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tecelote

(5,122 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 07:24 AM Feb 2016

Hillary Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders - Monsanto & GMO food labeling

Since hunger and malnutrition are a major cause of disease, displacement, local conflicts and international war, having enough food for our growing population is very important.

It took until the year 1800 for our world population to hit 1 billion. A little over 200 years later we were above six billion. In the next 50 years we will reach 9 to 10 billion people on our planet. Our current agricultural systems will not support this growth and we need a sustainable solution.

Here's a post about organic agriculture vs poisoning our land with pesticides and herbicides.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=143799

Where do our candidates stand?

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