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Are GMOs really that bad? A dominant environmental journalist requires a fresh look at what they actually indicate for our food system and for us. Before two decades, GMOs attended to dominate the American diet. Advocates hail them as the future of food, an improved approach to crop breeding that can help nourish an ever-increasing global society and adjust to a swiftly changing environment. Critics, meanwhile, demand their banishment, insisting GMOs were created by overeager experts and greedy companies to bolster an commercial food system that forces us to rely on cheap, bad, processed food to allow them to turn an easy profit. In response, health-conscious brands such as Investor Joe's and Complete Foods have started out boasting they are "GMO-free," and companies like Monsanto have become villains in the eyes of average consumers. Where can we convert for the reality? Are GMOs an astounding scientific discovery destined to end world craving for food? Or are they just a way for big companies to control a difficult food system? Environmental article writer McKay Jenkins journeyed in the united states to answer these questions and found out that the GMO controversy is more difficult than meets the attention. He interviewed dozens of people on all factors of the argument - scientists hoping to engineer new vegetation that could provide nutrients to people in the developing world, Hawaiian papaya farmers who credit GMOs with keeping their livelihoods, and local farmers in Maryland who are redefining what this means to be "sustainable." The result is a comprehensive, nuanced examination of the condition of our food system and a much-needed guide for consumers to help them make more prepared choices in what to eat for their next meal.
