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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread

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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (941)12/25/2002 3:44:21 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) of 15987
 
<<Oh come on now Zonder... Hybrids have been grown by all countries for decades now... >>

A little longer than that. Our corn was originally bred from Gamma Grass by the Aztecs before Columbus was a twinkle in his dad's eye. Gamma Grass-

floridata.com

It sure doesn't look like corn does it?

I think Zonder means GMO grains instead of hybrids. GMO is relatively new, kind of like DNA testing, and a lot of people just don't understand it. The first product was taking the rot gene out of a tomato. Same food but it wouldn't rot as quickly. To me that sounds like a good idea.

There's a GMO rice now that contains vitamin A. If people in backward nations would get over that it's voodoo there would be 100,000 fewer kids going blind every year from a vitamin A shortage.
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