There's only one person in this conversation who is being PAID to be in this conversation. Can anyone guess who that is and whose side Mr Wagner is on? Its laughable how anyone could believe what someone who is getting paid to speak says.
If GE crops are nessessary....for humans to survive....then there is something fundamentally wrong. There is nothing that change the fact that there are more people on this planet than the planet can support. Using that as an excuse GE crops are here to make "them" rich while simultaneously culling the population through disease and infertility.
What about all the people that Monsanto has poisoned to death? Do you see the whole picture or just the dollar signs. Organic Farmers feed thousands of people everyday with absolutely NO harm to the environment. None, zip, zero, nadda. Proper organic farming practices benefit the environment. You don't know what a life is worth but you know what your money is worth. That is why you value your money more.
The first line reads "Farming is a business." I read no further. The entire article proves MY point not yours. Farming IS a business. Life is NOT a business. Good business practices do not equal good life practices. If you want to make a lot of money, yes you definitely want GE crops. But if you want your species to survive you do not want GE anything. You must work with nature not against it. You have to choose between good business and good life because they're not the same, and in fact one destroys the other. The evidence of business destroying life in pursuit of profit is everywhere. Ask the farmers in India how the like GE crops. Oh you can't, they killed themselves in shame when their crops failed to produce and their families were starving. Ask your children how they like being infertile. Mice fed GE corn became infertile by the 3rd generation. GE is bad. Who's side are you on? The only evidence I really need to see is the motivation behind GE. It is a malevolent motivation.
The benefits do not justify the costs. If you think they do , you are simply underestimating the true cost. If you don't realize the cost today, your children will realize it tomorrow. The purpose of GE is not to feed but to profit. Its that simple. The final outcome of any endeavor will be painted by the motives present at its origin.