It’s better to step back at look at our situation from a different perspective. When we want to sustain an organic lifestyle, what we eat is also at the core of this daily activity. Often, we need to develop a new habit that can help to improve our well being and overall health. If we struggle with our organic lifestyle, we should revisit all the basic questions and find out the real reason why we pursue it. Food is one of the essential topics in our lives and it also means that we need to have organic food. For many people, the solution is to purchase certified organic food, which is grown and packaged without the use of additives, preservatives and chemicals. The production of the organic food should be focused on the ecological balance, as well as proper treatment of people, animals and plant. Another things to avoid is the consumption of generically engineer food. These foodstuffs are enhanced using artificial means, which is by altering the genetic code inside crops and farm animals to gain specific desired results.
Genetic engineering process involves taking preferred genes from a species and transferring them to another species, so specific traits can be added to specific farm animal and crop. It means that we may get sweeter corn that is more resistant to pests. This can be achieved by altering genes of the original corns. This may not sound too bad, but there are some hidden risks of eating genetically engineered food. As an example, corn plants may obtain resistance to pests, after a portion of genes from Bacillus thuringiensis, a soil bacterium is transferred. In the nature, this type of transfer will never happen. Also, doing this may cause corn plants to behave in a rather unpredictable way. Non-invasive insects that depend on corn for their lifecycle could be disrupted by the introduction of genetically engineered crops in the area. Admittedly, one benefit of genetically modified plant is the less dependence on insecticide. It means that the food that we consume could be cleaner with much less traces of dangerous pesticides.
One big risk about genetically engineered crops is that pollens from plants with genetic enhancements could spread into the wild environment, transferring new traits to wild variants of the plant. Results can be rather unpredictable and there’s no way we can control this. Genetic pollution can’t be recalled and it’s irreversible. If we are concerned about having organic lifestyle, it is important that our organic food is not modified and comes from largely wild variants. It means that if our plant is enhanced, it should only be cross-pollinated from different variants of wild plants. Organic lifestyle is often about maintaining what’s already available in the nature. There’s no radical corrections that can cause serious issues in the future. Genetic engineering is intended to fulfil specific financial interest, especially related to the mass production of foodstuff with the widely accepted traits and properties.
