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What's really surprising to folks is that food crops have been altered since the beginning of time!!
Cross breeding of corn for instance and genetic modification has been going on forever! Apples is another one! There are more varieties of apples now than when Johnny Appleseed walked across the states, And how did all this modification come to pass??? It wasn't just mother nature, I can guarantee you that!

The list is endless. Now I'm not saying what "they" are doing is always a good thing, it's the same thing with chickens or cattle or hogs etc. etc. etc., but modification has always been there. Mankind has always been tinkering - trying to make things better.

Originally Posted by 34_40

What's really surprising to folks is that food crops have been altered since the beginning of time!!
Cross breeding of corn for instance and genetic modification has been going on forever! Apples is another one! There are more varieties of apples now than when Johnny Appleseed walked across the states, And how did all this modification come to pass??? It wasn't just mother nature, I can guarantee you that!

The list is endless. Now I'm not saying what "they" are doing is always a good thing, it's the same thing with chickens or cattle or hogs etc. etc. etc., but modification has always been there. Mankind has always been tinkering - trying to make things better.

Apples and oranges. The land being used to raise corn for ethanol production was for the most part, being used to raise corn for livestock and has been mentioned earlier if it wasn't for government subsidies it would literally die on the vine. Why is the federal government subsidizing corporate farmers, but let the electronic industry go down the toilet?