The discussion about what is going into our food always seems to be a conversation wrought with controversy.

Long before Robert Kennedy Jr. ever took office, people were asking questions about what Big Pharma was putting into vaccines. What farming methods were being used to grow our crops and what the long-term ramifications might be of consuming foods produced with genetic engineering, pesticides, or growth-promoting technologies.

Some claim it is the elites who are responsible for many of today’s methods of food production. They argue that biomolecular manipulation is being used to shorten—or at least limit—human life spans in the name of saving the planet.

After all, we are living on a single planet with a finite amount of renewable resources. If population growth outpaces our ability to produce and maintain our food supply, then mass famine and death would surely follow.

And once someone reaches a certain level of financial success, they often find themselves with the unique opportunity to devote their time and resources to what they believe is a more noble—some would say selfless—cause, like saving the planet.

Which is why you have people like Bill Gates and various celebrities using their platforms and social capital to influence how we think about our food.

But do you have any idea how long it takes to grow a chicken? 

With a quick Google search you’ll find this:

“these chickens are grown for meat, they can weigh 6.2 lbs in just 48 days. The chickens in 1925 were only 2.5 pounds after 112 days”

Did you catch that?

In 1925, chickens were only about a third of the weight of todays chickens. Even though they had more than twice the amount of time to grow.

So if you ever needed any undeniable proof that the Colonel from Kentucky Fried Chicken was genetically modifying their chickens with growth hormones to keep up with demand…there you have it.

Only, that’s not true.

The U.S. Federal Government has banned the use of growth hormones in poultry since the 1950’s.

In fact, KFC’s own website addresses this myth and explains where their chickens come from and how they’re raised: The Real Story Behind Your Favorite Fried Chicken

What you’ll find is that modern meat chickens are the result of decades of selective breeding—not injected growth hormones.

Which makes sense right?

In order for companies like KFC to remain in business, they have to find more efficient ways to produce their product. Cutting the growth time of a chicken by nearly two months is an enormous advantage and has become a major part of modern poultry production.

Sure, you can criticize the conditions of factory farms and advocate for greater transparency in how our food is produced. That’s a legitimate conversation.

But can you at least understand why factory farming developed in the first place?

Factory farming is, at its core, an incredibly efficient means of producing food. A food production that has had to increase exponentially over the past several decades.

I’ve heard similar arguments about seeds.

If you have ever talked to anyone about how our crops are grown then you know that Monsanto is the devil. Afterall, they control over 80% of the global seed market. Making them one of the largest and most influential seed producers in the world.

Many of its seeds were genetically engineered to withstand certain herbicides, allowing farmers to control weeds without destroying their crops.

Of course there are some trade-offs.

Monsanto has faced more than 200,000 lawsuits alleging that some of its products contributed to various forms of cancer. And as of the writing of this article, tens of thousands of those cases are still active.

There ARE alternatives…

Sure, there are alternatives, such as, Corteva, Farmers Business Network and Mosaic.

But you know what isn’t a realistic alternative?

The sudden desire for most of the world to return to growing, raising, and processing all of their own food.

That lifestyle has been declining for decades.

Today, much of the world’s population relies on grocery stores and supermarkets. Where food arrives from large production facilities already cleaned, processed, packaged, and ready to cook.

Most of us no longer have to slaughter our own livestock, harvest our own grain, or preserve food for the winter.

Because the way we live has changed.

The way we work has changed.

The way we treat illness has changed.

People are living longer.

We’ve become more efficient at almost everything we do.

And the way we produce food has had to change too.

That doesn’t mean we have to agree with every advancement in farming or food production. We absolutely have the right to demand transparency about what is being put into our food and how it is produced.

But we should at least be willing to understand why there has been such an enormous effort to develop crops that grow faster, produce larger yields, resist disease, and require fewer resources.

You can disagree with the methods, question the safety or demand better oversight.

But if you refuse to acknowledge the problem these technologies were created to solve, then you aren’t looking at the issue clearly.

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***I personally think it’s great you have your own farm and grow your own vegetables. Especially if you own the land you’re growing them on. But even with that, I bet you visit the local grocery store for a few items. 

****It’s true, ya gotta eat healthy. Just remember that your idea of healthy may still be a bit different than what is “natural”. I’ve read that even our beloved bananas and apples aren’t exempt from having been manipulated. 

*****“But wait! There’s more!” …..I am sure there is. But before you send me that three hour long video that details out your reasoning behind the proper depth of seeds in soil and how there is really no excuse for people to not have a small garden attached to the wall in their living room, just ask yourself, “Can this method be duplicated by over 8 billion people?”