Slide 1: GMO Answers
GMO Answers WE WANT TO DO A BETTER JOB ANSWERSING YOUR QUESTIONS 1
Slide 2: What is GMO Answers?
What is GMO Answers? GMO Answers is an initiative committed to responding to your questions about how food is grown. Its goal is to make information about GMOs in food and agriculture easier to access and understand. Join us. Ask tough questions. Be skeptical. Be open. We look forward to sharing ans
Slide 3: Answering Consumers’ Questions
Answering Consumers’ Questions 3
Slide 4: Engaging in Online Conversation
Engaging in Online Conversation • 1:1 Social Engagement • Myth-busting 4
Slide 5: Resources: Educational Content
Resources: Educational Content 5
Slide 6: Resources: Educational Content Cont.
Resources: Educational Content Cont. 6
Slide 7: Meet Our Experts
Meet Our Experts • GMO Answers is committed to finding the best expert to answer your question. Depending on the nature of your question, the answer may be provided by an independent expert, industry organization, the GMO Answers Community Manager or an expert from a member company. 7
Slide 8: Get to Know GMOs
Get to Know GMOs 8
Slide 9: GMO Basics
GMO Basics • GMOs are crops developed with genetic engineering, a more precise breeding technique, that enables someone to take individual traits found in nature and transfer them to another plant, or make changes to an existing trait in a plant. 9
Slide 10: GMO Basics Cont.
GMO Basics Cont. Why Grow GMOs? GMOs are created to achieve a desired trait, such as resistance to a pest or tolerance to drought conditions. The 10 genetically modified crops available today include: alfalfa, apples, canola, corn (field and sweet), cotton, papaya, potatoes, soybeans, squash and sug
Slide 11: GMO Basics Cont.
GMO Basics Cont. This chart compares and contrasts modern methods of seed improvement. How do we create new and improved varieties of plants? It starts with the seed. Plant breeders and scientists work together to create new varieties to address evolving challenges to farming and changing consumer p
Slide 12: GMOs & You
GMOs & You How do we ensure that GMOs are safe for use and consumption? • GMO crops are studied extensively to make sure they are safe for people, animals and the environment • GM seeds take an average of $136 million and 13 years to bring to market because of research, testing and regulatory approv
Slide 13: GMOs & You Cont.
GMOs & You Cont. GMO Safety Don’t believe us? Hear from GMO Answers • GMOs available today are as safe volunteer expert and registered dietitian as their non-GMO counterparts. Connie Dikeman: • They do not cause new allergies, cancer, infertility, ADHD, autism or any other diseases or conditions. •
Slide 14: GMOs & the Environment
GMOs & the Environment • Between 1996 and 2015, crop biotechnology was responsible for an additional 180.3 million tons of soybeans, 357.7 million tons of corn, 25.2 million tons of cotton lint and 10.6 million tons of canola, without having to bring more land into production. To produce the same am
Slide 15: GMOs & the Environment Cont.
GMOs & the Environment Cont. • With an estimated world population of 9.7 billion by Learn more about the environmental 2050, farmers will need to benefit of GMOs here: produce up to 70 percent more food than they do today to satisfy global demand. GMOs help farmers to use less land, fewer inputs and
Slide 16: Modern Agriculture
Modern Agriculture See how some of today’s science • From GPS guided self-driving tractors to drones monitoring crop health, today’s enthusiasts would use biotechnology to modern farms use an array of innovative tackle some of the world’s most pressing technologies to grow crops and utilize resource
Slide 17: Modern Agriculture – GMOs Globally
Modern Agriculture – GMOs Globally • GMO crops are grown around the world by approximately 18 million farmers, most of them in developing countries. • In total, more than 75 countries import, grow and/or research GMOs, and in 2016, 26 countries (seven industrial and 19 developing) planted biotech cr
Slide 18: Future of GMOs
Future of GMOs Beyond food production, genetic engineering has many applications that benefit us and our planet, including medicine, plant restoration and disease resistance. 18
Slide 19: Looking for More Information?
Looking for More Information? • Explore: Visit GMOAnswers.com for information and resources on GMOs and biotechnology in a simple, visual and user friendly way. • Ask: Submit a question and have it answered by one of our over 200 independent, volunteer experts. • Engage: Join the conversation by pos