When it comes to plants, fruits and vegetables, everything you put in your mouth has been modified one way or another. Cross-pollination, hybridization, open pollination, mutagenesis and genetic engineering all change the makeup of food.<\/p>\n
These methods are processes that can produce new strains of food. They wont necessarily, but can.These are often shot-in-the-dark best guess tries. Some work; most dont.<\/p>\n
And when they do, they are accepted into the food supply after testing.<\/p>\n
Mention genetic modification and for many, it is an out-of-bounds topic. Franken-wheat or Franken-tomatoes or corn or papayas from Hawaii. In Hawaii, three counties tried to enact laws forbidding genetically modified foods but were overruled by the state government and the courts.<\/p>\n
The debate, the rules and the process of going into the lab and modifying a plant to fight off a virus or bacteria or be drought resistant is so onerous and expensive that few companies are willing to invest their time and money.<\/p>\n
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