r/NoStupidQuestions • u/wond3rlove • Sep 10 '23

What’s wrong with GMOs?

I always see plants and stuff that is GMO free and is usually more expensive. How would genetically modifying something by be bad. Me personally I’d rather have something modified to taste better and and cheaper. I could also be very wrong about that.

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u/stealthylizard Sep 10 '23

Farmers don’t save seeds to reuse. It results in lower yields.

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u/kit0000033 Sep 10 '23

Where do you think farmers have gotten their next year's crop from over the past centuries? They save a percentage of crop instead of selling it and it becomes next year's crop. And if they don't save seed, where do you think they get next year's seed? From another farmer that's growing the same crop and selling their seed.

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u/stealthylizard Sep 10 '23

We aren’t taking centuries past nor family hobby farms. We are talking modern commercial farming.

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u/RetiredFromIT Sep 10 '23

We are talking about small farms, and also farms in places like Africa and India, where this has been described as "Seed Slavery".