The documentary film Food Evolution provides a fresh, scientific look at the technology of crop genetic engineering and some situations it has, or could, help solve problems for farmers. It shows the ugly politics and distortions that have maligned a useful technology that has served farmers well for twenty years, worldwide.
If you are not a fan of transgenic (GMO) technologies, just wait until you hear about mutation breeding! Scientists soak seeds or tissues in toxic chemicals or subject them to high fields of radiation to cause random damage and genetic changes. Random damage to DNA causes unknown effects that produce new proteins, leading to new plant traits. They want to put this on your dinner table, feed it to children! Actually it has been done for decades. No opposition, no labels wanted, no protesters, no fear. Okay for organic cultivation and the EU. Let's look at a mutation breeding!
On Sunday there was considerable confusion about the alleged "GMO" grass that killed cattle. Turns out it was not GMO grass at all, but a hybrid. I received many inquiries about the difference between a GMO and a hybrid, as the latter sounded truly freaky and much more invasive than any frankenfood.
