Healthy pork possible through cloning

MSNBC.com

There's no threat of Omega 3-enhanced pig flesh hitting tables any time soon, but researchers are working on it, along with chicken and cow research. Corporate scientists are working on ways to enhance cooking oils and other products as well. The problem with altering our entire food supply to adapt our nutrient intake is that we're messing with a lot more than just a product. Animals and plants, even when confined to farms, are part of the environment, and the impact of genetically-altered plants and animals on the environment cannot be foreseen. It's in corporate interests to spend millions and millions of dollars to try to develop these new products, because they could pioneer whole new categories and make a fortune, which is what they're in business to do. It does not behoove them to tell their customers to eat a healthier whole foods, plant-based diet. So it's up to us. If we don't see significant progress away from engineered food in the next twenty years, we may well see the dawn of an age where every plant, tree, seed, and food item is owned by Monsanto or DuPont.

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