Source: Jane E. Brody, NY TIMES, 4/23/18


It’s human nature, it seems, to resist change and fear the unknown. So it is no surprise that genetic engineering of food and feed crops resulted in their resounding condemnation as “Frankenfoods” by many consumers, who seem as terrified of eating an apple with an added anti-browning gene or a pink pineapple genetically enriched with the antioxidant lycopene as I am of self-driving cars. Trek down the grocery aisles of any large market and you’ll find many products prominently labeled “No G.M.O.s.” 

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