More on GMO's

[Forester]

I don't really have an opinion on the bill, but the more food forests I see and taste, the more convinced I am that the "problems" GMO's attempt to treat are just symptoms of monoculture. When plants mature in an area of great biodiversity (e.g. in a food forest), they grow up stronger -- and tastier. I'm not saying there will never be problems in polyculture -- there are often short periods of imbalance in nature -- but with all the talk of how certain "strains" of species are more resistant to disease, it's important to note that the environment that shapes the development of the single life of a single plant has an enormous effect on that plant's health and disease resistance. Monoculture is a good way of growing weak plants.