Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 5/29/18

The real sustainability revolution in farming is New Breeding Techniques like CRISPR. Why are organic farmers blocked from using them?

How do we define 'organics'? From a legal perspective, the term can only be applied to foods that meet a laundry list of requirements set forth by the US Department of Agriculture or similar agencies around the world. But these rules leave no room for technological advances falling under the umbrella of New Breeding Techniques that could help us produce foods more sustainably.
Classic genetic engineering relies on transgenics in which genes from one organism is inserted into another.

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