There are also several environmental benefits to GM crops. One of these examples is that GMO’s can also help the environment by allowing farmers to “reduce greenhouse emissions as GMOs require less tillage or plowing, thus less use of fossil fuels” (Natural Revolution). By reducing the amount of fossil fuels being used, the country would be able to save money by reducing the investment in methods combating greenhouse emissions (which reduces the concern of global warming and pollution) and focus on the improvement of health of the population. The reduced pollution in the air would also make it easier for individuals to breathe. The no-till agriculture can also reduce soil erosion by 70 percent, a serious global problem that has would cost an …show more content…
Monsanto, a growing sustainable agriculture company focused on empowering farmers—large and small—to produce more from their land while conserving more of the world's natural resources such as water and energy, states that “twenty years from now, the earth’s population will need 55 percent more food than it can produce now – with the same or fewer amount of resources, such as land and water. GMOs, together with other tools, can help meet this demand” (Monsanto). Monsanto establishes that GMOs is perhaps one of the few reliable solutions to combat the growing concern of depleting resources such as fossil fuels, water and land because GM crops require so few resources to grow. Monsanto also reports that yields from GM crops of corn, cotton, and soybeans in the U.S. have increased by between 5 and 8 percent. For now, the use of genetically modified foods have been proven useful in various countries by their “increased production of [GM crops] for starving third world countries.” (Natural Revolution). Jack Kemp, former U.S. representative and distinguished fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C, agrees with Monsanto’s claim with his statement, “Solid scientific evidence' has been all too lacking in this debate [over GM foods] -- a war of words and slogans, not ideas and initiatives. Let us suggest some facts that must not be forgotten. Without dramatic improvements in crop yields, people will starve; they will suffer disease and death from malnutrition. The world's wildlife, habitats, endangered species, and entire ecosystems will be put at risk as we are forced to draw more agricultural land into production. Pest resistance, which we now know can be bred precisely into plants, will be supplanted by wider use of chemical pesticides. The promise of improving