In response to “Scientific advances help feed the world” (WP op-ed, Sept. 8). Feeding the world does not necessarily translate into providing nutritious food. One has to look no further than the frequency of allergies, asthm a, attention deficit disorder, depression, arteriosclerosis, degenerative diseases, cancer, obesity, diabetes, etc. to determine the quality of our food. […] Read more
Stories by Garrett Osborn
GM concerns
Re: Response to Clark Lysne’s letter to editor (Open Forum, Feb. 24). I have several concerns with (genetically modified) foods. GM food production does not focus on soil health. Crops are being designed to grow on continually depleting soils. Soil nutrients from rural fields are transferred to urban centres (through food), and are not being […] Read more
GM acceptance
In response to “GM approval process in EU requires modernization,” (Opinion, Aug. 12), it can be understood there are many issues influencing trade and market access, which are independent of the commodities in question. It is less understandable how any nation thinks it has authority to determine another nation’s commodity quality or tolerance acceptance standards. […] Read more
Soil health
The Oct. 29 issue of The Western Producer had a few articles concerned about how the world was going to feed an extra 2.3 billion people in the year 2050. The answer in all the articles was to develop GM crops resistant to disease, drought, salinity, heat and toxic heavy metals. If these people were […] Read more
