Let me first state the obvious – leaving aside the fact that USDA’s own organic standards do not allow the use of genetically engineered crops, Stonyfield is absolutely and utterly opposed to the deregulation of GE crops. We believe that these crops are resulting in significantly higher uses of toxic herbicides and water, creating a new generation of costly “super” weeds; pose severe and irreversible threats to biodiversity and seed stocks; do not live up to the superior yield claims of their patent holders; and are unaffordable for small family farmers in the US and around the world. We believe that organic farming methods are proving through objective, scientific validation to offer far better solutions. We also believe that unrestricted deregulation of GE crops unfairly limits farmer and consumer choice.
I still stand by the fact that their flavored products are oversweetened but hey- he can put as much sugar as they want in there if it keeps funding the work Gary is doing.
(for the record - there are lots of very good points in the comments about how WF SF and OV could be doing a better job and where they fall short... hopefully those who have as much negativity can put their $ where their mouths are)
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We are in a transition period now. Human impact may be stomping on biodiversity all over the place. But there may be a day, maybe in our lifetimes, where biodiversity will increase. It won't be the kind of biodiversity we're used to. It will be an engineered biodiversity. Scary, perhaps. But so would be the technology we completely immerse ourselves in today to a person 200 years ago. Yet we are completely comfortable with it.
It is easy to demonize human induced evolution. I tend not to see it as good and evil. I'm not a dualist. I don't see the world as natural (non-human caused) and man-made change. Humans are part of the natural progression of this planet. Our impact could drive us to extinction. That is no more inherently evil than a meteor wiping us out. A bit nihilist, I suppose.
Humans have pretty incredible ability to adapt to the environment. Super weeds or super germs, no problem. Just another twist in the evolutionary spiral as we respond in turn. It doesn't stop just because we stand down. I have this corrollary to evolutionary theory kicking around in my head. From the 50,000ft level it states the rate of evolutionary change is proportional to the amount of energy kicked into an adaptive system. Moore's Law is a striking example. Once we figure out how to map genotypes to phenotypes, you'll see a similar law in the bio realm.
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