In Many Places In The Developed World,

The More We Can Grow On Already Cultivated Land, The Better.

New Molecular Methods That Add Or Modify Genes Can Protect Plants From Diseases And Pests And Improve Crops In Ways That Are Both More Environmentally Benign And Beyond The Capability Of Older Methods.

We Wouldn't Think Of Going To Our Doctor And Saying 'treat Me The Way Doctors Treated People In The 19th Century', And Yet That's What We're Demanding In Food Production.

In Agriculture, People Have Taken Wild Plants That Can't Be Eaten By People - And Turned Them Into Wonderful Food Sources. And That's Because Genomes Can Change, And People Working With Plants Have Picked Mutations. Mutations Are Nothing More Than Genetic Changes.

Myths About The Dire Effects Of Genetically Modified Foods On Health And The Environment Abound, But They Have Not Held Up To Scientific Scrutiny. And, Although Many Concerns Have Been Expressed About The Potential For Unexpected Consequences, The Unexpected Effects That Have Been Observed So Far Have Been Benign.