( looking at you too, “non-GMO” 👀 )
I’ll let someone correct me if I’m wrong but I believe carrots were never orange, as in every orange or yellow carrot you buy is GMO
Comment on Organic, huh?
solidgrue@lemmy.world 11 months agoMy own definition is: 30% upcharge for the same damned thing in a differently labeled package
You’re paying for the label
( looking at you too, “non-GMO” 👀 )
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 11 months ago
solstice@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Virtually everything we eat now is GMO after countless generations of selective breeding and all that. Ever read about the wild versions of common foods? Bananas, watermelons, corn, all that stuff in their completely natural wild form is unrecognizable from the monstrosities on sale in every grocery store.
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nearly every food you could theoretically consume is a GMO. The label is intentionally misleading.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Not quite the same. I couldn’t get my normal soy milk recently and opted for a more expensive organic type from the same company. It tasted baaaaad. Like idk what the material difference is, but it sucked. The smell was really strong. I think I actually tossed a bunch of it out it was that difficult to drink. Now I just get light if the regular stuff is gone.
Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 11 months ago
No, no, my food’s not genetically modified. It’s just been developed via artificial selection for thousands of years.
LukeMedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
To be fair, genetic modification and selective breeding are not the same thing. It is funny how one is totally normal and the other is considered negative when they’re quite similar
PreachHard@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think some reservations can come out of the idea that the natural environment isn’t producing these genetic changes. Just to play devil’s advocate.
Hobo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The natural world tries to kill you all the time. Why are you trusting that! Seriously though, both of these arguements are somewhat fallacious. Saying tha GMOs are safe because, “It happens all the time in nature.” Is the same fallacy that it isn’t safe because, “It isn’t natural to accelerate the process with genetic modification.” Both are just mental shortcuts for people so they don’t have to think about the insanely complex topic of GMOs, the effects, and what the right path forward is for all of us.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature