there was a study almost a decade ago that found GMO caused tumors in rats. the study has been retracted but its not the only one of its kind and I haven't bothered to look into why it was retracted: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691512005637 A lot of people mistake "GMO" with selective breeding because they sound like the same scientific process. Found a way to produce seedless watermelons? That's GMO, right? No. "GMO" refers to the produce which has been modified to produce its own pesticides (e.g. Roundup). The health consequences are long term. I like to call it the "and I turned out just fine" disease. The higher price of organic food was largely due to a shortage of demand. Now that more people seek out organic, there is less wasted and more being grown which drove the price down. I've been to the market several times where the price of organic and conventional was the exact same. If you see this in a store, which would you grab? You can get your conventional because "it's all the same and you aren't falling for the hippie shit scam" or you can get the organic because "who knows, maybe it is healthier and I just can't tell". If you are grabbing the organic instead of the conventional when they are the same price, then what about when the organic is just barely more expensive? About raising kids and feeding them: Kids have full trust that their parents are doing the best for them. We know organic, (previously called "food") is healthy. Besides the retracted and debated studies (usually criticized by those who have Monsanto as one of their largest supporters), we have no idea the health risks of GMO. It's not fair to the kid that we roll the dice to save a buck if we can help it. Last edit: I've made this about "organic" vs "GMO" because I only buy organic to avoid GMO. That wonderful covid-19 vaccine approving FDA has allowed foods to use GMO products without labelling them as such. The only way to avoid GMO is to look for 3rd-party certifications outside of FDA approval, which is the "GMO-Free" and "Certified Organic", then one must hope that the inspector wasn't slacking or paid off and that their certification methods are good enough; but it's the best we have since most of us don't live in small communities where we know the farmers.