and buying organic. As of now, there isn't enough organic products for everyone, and not
everyone can afford it. The sad truth is that many people here in the United States as well as
world many parts of the world are placing the value of price they pay for food over how healthy
the actual food or product are.
To ensure ethical decisions are made in the future, farmers should seek out more ways
and to be encourage to go organic rather than seeking profits by selling more GMO products.
Organic farming can in no way compete with GMO farming and growing, right now; however, if
enough farmers are willing to start, it WILL catch up in the long run. Another way to ensure
ethical decision making for the future is education. According to the film GMO OMG, with
many interviews of random people on the street, the general public doesn't have the knowledge;

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people simply just don't know about GMO products and are not told or taught about it. With
more awareness about GMO, ethical decision making
for the future would look brighter.

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