What non-farmers should know about the risks and benefits of herbicide-resistant GMO crops
Story Date: 2/20/2018

 

Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 2/19/18


Editor's note: Graham Scoles is a plant scientist at the University of Saskatchewan

While engaging in an online debate around genetically modified organisms, I realized that few non-farmers understood the issues farmers have dealing with weeds. Many people are ready to condemn herbicide-resistant crops and the application of herbicides and seem to see this as a frivolous activity by farmers.

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