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They are foods that have been 'genetically modified' (taking some genetic information from another source and inserting it into the plant you wish to grow) to give the plant beneficial properties - e.g disease resistance (preventing starvation in third world countries), additional vitamins (important in countries which rely upon one grain as their primary foodsource), increasing drought tolerance or growth rate. I think, so far GM foods are not currently allowed into the human foodchain directly - however I believe cattle and animals for human consumption can be fed GM feeds.

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