Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 7/18/18


How often do we hear something along the lines of “We won’t be able to feed 10 billion people by 2050 without GMOs”? A friend said something similar to me in relation to a recent piece on the Bt and Roundup Ready traits. I replied, “I disagree a bit with that framing. I think they will be an important set of tools in the toolbox, though for some crops they may well provide the only path forward via disease resistance traits. There are a lot of other tools that will prove equally crucial.” In turn, he asked me if I thought it would be possible to feed more than 10 billion humans without them. My immediate reaction was “Of course.” My next thought was that the whole concept of “feeding the world” is meaningless.

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