Jane Goodall’s Troubling, Error-Filled New Book, ‘Seeds of Hope’

[uppityperson]

25. I have come around on the GMO issue over the last couple years. It appalled me, then I read more and

learned more and while still in some ways appalling, it is also amazing. There is so much potential there and as far as I can tell no harm to people but many good things (gold rice, if I recall the term correctly, for one).

At first the thought of sticking fish genes into plants was awful, too many bad science fiction movies as a child. Corn that breaths under water?

Also I trust Monsanto extremely little. And wonder what effects this will have on the larger environment, of whom humans "should" be good stewards. Then there is the open pollinated seeds, saving seeds for replanting vs buying commercial ones every year (I lived near and knew many who worked with one of the big open pollinated seed places in the 80's) (and save seeds myself from my home garden which is not commercial).

But.

There needs to be oversight but reading the science, I see no harm to humans. I see no need to label, indeed the idea of labeling serves a couple groups mightily as they would make gobs of money off it.

Those groups? Organic food companies and food coops/health food stores. They stand to profit off labeling in a huge way.

ETA, I just tried looking through the other Jane Goodall post which I think you mean and tire of the sniping back and forth so figured I'd answer you in depth more here.