The Non-GMO Project is a lie. The whole anti-GMO movement is a luddite scheme co-opted as a marketing ploy for the so-called "natural" foods industry.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/12/23/non-gmo-is-a-marketing-scam-nothing-more/ https://octodon.social/media/35jQB6U-d_L0_9s0Y7E
I'm curious to see if I get more pushback on this from the more liberal Mastodon community than I do from the more conservative birdsite.
But then maybe people here are just plain smarter & better informed.
@pzmyers I have been saying this for years, and it’s like screaming at a wall. You can see folks eyes glaze over as they nod patiently. Like, I’m the one who worked 7 years in a non-corporate greenhouse, and I have a bio degree, but please, tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about.
Tl:Dr; Thank you for this
The alternative is Monsanto and why should anyone trust them? The problem is Big AG. I agree with natural foods opportunistic aspect but big ag can ostensibly be blamed for a lot of what is wrong with the US right now. Michael Pollan is someone I trust on the subject and he is not anti-science.
http://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/vote-for-the-dinner-party/
There needs to be a third choice of being in favor of continuing to work on GMO but also putting the smack down on big AG.
@generica @pzmyers agree!