Man has been improving all products since the beginning of time. People have always looked at ways to make land more productive and at ways to get better quality product. The idea of eating only "natural" foods is asinine - in the first place, there probably is no such thing in this country - only a label claiming to be so a much higher price can be charged. If one were to take a specific example - meat - have you ever eaten meat that was fed nothing but grass and hay (both of which have probably been GMA'd also) They are not very good - If you like tough beef that's your ticket! Feedlots haved worked with genetics for years, everything in the feedlot industry has been genetically modified in one way or the other - probably in many ways! There is no better beef in the world than American beef - at least at an affordable price (I have heard Kobe beef is better but I have also seen the price attached). When a product, any product can be improved safely, then there is no reason to have qualms about using or consuming it. There are probably no pure grain strains left in the US and probably no where on earth unless you are in the most remore area of the world. Grains have been hybridized and cross bred forever in attempts to make them less susceptible to plant disease and insects. As long as foods are certified to be safe then I don't think one should worry ablout what one eats. What happens to that food after it leaves the producer could be another totally different picture - improperly stored and improperly prepared foods are a far more serious threat to manking that thse that have been genetically altered or modified
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