[Korisek]

Originally Posted by hatelore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How can you even compare the two? I'm lost. Crop rotation was a technology invented to produce more and better crops every year. GMO is the injection/restructuring and splicing of a food source in the attempt to bolster it or make it more resistant to pests. GMO technology has been proven in many studies to be unhealthy on many levels (humans,land,livestock, and so on)

Crop Rotation was a procedure designed to keep the crops that a community was growing from removing all of the required nutrients from the soil they were being grown on. It came about to promote longevity of tilling fields. The effect on the produce itself was healthier crops, but not more.

Genetic Modification has thus far made for healthier, hardier, and/or more productive crops.

I agree that comparing the two is silly. Neither replaces the other, they are complementary with each other. Comparing crop rotation to hydroponics would be more fitting, as both involve the soil (or lack thereof) rather than the crop itself.