Is drought-tolerant CRISPR corn GMO?

the next generation of gmo food is here and its technically not a gmo

With GMOs going off patent, anti-science activists and the PR groups running interference for them… are running out of time to use one of the arguments they love most to disguise the fact that they hate science; that corporations control the food supply.

…If it’s not about the science, but instead about having farmers controlled by an evil seed corporation, then it’s all good, right? Their war on science has ended?

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[C]orn may be what puts CRISPR on the map the way it did GMOs. DuPont Pioneer just published a study about corn engineered using CRISPR that is more resistant to drought…

And this corn is not transgenic, which means it’s not a GMO. GMO is, of course, simply a legal definition at this point. It is why countries that ban GMOs still allow mutagenesis – modification of DNA using mutagens like radiation and chemicals – to be considered organic.

Will environmental groups give up their war on science when the science is CRISPR and not a GMO? If you like to to “follow the money”, look at the $1,000,000,000 in annual revenue and you will know the answer.

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Read full, original post: Puzzle: What’s Gene Edited To Be Drought Resistant But Not A GMO? Corn

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