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[Ty Templeton]

97. Yup, tons of benefits.

You'll notice no one answered you.
The main point of GMO crops is that they are resistant to pests and diseases, which means you get more of them per season. They thrive where regular versions of the same crop die out in large percentages. They are, essentially, a modern tech pin-point accurate version of crop mixing, something farmers have been doing since farming began. There is no data on GMO crops being in any way harmful to humans, and the resistance to them is built mostly around suspicion of corporate ownership of organic patents, and suspicion that corporate sources are lying about the "harmless to humans" data. There is much evidence that corporations are vigorously defending their patents with these GMO crops, and have behaved reprehensibly with farmers attempting to grow these crops without licences.

GMO crops yield two or three times their counterparts, making fields in which they are grown more profitable, and making a larger food base in third world countries with starvation problems, which is a net good if focusing solely on those elements of the issue.

While corporate control of your kid's school curriculum is concerning, certainly, GMO foods are less alarming as a food source than some people believe.

The corporations that control these organic patents are no doubt as scurrilous as any corporation is. But the food itself is fine.