Thank you for this post! It was highly informative and you brought up a lot of interesting points.
I too believe that GMOs are not necessarily the problem. People read a GMO label on a product and think it must be terrible for consumption and purchase the alternative product with No-GMOs and are willing to spend $2.00 more to "be healthier". I believe that these people are misdirected and need to be educated on this topic and understand what it is that they are or are not consuming.
GMOs can be good for producing better vegetables and other types foods for, like you had stated, better look and appeal or even flavoring. It doesn't mean it will harm our bodies unless the product itself wasn't well tested and could provide some sort of bodily harm. However, that can be the case with any food that you consume, so GMOs should not have to be sought after as "the bad guys".
I do agree that herbicides and pesticides can affect the foods that we consume and further research and studies should be conducted to prevent any harm from consumption of cede foods. There lies the problem we face, and yet many do not understand that GMOs are not really the problem.

Continue sharing more posts like these, everyone should be educated on health and nutrition and your posts are super helpful!