Restaurants take whatever stance will get people in their doors. Being anti-gmo is big business for the restaurant industry and their suppliers. Industrial agri-business is threatened as more and more farmers turn away from their methods to pursue better finacial opportunities.
Because serving up good food isn't enough anymore. Food doesn't just have to be good quality and affordable, it has to also be grown from plants fertilized with unicorn poop. Put a mystical and magical spin on it and suddenly it has something the competition doesn't.
We are in transition. People are actually starting to care about where their food comes from which is good. But not everyone is smart enough to make a transition to sustainable living on their own and there are plenty of businesses with less than good intentions that are willing to exploit that.
Business like Chipotle set an interesting precedent that rattled the fast food industry to its core.
It's good to know where our food comes from and to make sure it's sustainable. Unfortunately, the waters are extremely muddled with labels like "organic" (which hardly means anything, they can still be drowned in pesticides) and GMOs (which can be amazing, see Golden Rice) and locally grown (which means tons of waste in the supply chain). These labels don't meaningfully inform anyone of farming practices and instead they're just mystical woo to make people feel important.
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Onlio ago
The first thing I thought of was sabotage. I thought from other fast food places because they were taking over. I didn't think of the GMO folks.
Le_Squish ago
Restaurants take whatever stance will get people in their doors. Being anti-gmo is big business for the restaurant industry and their suppliers. Industrial agri-business is threatened as more and more farmers turn away from their methods to pursue better finacial opportunities.
Mylon ago
Because serving up good food isn't enough anymore. Food doesn't just have to be good quality and affordable, it has to also be grown from plants fertilized with unicorn poop. Put a mystical and magical spin on it and suddenly it has something the competition doesn't.
Le_Squish ago
We are in transition. People are actually starting to care about where their food comes from which is good. But not everyone is smart enough to make a transition to sustainable living on their own and there are plenty of businesses with less than good intentions that are willing to exploit that.
Business like Chipotle set an interesting precedent that rattled the fast food industry to its core.
Mylon ago
It's good to know where our food comes from and to make sure it's sustainable. Unfortunately, the waters are extremely muddled with labels like "organic" (which hardly means anything, they can still be drowned in pesticides) and GMOs (which can be amazing, see Golden Rice) and locally grown (which means tons of waste in the supply chain). These labels don't meaningfully inform anyone of farming practices and instead they're just mystical woo to make people feel important.
Le_Squish ago
Pretty much. That's why it's important for people like me and you to educate others of their options.