Corn is part of everyday life in the United States through biomass in fuel, feed for cattle, and food for the dinner table. As consumers, we can open a discourse about seeking long-term, reliable methods and corn variations.
To help ensure our future corn production we can:
To help ensure our future corn production we can:
- complete in-depth research into using hybridization to develop pest resistance in non-GM corn.
- explore implementing terracing as a method to reduce excessive water consumption.
- reduce monocropping to preserve biodiversity.
- increase resilience of crop production in areas of unpredictable rainfall by using heirloom seeds.
- challenge the assumption that GM corn is the most cost effective crop through continuing to research the cost of more sustainable farms.
- complete research on the long-term health effects of Bt toxin in GM corn using well designed experiments and adequate sample size.