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Get To Know GMOs Month: Sustainable Farming Practices You Didn’t Know are Used with GMO Crops

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During Get to Know GMOs month, GMO Answers is providing information about GMO basics, clarifying common misconceptions, and digging deeper into the role of GMOs in sustainable agriculture, and their impact on the environment. But, why?

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On May 3, 2020
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Why do so many farmers grow GM crops? Because it is sustainable agriculture. Learn some of the sustainable #ag practices used to grow GMOs: https://t.co/oFUHt8IdwE https://t.co/fjJblZyVE4
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Get To Know GMOs Month: Sustainable Farming Practices You Didn’t Know are Used with GMO Crops

Get To Know GMOs Month: Sustainable Farming Practices You Didn’t Know are Used with GMO Crops

During Get to Know GMOs month, GMO Answers is providing information about GMO basics, clarifying common misconceptions, and digging deeper into the role of GMOs in sustainable agriculture, ...

What are the benefits of GMOs and why are GMOs good?

What are the benefits of GMOs and why are GMOs good?

What are the benefits of GMOs and why are GMOs good?

Are organic and non-GMO farming more sustainable than farming using GMOs?

Are organic and non-GMO farming more sustainable than farming using GMOs?

Science and Politics Many consumers spend more for organic food to avoid genetically modified products in part because they believe that “industrial agriculture” endangers the environment ...

In Praise of Bt Corn and RoundUp Ready Soybeans

In Praise of Bt Corn and RoundUp Ready Soybeans

Don't apologize for GMO commodity crops. Say it loud and proud: These biotech crops are the biggest innovations in sustainable agriculture of the last three decades.

If you care about the future of our planet, here’s why you should support GMOs

If you care about the future of our planet, here’s why you should support GMOs

Farmers describe how GMOs have enabled them to reduce their use of the older, more toxic insecticides, and reduce their carbon footprint.

Environmental impacts of genetically modified (GM) crop use 1996–2015: Impacts on pesticide use and carbon emissions

Environmental impacts of genetically modified (GM) crop use 1996–2015: Impacts on pesticide use and carbon emissions

(2017). Environmental impacts of genetically modified (GM) crop use 1996–2015: Impacts on pesticide use and carbon emissions. GM Crops & Food: Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 117-147.

Pocket K No. 4: GM Crops and the Environment

Pocket K No. 4: GM Crops and the Environment

A study assessing the global economic and environmental impacts of biotech crops for the first twenty one years (1996-2016) of adoption showed that the technology has reduced pesticide ...

Broccoli Is Dying. Corn Is Toxic. Long Live Microbiomes!

Broccoli Is Dying. Corn Is Toxic. Long Live Microbiomes!

Let’s move past the green and gene revolutions to a microbiome renaissance

Bacillus thuringiensis: a century of research, development and commercial applications

Bacillus thuringiensis: a century of research, development and commercial applications

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a soil bacterium that forms spores during the stationary phase of its growth cycle. The spores contain crystals, predominantly comprising one or more Cry ...

Modern farming is harming the planet. Tech-driven permaculture could heal it

Modern farming is harming the planet. Tech-driven permaculture could heal it

Permaculture’s goal is to nourish humans while enhancing biodiversity and increasing soil quality. Now technology could address criticisms that the technique is too labour-intensive, ...