Does eating GM food bother you?

[gloomyDAY]

I wouldn't buy anything from General Motors.

[J4MIE]

Not bothered by it really, if it tastes good then I'll eat it. Wouldn't put me off buying anything.

[Mark in Oshawa]

What exactly is considered Genetically Modified food? Is it wheat grown from seed that is a hybrid of some sort? Show me corn or wheat that hasn't had some cross breeding and changes made to it. It is a necessity to grow both in colder climates such as Canada. Without this sort of crossing, the world's food supply would be less.

Now I know the GM stuff that is really making people nervous is that next step of GM with stuff like Tomatos, Soya, etc. That said, it is no more different than what Peter Fife did in the 1850's in Ontario with his creation of Red Fife Wheat. The lab is a lot more precise, but the process is still the same. We are tricking nature and pushing evolution faster. I feel a lot more comfortable with this, than spraying some of the pesticides and fertilizers wildly all over the place.

Most people who get bent out of shape on GM food have that luxury of being picky. Most of the world doesn't

[schmenke]

...If so where do you draw the line on that? If you want to be technical about it, our caveman forefathers did that when they cross bred different grasses to give us corn, wheat, etc.

No. Tinkering with DNA to produce more robust crops is a relatively new phenomenon.

Doesn't bother me in the least bit. Besides, It won't be very long before feeding the word's population won't be possible without endeavors like genetic modification

[donKey jote]

The only thing on a label that has affected my choice in the past has been the country of origin.
Whether it's GM-food or not wouldn't bother me in the slightest

[tmx]

At first I thought you meant food produced from General Motor.

[Easy Drifter]

The most popular corn on the cob is 'Peaches and Cream' or a variant called Bi-Colour. It is very much a hybrid and sells because of marketing.
I personally dislike it. I much prefer the older sweet corns but all are hybrids.
For early corn I get 'Maple Sweet' and now 'Incredible' both of which have been around for years. I have to drive 35 k to get them at one farm as all other local stuff is the 'Peaches and Cream' variety.
Look at tomatoes and the dozens of varieties. All modified.

[gloomyDAY]

GM foods offer no variation.

So, can't wait for tons of food to be discarded due to one single disease.

[anthonyvop]

If your corn is yellow and tender it is genetically modified.
If your Tomatoes are red and juicy it is genetically modified.
Chickens, Pork Beef....all genetically modified.

I can go on and on but to put it simply...man has been gentically modifying food since the first man switched from hunter to agrarian.

[Tomi]

The only thing on a label that has affected my choice in the past has been the country of origin.
Whether it's GM-food or not wouldn't bother me in the slightest

Same here the origin is most important to me as well.