GMO contamination poses a huge unrecognized threat to our agricultural system. Genetically modified plants can cross pollinate and their seeds and travel, just like a normal plant. It is also virtually impossible to contain. This is a very big problem for organic farmers because it is common for their crops to become contaminated with genetically modified crops, ruining the integrity of the organic farmers crops, making it impossible to save a large portion of their yield. Within theses scholarly sources contains examples of this happening and what has been done as a result.
The first article is called GMOs Threat To Organic Farming: Feldstein and it talks about how Prince Edward Island has been forever ruined for organic farming. This is because on this island there are a lot of genetically modified crops being grown on the island. This brings the article into its main point with is whether or not it should be allowed to grow GM crops where ever the farmer wants to. According to Feldstein "allowing GMOs to be planted anywhere is a high-risk option on a low-value path that we may never be able to get off of." This shows this side very well, which is that he does not think that farmers should have the freedom to plant GMOs where ever they want.
The second article is called EU Allows Danish Levy on GMO Farming. It is about a state in the EU that offered compensation to farmers who
suffer from GMO contamination for the first time. They also made the
owners of GMO farmers pay a certain amount per acre that they have a GMO
plantation. This helps my research topic in a few different ways. The
first is that it brings up the topic of GMO contamination, which is a big
problem for farmers. The second is that they bring up some GMO
regulations. Even though they contaminated other people's crops they
still only passed very small regulations. Not even about the GMO's
themselves, only a tax of the farm where they are grown.
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