Monsanto Cons

The United States has grow on its population and diversity, due to this growth, there is always a high command to increase food productivity to satisfy the needs of the global population. There are many companies that supply seeds and sells them to farmers around the world. But there is a company in particular that has taken over “26% of the global seed market”, which is Monsanto. Monsanto Corporation is an important seed provider. It is widely known for producing GMO seeds. Many people are against monsanto because of this. According to Katiraee, GMO creates numerous toxins and were detected in maternal and fetal blood, another fact that may prove that GMOs are bad, is the study of a rat who was fed GMOs and eventually had tumors, but as
Heirloom is a plant that has been cultivated and specially-bred for several generations, they do this by saving the seed and planting it all over again. But, according to Yee, there are 60,000 to 100,000 plant variations that are currently under threat of extincion. Heirloom foods are considered to be special because one single plant/seed has belonged to multiple generations, and “not many varieties make it to the heirloom status” (Krause). However, farmers stopped producing heirloom foods due to growing consumer demand. Farmers started experiencing with the plants and began developing many kinds of hybrids that people wanted to see, which was uniformity and a thickness complexion. However, the ethnicity of the plant is lost once it goes through the hybrid process. This may be one the reason why heirloom foods are regaining their popularity. More and more people are now seeking a connection to the past, because this heirlooms have a unique flavor, once they eat them they can immediately have memories of their families. It’s better if American farmers produce more of organic and heirloom foods because this will not only attract costumers but it will allow people feel secure when buying their products because they will know that they're getting good quality