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Genetically Modified foods, or GM foods, can be genetically modified with many different goals in mind. This can be for a faster maturation time or it could be for insect resistance, drought resistance, higher yeild, etc.
Most GMO foods today are genetically manipulated to be resistant to herbicides or to produce an insecticide within the plant itself. Genetic engineering has no affect on their maturation.
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Does GM food grow faster?
No, GMO foods do not grow faster.
What does GMO stand for?
GMO stands for a Genetically Modified Organism.
How do farmers grow GM food?
GMO foods are grown very much like non-GMO that are not being grown organically. The big difference is that some of the crops have been engineered to have resistance to herbicides like Round-up. For those crops, the herbicide can be sprayed directly on the crop without killing it; whereas, it cannot be sprayed directly on the non-GMO crops. Other crops have been genetically engineered to produce a substance that kills insects when they eat the plant. In that case, those growing GMO crops theoretically would not need to use pesticides, or at least not as many pesticides, as those who grow non-GMO crops.
What are GMO's?
GMO's = Genetically Modified Organisms. Which means that in a organism the natural genetic make up is altered in a way that is not natural for the organism using genetic engineering. In the GMO's the alteration are occurred for some noble purposes like the desired product from the organism is increased or the survivability strain is increased. The GMO's goes with plant and animals also. Like the GMO eggplant which is resistant to a specific insect.
How long does genetically modified food last?
GMO foods last about the same amount of time as non-GMo foods.
Who invented the first GMO?
The first genetically modified organism (GMO) was a tobacco plant created by scientists working for the biotechnology company Monsanto in 1983. They introduced a gene from a soil bacteria into the tobacco plant to make it resistant to antibiotics.
What kinds of problems do genetically modified crops with transgenes pose for farmers who do not grow the altered crop?
One problem GMO crops pose for farmers who do not grow them is cross pollination of GMOs in non-GMO crops, especially those that are grown organically.
Can GMO seeds be heirloom seeds which you can plant over and over again?
No, GMO seeds cannot be heirloom seeds, and they cannot be saved from year to year to plant the following year. There are a few reasons for this: GMO seeds are transgenic (meaning a gene has been removed from one organism and inserted into another in a lab) and heirloom seeds are not transgenic, GMO seeds are patented and saving them from year to year is a violation of that patent whereas heirloom seeds can be saved for planting the following year, heirloom seeds have been grown for decades, often longer and GMO seeds were introduced fairly recently (1996 was the first commercially planted GMO crop).
What are the laws on growing genetically engeneered food?
In the United States, genetically modified foods have been declared to be "substantially equivalent" to non-GMO foods, so there are no differences in how they are grown. There are recommendations for GMO farmers to plant barriers of non-GMO crops to cut down on cross pollination of their crops with non-GMO crops, but these are just recommendations and are not enforced.
Who benefits from genetical modified foods?
Some say science shows that GMO foods have no bad effects on human health. Others say the effects they have on human health have not been determined, and that there is reason to believe they have detrimental effects to health. The truth is that the effects that GMO foods have on health, good or bad, are probably not known.
What kind of vitamins do GMO foods have?
GMO foods asummably have the same vitamins as the equivalent non-GMO foods.
How can Gm food last longer?
The vast majority of GMOs are developed to be resistant to herbicides or to produce a substance in the plant itself that kills insects when eaten. GMO foods, as far as is known, last no longer than non GMO foods.
