Genetically modified organisms are popping up more frequently than we know. Concerned foodies and environmentalists work hard to avoid GMOs, but the reality is, our supermarkets and restaurants are flooded with the stuff. The largest GMO crop is soybeans. Corn is a close second. Those are just the big ones, but a huge chunk of the produce section of big supermarkets have been genetically modified, unbeknownst to you.

There isn’t any hard evidence that GMOs do humans harm, but they don’t have the most beautiful history. GMOs support monoculture. Monoculture is one of the largest downfalls of modern agriculture. Not everyone has to agree on that, but keep in mind that monocultures have caused large agricultural and environmental problems, like the Dirty Thirties. One crop just invites devastating disease, which ups the need for harmful chemical pesticide and herbicide. Monocultures rob soil of nutrients and reduce biological diversity.

Large scale, multi-crop farms can exist and be just as successful as harmful monocultures seeing if there were enough of them in order to provide the demand of the masses. Many organic food companies have large farms of 10+ crops that provide natural protection from pests and weeds using strategically planned crop placement that aids in deterring certain pests.

Globally, environmental issues are growing at an alarmingly fast pace, and can be noted as very problematic. We are rapidly destroying the natural world that we are dependant upon, but many disregard the consequences that will jeopardize the whole of life on the planet, and most importantly the human race.

It’s unreasonable at this point to declare war against genetically modified food and animals with the global population the size it is now, but it is reasonable to demand that GMOs should have label requirements so that consumers can be aware of their purchases.

In the European Union, some countries completely outlaw GMOs, including Germany France, Austria, Hungary, Greece and Luxembourg, while others simply require a label on all GMOs.

In the U.S., we’re not going to be able to avoid GMOs anytime soon because the issue of genetically modified foods is taking a back seat to big money politics. Big money food corporations aren’t helping either.

Monsanto, one of the largest food corporations in the world, is effectively destroying ma and pa farms by suing for patent infringement on their less than natural crops. How could a farmer infringe on the company’s GMO? By the natural process of wind pollination.

The worst part is, the small farmers want nothing to do with GMOs, but there are few ways to prevent cross pollination. So they’re getting the short end of both sticks, being bombarded with a genetically modified crop and being sued for an unreasonable amount of money for something that is so far out of their hands.

There has to be a point where the people say “no more.” It’s an unfair business that can provide a monopoly on the most natural stuff on earth, plants and animals, and turn into profit and control.

While there isn’t a whole lot of evidence against GMOs, many feel that it is tampering a little bit too much with our natural world. In a new field, it’s extremely hard to see or even imagine the negative results playing God will bring to the future of humanity.