In Argentina and Chile, organic farmers are struggling to say no to GMOs. The situation began to deteriorate 20 years ago, when the traditional agriculture model in Argentina was largely replaced by biotechnology.
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In Argentina and Chile the organic farmers they are struggling to say no to GMOs. The situation began to deteriorate 20 years ago, when the traditional agriculture model in Argentina was largely replaced by biotechnology.
Argentina has transformed in two decades into one of the homelands of the cultivation of more, cotton swab and soia GMO. The most serious problem concerns the massive use of pesticides and herbicides, among which the glyphosate, which for years have continued to pollute the water, the air and the land and put the health of both farmers and the population at risk.
Second the latest data available, at least 24 million hectares of land are cultivated in Argentina using genetically modified seeds. Argentina is the third largest producer of GMO crops in the world, after the United States and Brazil. Estimates they talk also of 300 million liters of glyphosate used in Argentina to grow GM soybeans.
To protect themselves, citizens have begun to cultivate their own vegetable garden, when they have the possibility, or to go in search of organic farmers from which to buy their food. Here you are the stories of farmers who in Argentina and Chile grow organic and oppose GMOs.
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The organic fragole of Las Jujuy Pampitas
They are grown in a small town in Argentina called Las Jujuy Pampitas organic strawberries, without using any potentially dangerous substance and with a completely natural fertilization. In this way, farmers were able to rediscover the authentic taste of strawberries.
The images speak for themselves. These strawberries are beautiful, have a vibrant color and regular shapes. They have nothing to do with those dark, dull strawberries you usually see in supermarkets.
Organic courgettes from Salta
Organic cultivation in Argentina makes it possible to obtain a variety of giant courgettes with an elongated shape and light green skin. You don't need substances that are dangerous for the environment or for health to grow these fantastic zucchini. The organic courgettes they are obtained without added artificial additives to 'inflate' the products.
Organic tomatoes from Chile
Farmers in Chile grow high quality organic tomatoes without resorting to GMOs or fertilizers and pesticides that are dangerous to health and the environment. In the locality of Peumo, a group of farmers brought the cultivation of a traditional variety of tomato: pink tomato.
These are very juicy, totally natural tomatoes, fertilized with organic compost and grown without pesticides. In this way the farmers of Chile have brought back to life those tomatoes that really have the characteristic taste they loved so much in childhood.
Farmers in Chile and Argentina who accepted the challenge of organic against GMOs invite everyone to buy fruit and vegetables from small producers who cultivate it with respect for health and the environment. A growth in consumer demand could lead to a change in the market and a greater diffusion of organic agriculture compared to industrial and biotech crops.
Are we ready to start the change starting from our habits when we go shopping?
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Marta Albè
Photo source: Worms Argentina
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