proposed California law to hurt foodies and the poor
Sqwertz wrote:
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> Keep in mind that this has all come about because a significant number
> of people do not WANT GMO foods in the first place. The big
> conglomerates just don't want to spend the money to accommodate them
> or lose a portion of the market share by not doing so. They don't
> have to change a thing of they don't want to. They're just don't want
> to give up market share to smaller farmers who do cater the non-GMO
> crowd.
It's the organic thing over again. Organic products are more expensive.
Some who want them are willing to pay more. To the extent that GMO
products cost less the price difference will matter. I don't know if
the productivity of GMO crops is high enough to make often price
difference to matter. Eventually they will be for the same reason the
"green revolution" happened.
My current objection to GMO products is the corporate tactics of the
companies sueing farmers for keeping some of their seed for the next
year as has been done since the invention of argiculture.
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