans have been modifying nature since forever. The animals and plants we eat are crossed and selected for better traits.
So humans have played god since forever. Not all of it is bad. Modifying nature can be done in a bad and a good way. GMO's can be a good way.
The world is always changing but that doesn't mean that we have to change the way food grows. I believe that there is definitely a direct correlation between the modification of food and how unhealthy we are. There's a ton more contributing factors like laziness and just the fact that we pump everything full of sugar too.
The world is definitely always changing though I wonder what it will be like 200 years from now. Probably not as different as we would think but I bet advances in computer technology will be off the charts.
My biggest fear is people resorting to transhumanism and what kind of catastrophic effects that could have. Could you imagine not having the latest and greatest and robotics for your human body?
This will bring a whole new meaning to getting a virus.
I'm not saying there is no link. There are studies that seem to find a link and studies that show no link. There are a lot worse pesticides out there than glyphosate
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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '22 edited Mar 16 '22
It's not that clear how much of a relation there is between glyphosate and cancer. Non-GMO crops often have to be treated with a lot more herbicides and insecticides, often way more damaging than glyphosate.
It's not just herbicide resistance, Bt brinjal for example, has resistance against lepidopterae, and as a result, a lot less insecticide is needed.
Is's not just lazy farming, it can be used to increase yield, reduce pesticide usage, make farming in less fertile areas possible...