In contrast, Hurst believes that industrial farmers are environmentally responsible, changing industrial farming will inflate food prices and potential starvation, and realizes that we can’t change nature; we must use what we have. Hurst points out that “The biggest environmental harm I have done as a farmer is the topsoil (and nutrients) I used to send down the Missouri River to the Gulf of Mexico before we began to practice no-till farming, made possible only by the use of herbicides. The combination of herbicides and genetically modified seed has made my farm more sustainable, not less, and actually reduces the pollution I send down the river.” (Hurst) He continues to defend farming by stating how prices will increase if farming changes
