The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, in conjunction with the Nebraska Soybean Board, hosted a Food Dialogues: Pivoting the GMO Conversation, at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln on Sept 6 to discuss issues surrounding biotechnology and its impact on food and the environment.

"The conversation around food and farming - what determines safe or unsafe food, good or bad agricultural techniques - is out of balance, which is why this Food Dialogues and the film Food Evolution is so important," said Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Academy Award-nominee and Food Evolution Director/Producer, who moderated the panel. "Some may call Food Evolution a defense of GMOs, and it certainly is a reset of an out of balance conversation, but the main reason I made the film was to defend the importance of everyone, from parents to politicians, using science to inform the decisions they make."

Insights from the panelists:

With a polarized discussion marked by fear, distrust and confusion and the controversy surrounding GMOs, the film, Food Evolution, separates the hype from the science to unravel the debate around food, sparking a fact-based public dialogue about biotechnology. USFRA is engaging influencer and consumer audiences through promotion and enhanced distribution of this film, through college/university campus screenings and educational materials.

Source: U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance