Worldwide Organic Food is a bad idea

Growing Crops in Harsh Climates: This is probably the most ideal reason to have GMO crops. I often imagine that when we finally get to explore space en masse that GMO crops are going to be handy. But on a planet that is covered in roughly 70% water and all the transportation devices we have, there is no reason to risk the health of the environment as well as those who eat the nutritionally inferior crops. I say environment because who knows what kind of effect GMO seeds and crops will have on the surrounding area that is used to interacting with naturally growing vegetation. Just like the human body rejects foreign materials, the earth could do the same thing, but this is just speculation and theory. Only time will tell. The Numbers: This is where I tend to go towards the cliche of "how reliable is that information" especially from a mainstream source like CNN who is paid by the huge corporation to promote one way or another. In fact I don't even like that I used the webmd article i did in the last round because honestly this is the internet, I can find a thousand articles for both my point and yours and the only way to verify credibility would be to literally go to the people who wrote it or go to the crops themselves. So I'm going off more personal experience than second or third hand information. Growing Your Own Crops: I admit that growing crops would definitely conflict with the lifestyle that Americans are supposed to have but honestly I doubt that claim of Americans being lazy. I have personally seen many people in America with multiple jobs, raising children, growing their own gardens and farms, and busting their bottoms to make ends meet. If that same effort were put towards self sufficiency we could literally see a utopian society in no time flat. The biggest obstacle is that there is a government that literally wants them not to be self-sufficient. You try to do your own thing and the government will tax you heavily and then find every little reason to make your life hell throughout the process. A person I know had to literally wait months to do some work on their own roof because they needed permission from the county, have county inspectors, pay a fee to get permission to do their own roof, wait for inspectors to come out and check on their work, have the right blue prints, etc. It's such a hassle to do anything that people literally just say screw it and try not to deal with it. And if people don't want to grow their own crops, they can either go pick berries or starve. That may sound harsh but there is no point in wasting resources or effort on those who are not going to try and fend for themselves anyways. That's a huge issue we have is trying to help those who refuse to help themselves. Organic Food Transportation: You are right that transportation would be a heavy cost, but I am not talking about having more planes flying about. I am saying that instead of using the planes to fly people around all the time, sacrifice that travel in order to transport food and water. We could literally end world hunger in a matter of days or weeks, maybe months if we utilized the technology we got in a more productive manner. Pesticides: Yeah its not just human nature to try new things, but its an issue when you're trying new things that deal with the health and safety of an ecosystem. When you're putting the lives of entire environments at risk in order to try new things, that has to be stopped. Especially when the new thing is spraying a chemical meant to kill small bugs on food that larger animals are going to eat that depend on microscopic functions. You could always argue that you can wash the chemicals but that does not guarantee that it would be clean and it doesn't matter when they create a seed that has the chemical bound to its DNA. If the chemicals are strong enough to kill bugs you can see with the naked eye, then they are definitely strong enough to kill blood cells and other microscopic things in the body.( I cant really think of the word that they are called.) Conclusion: I will say that I have no problem with GMOs if they are done right. By done right I mean with minimum side-effects, thorough testing to ensure this, and used strictly in environments that need it (like high deserts or other planets that do not have water). Otherwise it is another unnecessary thing that expends more resources than it puts out. Yes you can potentially have more crops, but the damage it does to those who eat it and to the environment around it hardly makes it worth the effort. Self-sufficiency is the key to universal survival and the advancement of the human species as well as the rest of the planet as a whole, at least being self-sufficient in maintaining the basics of food. drink, and shelter.