> Over the next 25 years, the development, and successful use of genetic engineering in the production of agricultural crops, will play a vital role in the supp

> Over the next 25 years, the development, and successful use of genetic engineering in the production of agricultural crops, will play a vital role in the support of human flourishing and save and enrich the lives of millions. This will, however, only be possible if we support the research, development, and use of GE technologies in a rational manner. seeing the side-by-side comparisons of how much wheat has increased in yield from radiation-gardening made me realize that all we're really doing is speeding evolution / domestication using technology, and this was over 50 years ago! https://youtu.be/LPZqVSu_fu4?t=549 https://youtu.be/LPZqVSu_fu4?t=549 the most democratizing step would probably be distributing CRISPR kits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR_gene_editing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR_gene_editing) to farmers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening was close but I guess we can't have errant atoms running amok ("The Atomic Gardening Society utilized an early form of crowd-sourcing, in which members received irradiated seeds, planted them in their gardens, and sent reports back to Howorth detailing the results.")