"Resistance to herbicides and Bt is inevitable. In fact, significant resistance to Bt can arise in a bug population in two generations, and then it can spread through a population like wildfire. When one considers that corn borers can go through as many as seven generations in a single growing season, the stage is set for some rather alarming developments."

We want cheap meat so we feed our livestock cheap food. Someone says, "how can we reduce the loss on our cheap food?" A few biologists, chemists, and botanists get together to genetically modify the seeds of these plants. After a few seasons, the weeds and insects develop tolerances to both the pesticides and herbicides being applied to the crops. The insects acquire resistance to the Bt bacteria through natural selection. This doesn't just effect the genetically modified crops. It effects virtually all flora within miles of the farms. Warmer winters and heartier insects cause devastating losses to Ash and Elder forests throughout the Midwest.

Now an emerging super-power, in the middle of their own industrial revolution who have little regard for their ecological impact, is becoming more reliant on genetically modified crops and pesticides....what a freaking disaster.

The only people benefiting from genetically modified crops are the companies producing them. None of us is paying less for these crops. In fact, when you weigh the environmental costs associated with this type of farming, these crops cost more. Way more. If you can read this article and decide against buying organic and fair-trade products, there is no hope left.