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RE: Is the Conventional Farmer Our Enemy?
I'd have to say consumers are the big enemy here. Farmers just plant the crop that's going to make them the most profit that year but it's really consumers that choose to buy GMO food without any knowledge on their health risks, that's the real problem. If consumers stopped buying GMO food then farmers would just follow the demand of the consumers and plant Non-GMO crops.
The good news is that more and more Non-GMO products are coming to market and consumers are slowly learning that organic foods are a healthier choice. Heck, I even hear organic beer is becoming quite popular now days.
I agree, it’s amazing how much power the consumer really has! I have a few reasons I want my husband to get out of sugar beets, but one of them has to do with the movement of the consumer market towards non GMO’s. Hersey was a big buyer for American Crystal, and now they have dropped them for a non GMO sugar source. I’d rather him get out now, before the company tanks. He promised me if beet stocks reached a certain price, he’d sell all his beet stocks. We’ll see!