The results of a media search would have anyone believe that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are the worst things ever created, science experiments designing crops that destroy human health and the planet. Instead, the global food system is far more complex than the claim that conventionally-grown crops (a.k.a. GMOs) are Frankenfoods and organic crops will save the day.

Key Topics Jorden and Kimberly discuss include:

• How the methods farmers have used since the domestication of agriculture morphed into GMO production


• How corporations gave genetically modified crops a bad name


• Which claims about organic farming are overblown or legitimate


• Whether to believe nutritional claims about organic produce


• Why Asians have the Green Revolution to thank for development


• Why monocropping is rotten, even if the crops are organic


• Why organic crops will never be able to feed the global population


• How the race to the bottom is the biggest enemy of the global food system

Recommended Resources

• The Mayo Clinic’s take on organics


• Are Organic Foods Really More Nutritious?


• The USDA’s attempt to standardize organic certification


• Why farmers choose GMO crops


• A bit dated, but systematic policy review of GMOs


• A video on bioengineering of food


• Kimberly’s Substack newsletter post