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The primary genetically modified crops grown in the US are soybean and maize. Rapeseed (used in canola oil) and cotton are also genetically modified.

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Tree are possibly the biggest of all crops.

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Sizes, colors, and rate of growth.

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What effect does pollen from genetically modified plants have on organically grown plants when they are cross pollinated?

When organic crops are pollinated with GMO crops, the GMO gene can become a part of the organic crop, so the organic seed for the following year contains the GMO. Technically, since organic crops are not supposed to have GMOs in them, this contaminates the organic crops.


What are the laws on growing genetically engeneered food?

In the United States, genetically modified foods have been declared to be "substantially equivalent" to non-GMO foods, so there are no differences in how they are grown. There are recommendations for GMO farmers to plant barriers of non-GMO crops to cut down on cross pollination of their crops with non-GMO crops, but these are just recommendations and are not enforced.


How do farmers grow GM food?

GMO foods are grown very much like non-GMO that are not being grown organically. The big difference is that some of the crops have been engineered to have resistance to herbicides like Round-up. For those crops, the herbicide can be sprayed directly on the crop without killing it; whereas, it cannot be sprayed directly on the non-GMO crops. Other crops have been genetically engineered to produce a substance that kills insects when they eat the plant. In that case, those growing GMO crops theoretically would not need to use pesticides, or at least not as many pesticides, as those who grow non-GMO crops.


What kinds of problems do genetically modified crops with transgenes pose for farmers who do not grow the altered crop?

One problem GMO crops pose for farmers who do not grow them is cross pollination of GMOs in non-GMO crops, especially those that are grown organically.


What is unchecked spread of GMOs?

Spread of GMOs is the unwanted cross pollination of GMO crops with non-GMO and organically grown crops. Unchecked spread means that it is being allowed to happen without measures to avoid it being taken.


How does GMO food help people and your world?

There is no evidence that currently used GMO food is any more helpful to people or the world than non-GMO food. In fact, there is anecdotal evidence that GMO crops widely grown in the United States are actually harmful to the environment, health, biodiversity, and organic farming.


Why are some GMO crops classified by the EPA as pesticides?

Some GMO crops are genetically engineered to produce a substance that kills insects when they is eaten by them. It is for that reason that some GMO crops are classified as pesticides by the EPA.


Why are GMOs considered a threat to biodiversity?

Organic crops are non GMO, but GMO crops of the same kind can cross pollinate with them, resulting in contamination of the organic crops.


How is GMO food strong?

There is no evidence that GMO foods is any better for human consumption than coventionally grown and organically grown foods.


What is true of GMO crops?

there have been no instances of genes escaping from GMO plants into other plants


Why might people want genetically engineered food to be labeled?

Consumers want to have the tools necessary to choose for themselves whether or not to buy and eat GMO foods. Labeling is the only thing that will show them what foods do and do not contain GMOs, or at least so they think. In reality, cross pollination of GMO crops with non-GMO crops has resulted in almost all food types that have been genetically modified (corn, soybeans, papayas, canola, possibly wheat, sugar beats, sweet corn, and others), even ones labeled Non-GMO by the Non-GMO Project and organically grown crops, having at least a small percentage of GMOs.


Is an organically grown crop really organic if seed is GMO or not from organic crop?

No. The National Organic Program guidelines prohibit use of GMO seeds for crops labeled "organic". GMO crops can't be sold as organic produce. However, if a crop is grown without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides, it's "organic", it just can't be labeled or sold as organic.