Last Monday, I attended a Table Talk  on GMO salmon introduction to Canadian markets involving about eleven people in total. In the Rose dining room, filled with a cacophony of voices, I could not really hear what people were saying, but the bits that I did catch led me to consider the peripheral dangers of GMO salmon.  I do not know the nuances of the industries practicing genetic modification on plants nor the ones attempting genetic modification on animals for commercial food sale. I am concerned, however, that only attempting to meet consumer demand for food through biotechnology places too much emphases on meeting demand without restructuring potential underlying forces of unsustainable resource consumption. Also, I fear that this debate over GMO safety, labeling etc. overshadows other, arguably more important, debates surrounding the nature of the modern agriculture industries found in America and other developed countries that rely on CAFOs, confined animal feeding operations, and fish farms for producing animals to be eaten. Regardless if one supports killing an animal for food or not, these industries have undeniable, negative environmental implications and often present hazardous work environments for livestock workers. Thus, this growing GMO debate might overshadow conversations that really should be had about other aspects of global food production.