GMO Compromise

Let us be perfectly honest. If you want to be an organic grower, God bless you. The reality is that organic producers cannot feed the world. Organic production and large commercial production can coexist in separate circles. The key is compromise according to US Sec. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack: “You are going to have 50 different rules and regulations which is going to make it hard and some products are… It is just difficult. The key here is not finding ways in which we separate ourselves into camps and positions, the key is finding where that common ground is in figuring out creatively how to promote that common approach to promote compromise, to promote ways in which we can get along and coexist with different production processes. Both are important. You want that value added opportunity that’s a way in which you can encourage more producers, younger producers to get in the business. They don’t necessarily have to start as large as some of the production size operations are. At the same time there is a tremendous demand for food production in this country and around the world. That demand is going to continue to grow and we have to have an attitude of embracing science, not necessarily resisting it and being against it.”