This is Climate One, changing the conversation about energy, economy, and the environment.

What's the truth about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs? A safe and effective way to beef up our food supply, or a corporate profit-making scheme that weakens the health of our crops and hamstrings America's farmers?

Like many issues these days, it depends on who you believe. We're about providing solutions for growers, whatever choice they make.

It's about tools in the toolbox, and GMOs are just one of those tools,

pesticides is one of those tools, and farmers should be given the choice

to allow them to choose what tools they want to employ in their

operation.

The problem is that they don't actually have choice anymore. They are stuck. They tell me if I

want to buy non-GMO seeds, I can't find them because Monsanto has cornered the market.

Rounding up the facts on GMOs. Up next on Climate One.

Are GMOs the answer to our planet's food shortage?

Welcome to Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

Climate One conversations with oil companies and environmentalists, Republicans and Democrats,

are recorded before a live audience and hosted by Greg Dalton.

Critics of GMOs say that modified crops are dangerous to our health

and that they're jeopardizing

our farms by creating a destructive cycle of round-up resistance. Supporters say that altering

the DNA of corn and other crops is just another tool in the farmer's toolbox, an innovation

that will help feed a world whose food production has been disrupted by climate change.

Today on Climate One, Greg Dalton welcomes four guests.

John Purcell is vice president of Monsanto Vegetables and head of their global research and

development.

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