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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by souprock on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:30PM (#19945414)
There are indirect arguments that are pretty strong.

Patented organisms let their owners extract economic rent. This covers nearly all GMO and many hybrids.

Monoculture, which you'll get when the whole industry comes to rely on a particular GMO, invites disaster. The first pest organism to defeat the GMO wipes out the entire industry.

Despite the above, I'd love to see a food company brazenly advertise products that are 100% GMO. It would be funny and might even sell really well.

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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by jimmaswell on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:53PM (#19945487)
-You can still grow your own non-gmo crops. It is ridiculous you're on the hook for IP infringement for gmo seeds blowing into your field, but that's a legal issue, not inherent to the concept of GMOs.

-There's no reason genetic variety can't be introduced on purpose, and pest resistance is part of what GMOs select for.

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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by deogeo on Saturday May 18, 2019 @08:32AM (#19947056)
> You can still grow your own non-gmo crops.

And go bankrupt, because you're competing against GMO crops. Just like there are damn few transport companies these days using horse-drawn carriages.

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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by jimmaswell on Saturday May 18, 2019 @11:03PM (#19951181)
I was thinking more along the lines of a home garden. Someone else in the thread claims GMO tastes worse, in which case non-GMO brands would stick around as more expensive options anyway.
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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by sgift on Saturday May 18, 2019 @02:14AM (#19945968)
> but that's a legal issue, not inherent to the concept of GMOs.

So, not an issue in theory, but in practice.

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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by knodi123 on Saturday May 18, 2019 @12:07AM (#19945528)
> It is ridiculous you're on the hook for IP infringement for gmo seeds blowing into your field

Incidentally, this isn't something that has ever been a real issue.

One farmer claimed it was, but it was pretty conclusively proven that he lied.

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