They added BT-toxin to potatoes years ago. I think major buyers didn’t like it, organic growers were worried insects growing resistant to it (they spray it).

They added BT-toxin to potatoes years ago. I think major buyers didn’t like it, organic growers were worried insects growing resistant to it (they spray it). But compared to the really toxic chemicals used in “regular” farming it seems like a win. A little old but pretty interesting piece on gmo crops, different farming techniques: one question the piece brings up, which is who is who if anyone is regulating these things for safety. 20 years later I don’t know if things have changed. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/25/magazine/playing-god-in-the-garden.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/25/magazine/playing-god-in-t... The article also compares growing gmos to software licenses: “The guide put me in mind not so much of planting potatoes as booting up a new software release. By ''opening and using this product,'' the card stated, I was now ''licensed'' to grow these potatoes, but only for a single generation; the crop I would water and tend and harvest was mine, yet also not mine.”