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Genetically Modified Organisms Vs Organic Farming

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Farming, a practice humans have been trying to master for thousands of years and have made huge advances in the process of producing for everyone. Currently farming is at its most advanced stage using the most technology ever in order to produce the amount of food the world needs. While all the technology is good there are people who want to go back to the old processes which is called “organic farming”. The reason many people do not want all the technology to be used is because of the fear of having food that is contaminated from new processes. This may be a process that many people want but they must not know that conventional farming is more productive than organic farming because of the safety it provides for humans and the world. Organic …show more content…

With the population growing at a fast rate land for farming is quickly disappearing and the need for more food is quickly rising. This is when the new technologies are coming into play and helping conventional farmers meet the demand. One technology that is making a huge difference in farming today is Genetically Modified Organisms(GMO’s) which is a technology that has been around for years but is always changing to adapt to the ever changing environment. As the food demand is increasing the yields have to increase as well because low yields will not produce the amount the world needs. This high yielding process is helping the world because as Joel Bourne states "High-yield agriculture is already saving 10 million square miles per year of global wildlands" that solves a problem of deforestry. The reason conventional farming is ultimately better than organic is because they solve the problems the world is faced while organic does not since it breaks the organic …show more content…

These chemicals are said by some people to be dangerous but according to Ecogenetics there have been many studies in groups of people who work with pesticides but who have not experienced acute poisonings serious enough to result in these kinds of symptoms. This proves that not using these chemicals makes no sense, since the chemicals are not going to harm the user. The chemicals are made to improve the production and are never made to hurt the user’s because the goal is to help the people of the world, not harm

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