This website presents some of the benefits of ancient agricultural practices including pest resistance, fewer health concerns, and more sustainable farming techniques. The limitations of GM corn include a growth in Bt toxin resistance in pests and a concern in health risks for consumers. We can look to past farming techniques, such as those used by the Hopi, to inform our corn rich industry.
Need to know:
- The terms "corn" and "maize" may be used on this site interchangeably.
- "GMO" or "GM" refers to genetically modified organisms which have been genetically spliced with another organism's DNA.
- "Traditional" or "hybridized" is used to describe selectively bred corn, free of genetic splicing.
- "Biodiversity" refers to the number of species (both plant and animal) residing in one particular region, habitat, or ecosystem.