But it would be useful if the discussion moved from the safety of GMOs, almost a nonissue, to the actual object of contention: whether the current version of industrial agriculture can, with the addition of new technologies, provide for the world of 10 billion in a long-lasting way—or if the perils involved (ecological, economic, spiritual) are large enough to require it to be radically revamped.
But it would be useful if the discussion moved from the safety of GMOs, almost a nonissue, to the actual object of contention: whether the current version of industrial agriculture can, with the addition of new technologies, provide for the world of 10 billion in a long-lasting way—or if the perils involved (ecological, economic, spiritual) are large enough to require it to be radically revamped.
