GMOs are a controversial topic, especially in America. Many environmental groups agree that GMOs are a good innovation. Many cite safety, health, and environmental reasons as to why they fight against GMOs. For example, company called Impossible Burger recently wanted to release their faux meat product, which included a genetically modified yeast. However, Friends of the Earth filed a complaint that the yeast wasn’t properly researched and pulled the burger off the shelves. While I am all for safety, I am still very much against stifling GMOs. 

A 2015 survey by the Pew Research Center shows this divide. Nearly 9 out of 10 scientists from the American Association for the Advancement of Science say GMOs are "generally safe" to eat. Though if you're like more than half of U.S. adults from the general public in that same survey, you think you probably shouldn't eat them. And if you asked environmental groups, you would begin to advocate to stop GMOs yourself.   

Mixing plant species is how we've gotten papayas free of viruses, corn plants that survive drought, soybeans that stand up to weed killer, potatoes that don't bruise, and crops that yield more and cost less. That's good news for our food supply and the business of farming. Some GMOs are specially made to be packed with extra vitamins, minerals, and other health benefits. For example, Swiss researchers created a strain of "golden" rice with a lot of beta-carotene, an antioxidant good for your eyes and skin. Soybeans whose fats have been changed so they're more like olive oil can be turned into a heart-healthy replacement for oils with trans fats that's more heat-tolerant and better for cooking. And those bruise-free potatoes are supposed to cut down on cancer-causing chemicals created when spuds become french fries.

As the population grows, it's going to get harder to feed everyone. This could transform into an international catastrophe because we would need a lot more land to farm, and more pesticides and other harmful agricultural devices. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates food production will need to double in some parts of the world by 2050. GMOs are one way to make enough nutritious food available with limited land, water, and other resources.

I personally have witnessed a talk about GMOs from Sir Richard Roberts, who argued that the future of agriculture is GMOs. GMOs are actually more environmentally friendly since they will allow us to use less land to grow more crops. We need to look to the future, not turn back time, in order to feed the next generation of mouths on Planet Earth. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-28/impossible-s-grocery-rollout-gets-environmental-group-objection

https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/truth-about-gmos#3

https://organic.lovetoknow.com/Why_GMOs_Are_Bad