Burpee Seeds?

First posted on FB 6/25/14:

In principle, I am not opposed the concept of GMOs (genetically modified organisms). But we should have the right to know the pedigree of our food so that we can responsibly manage our own health and welfare. Frankly, virtually ALL of the varieties and many of the species that we love today would not be possible without genetic modification modification. This is a very basic tenet of understanding anthropogenics and our role as creators and stewards of the planet. We are indebted to Darwin and Wallace for our first steps toward a unifying theory of evolution. Both were naturalists on independent voyages sailing the world in the mid-1800s. Their field observations on their respective voyages combined with their collective knowledge of contemporary breeding experiments of domesticated species of plants and animals led to their revolutionary theory of Natural Selection. Another key hallmark leading to our basic understand of simple genetics stems from Gregor Mendel's extremely important breeding experiments on peas. These tests also occurred in the mid-1800s. For myself. Its hard to fathom what our environments and our food would look like without their early steps. My concerns with GMOs arise when geneticists, breeders and chemists get into the lab and cross tobacco genes with tomatoes, are add insecticide and pesticide genes into potatoes. I believe we should all have a right to know what is in our food and in the air, water, soil and lifeforms around us. Period.   Regarding:  Can You Trust Burpee Seeds? www.chicagonow.com