GT, You're entitled to "go to hell in your own way" !

Curiously, I - and most folks I knew - pursued what your generation now terms "organic" ! Mostly because we couldn't afford high-rate pesticides/herbicides or be certain of how persistence would affect next years' plantings ! Critical infestations were treated with pesticides of known effects, when needed.

OTOH, I've yet to read a serious scientific study documenting any of the "claimed benefits" - in taste, consistency, safety, etc for the same varieties of vegetables "organically-grown" vs normal growing under identical conditions ! IOW, in a "double-blind" test how many could discern the difference ?

But we do have one area of serious disagreement ! You mentioned "carryover" in your reply. All those with a background in animal husbandry have long been aware of the phenomona ! But producers don't control their market ! Middlemen and vendors do ! Consumers can't have it "both ways" ! If you want "free-range chicken" and "free-range" eggs, expect to pay 4-6 times as much as current store pricing ! You want cheap corn meal, ( and the manifold subsidary products made from corn ) there's a "price to be paid", !

GMO crops are a response to a "demand". The public - you, for instance - demanded decreased use of pesticides, so plant agronomists responded with self-protecting plant varieties ! You gotta remember the pests didn't go away, indeed infestations often increased with increased acreage, further increasing demand for GMO seed !

Statists and "watermelon liberals" are long on "top down' regulatory fiat, but damn short on scientific knowledge ! Hence when their fiats become major creators of "unintended consequences" they're first in the "denial line" ! I'd like to see them take the heat for their "fool's gambits", just once ! >Mech