Re: Have you notice the changes taken place in your food?

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:12:50 GMT, Larry Caldwell <larryc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

(snip)
>Feeding has more to do with flavor than genetics in animals. In plants,
>genetic manipulation might actually give us a tasty cold storage tomato
>someday. Mostly, Roundup-Ready vegetables can be produced using far
>fewer applications of herbicide, yielding a cheaper crop. Flavor is
>adjustable, if it is not satisfactory.

Yes, but they don't even bother "adjusting" the flavor unless they need to, and
they don't need to unless flavor is a selection trait they are looking at. If
flavor is low on the list it will continue to get ignored in favor of all the
other more "important" factors for commercial growers (uniformity for machine
handling, eye appeal, toughness for shipping, long shelf-life, etc.).
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