Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 5/18/22


Despite the objections and protestations of the anti-GMO advocates who equate genetic engineering with “Frankenfoods” and utilize fear and scare tactics to try to frighten people from consuming GMOs, genetically modifying crops is not a new phenomenon.  Mankind has been doing it for tens of thousands of years through a process of selective breeding, cross pollination, grafting, cell and tissue cultures and more recently through the use of mutagenesis which involves bombarding a seed with chemicals, gamma rays or X-rays to get a desired trait. As a result, the crops we consume today do not resemble the crops we consumed thousands of years ago. They are hardier, tastier and more nutritious. 

For more of this story, click here.