Biotechnology
Food Supply- Biotechnology is destroying the heritage of cultural farming, and replacing it with a one-size-fits-all system which is controlled by private interests seeking maximum profits at any cost. Perhaps, the worst part about it is that the industry is doing this by making up lies about the alleged benefits of GMOs which, do not perform better than the traditional crops at producing higher yields.
According to Charles Eisenstein in U.K.’s Guardian “It is a myth that mechanized, chemical, GMO agriculture maximizes yield per hectare”. “Numerous studies showed that when organic agriculture is well practiced, it can bring double or triple the yields of conventional techniques. With intensive inter-cropping, yields can be higher still.”
Unlike GMO crop systems, traditional growing systems are essentially fluid. According to Eisenstein, traditional farmers learn to “co-evolve” with the land over many generations, which create a lasting legacy of deep understanding about how the natural world works. Traditional growing methods, many of which are openly embraced today are undoubtedly proving to be the most effective way to maximize crop yields, create food independence and sovereignty, and ensure a healthy, clean food supply.
“The western-style agriculture faces a mounting crisis that is insurmountable through the usual application of more control-based technology,” adds Eisenstein. “This crisis calls us toward more ecological farming methods that draw from the world’s ancient agricultural traditions’’.
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