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RE: The Issues with GMOs and Could they be Beneficial?
A thought provoking article. I'm glad @blaynesukut raised this though and that you were able to clarify the message you were aiming at as I have to admit I was a little perplexed myself. I was going to say that surely the old ways of cross pollinating to get the desired traits would be a better way to move forward while leaving the GMO companies out of it. I'm guessing that was what you were trying to say with the PPB though.
Yes, I wanted to show that genetic modification can be good if done using age old natural techniques. I think you're absolutely right that the old methods of getting desired traits are the ways to move forward. PPB aims on modernizing the ancient seed saving practice through networking and community without involving any multinational corporates. I didn't mean to accidentally promote GMOs. @blaynesukut raises an important point in making a distinction between natural and artificial GMOs which I didn't explicitly mention. I hope more people will realize that natural seeds are far superior to GMO counterparts and that you can have all the benefits of genetic modification without the destruction, greed and damage GMO corporations are currently causing.