Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: Don't Like Monsanto? Then You Should Be Pro-GMO, Not Anti. Here's Why. [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)is one issue, of course. Lab-created foods that can be patented, putting the world's food supply into the hands of for-profit corporations instead of farmers and gardeners, directly risks food security, in my opinion.
But to talk about food security in larger terms, I believe there is a clear solution that has nothing to do with creating crops that can be shipped around the world. It's also the solution to climate change and other environmental issues.
Anyone who is truly concerned about all of these issues should be focused on the underlying cause and solution: stop global population growth, and reduce the human population on the planet.
I know this is a hot button topic, pitting free will against global responsibility, so here's the disclaimer: I don't advocate for reducing the population by any means but wide-spread consentual birth control.
That said, while we talk about ways to address all the various problems brought about by global over-population, we might want to acknowledge that food security is not a laboratory or corporate farm issue when there are fewer people to feed.
Again, my opinion. I cheerfully admit to being the daughter of a hippie, and having spent my life a supporter of, and engaging in, organic gardening and seed-saving; to preferring open-pollinated heritage crops (and livestock) to hybrids and specialized breeds. So yes, I have a clear bias against laboratory-created food.