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Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions GMOs have the ability to tolerate diseases and and pests. As a result, farmers no longer have to spray as much herbicide and pesticide. Not only is this cheaper, it reduces the use of farm equipment. In 2015 this was equivalent to removing twelve million cars from the road! 2. ProvidesContinue reading “5 Reasons GMOs Benefit the World”

Tractors, combines, harvesters… you can’t farm without fuel. GMO farming just lets me use less. — Dan Lisco, Colorado Farmer. We look at a label and the first thing we see is “non-GMO.” It’s posted everywhere! Is this really better for us or are we falling into the labeling trap? “Non-GMO is healthier” I wasContinue reading “4 Falsities About GMOs”

Welcome to my page! My name is Kate McIndoo. I am an Agriculture Communications student at Auburn University. In other words, I am the middle man between the consumer and the farmer. I’m a farm girl from a small town in Kentucky. I have grown up around tractors, farm animals, and dirt roads my wholeContinue reading “All About Me”