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You guys are mixing too much concepts here. Non GMO doesnt necessarily mean organic. A lot of seedless varieties come from hybrids, not GMOs. IMHO though, GMOs and seed patents are the way of bringing capitalist concept of copyright into plants and food. It's not good not being able to have your own seeds and grow them.
I don't disagree on the symantics of the term. I'm just alluding to the fact that selective breeding/hybridizing foodstuffs can be similar to genetic modification from an outside perspective.
There are a lot of people that will completely discredit anything that that says It has been genetically modified. What they don't necessarily realize is that GMOs and selective breeding/hybridizing can both carry similar, if not the same risks/benefits. You can make your "all-natural" seeds (for instance) sterile. They can both carry similar risks for allergies. They can also both have the same benefits of of disease/pest/drought tolerance. (see the Great French Wine Blight)
It's also not good, not being able to feed your people without imports.