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I watched a video recently where someone expressed shock and horror that Campbell's soup is putting (gasp) genetically engineered organisms into its cans of soup!

Oh no the travesty!

Alright, back to seriousness.

POINT 1: "Genetically modified" "genetically engineered" etc are meaningless terms. Humans have been tinkering with breeding and such since the before history. It's how we got our crops and animals we can't live without anymore. A better question is to ask what they mean when they say "genetically modified". You NEED to understand what THEY mean by this so you can distinguish what they are doing vs. what humanity has been doing since forever. IT IS IMPORTANT.

POINT 2: Once you understand WHAT they are doing, you need to know WHY they are doing. To wit: The vast majority of genetic engineering is geared towards making crops that can survive lethal chemicals that literally kill the earth and make it barren. This is modern farming: (1) KILL EVERYTHING. (2) Plant a GMO crop. (3) Spray with even more chemicals (4) wonder where all the profit margin went as the farm equipment companies, chemical companies and the seed companies laugh all the way to the bank.

POINT 3: The REAL reason why GMO is dangerous is not because of the G, M or O. It's because of what they do with GMO crops and such. It's dangerous because they practically bathe these plants and seeds in chemicals and then they feed these chemicals to you. Chemicals that either existed in tiny amounts inside of tiny bacteria or were invented by mankind and never seen before by the world. Chemicals that we barely understand how they work, or all too often, understand that they are extremely dangerous in more ways than one but try to hide the danger from the public.

DO NOT BE DECEIVED. They want you talking about the genetic modifications. They do NOT want you talking about how they are literally destroying our farmland thousands of acres at a time, turning productive, LIVING soil into DEAD DIRT. They do NOT want you talking about how their chemicals are poisoning us, our kids, and the planet.

SOLUTION: STOP BUYING YOUR FOOD FROM THE STORES. Go direct to farmers who either completely stop using chemicals or who are using a minimal amount. A good start is to research "Regenerative Agriculture" and see what people are doing there. Once you find a farm that is doing that sort of thing, you need to buy your food direct from them.

Now, I know that they are charging a premium and I know that delivery is more than half the cost. If you're lucky you'll find someone close to you that isn't charging an arm and a leg. It requires you to do the searching, of course. And you'll have to verify for yourself with farm tours and such.

YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO FIND A SOLUTION IN THE SUPERMARKET. YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO FIND A NATIONAL BRAND THAT IS HONEST. Just get settled with this fact and go say "hi" to local farmers.

It wasn't so long ago that people were spending a significant portion of their income on groceries and such. We got used to cheap food that is instantly available. We have to wean ourselves off of this lifestyle. You are going to have to spend more of your paycheck on food and that means you are going to have to make cuts elsewhere for it.