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GMO - Jonah Billings (BENEFITS (Insect and disease resistant. (“University…

- - - - Research studies have shown that AquAdvantage® Salmon require 20-25 percent less feed than other farmed Atlantic salmon on the market today, which translates into less fish meal diverted to growout salmon. (AquaBounty)
  - - - GMO milk has less fat and cholesterol.
      - GMO salmon has more nutrients.
      - Golden rice is one great example of a healthy GMO. “For example, engineers are able to create rice that has vitamin A and iron. The modified rice is more nutritious” (Should the U.S. Support...).
- - - - Monsanto controls 80 percent of the GM corn market, 93 percent of the GM soy market, and 95 percent of India's “This monopoly (by Monsanto) has led to a rise in prices which has left many of India’s cotton farmers in debt and unable to sustain themselves and their families through their traditional farming lifestyle” (MIT).
        
        "...today most cropland is on farms with at least 1,100 acres, and many farms are 5 and 10 times that size" (ERS)
        
        Income is between 70 and 130 thousand, still going down. Indian farmers are even poorer.
        
        Cost per acre of corn seeds. ORGANIC: 65$. GMO: $114. Need to buy new seeds every year. (According to Jennifer Schmidt, Farmer and dietitian)
        
        Total cost for large farms in seeds: 125,000 dollars per year. Progressed income makes up for 3/4 the deficit.
        
        In 2015, over 3,000 Indian farmers commit suicide. "80 per cent of farmers killed themselves because of bankruptcy or debts after taking loans from banks and registered microfinance institutions" (Indian Express).
      - Monsanto owns the patents that make it illegal to replant GMO seeds, causing farmers to take out loans to buy new batches of seeds every year.
      - When a farmer discovered his crops had been contaminated with GMO seeds, Monsanto sued him for copyright infringement.
- - - - COUNTERARGUMENT: Monsanto makes pesticides that will kill all organic crops, but not Monsanto's GMO seeds. This means that if farmers want to spray Roundup and other popular pesticides, they have to buy new, expensive GMO seeds every year.
- - - - COUNTERARGUMENT: The quote says that GMOs could solve the problem of farmers going hungry.