Author: Catherine

When is corn not corn? When is a chicken not a chicken? What is a better egg? The answer is when it’s been genetically modified. We have been trying to produce better food forever. Farms modified food when they saved seeds of cream-of-the-crop plants to grow the next season. That's when we turned small bunches of tiny kernels on tall grass years ago into the big ears of corn on the cob we have today. We picked the best animals of the litter to breed "new-and-improved" animals. We grafted the branch of one orange tree to another orange tree to get a different tasting orange. What we do now is we alter the genetic code of the plant or animal. This alteration can be genetic coding is taken out or added to produce a product that is more desirable. For a few decades, food manufacturers began...

• Growing health consciousness among consumers also generates massive demand for nutritious food items. • Other factors supporting market growth include an increase in seed replacement rate and surging adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops. • The market growth might be hindered by fluctuating climatic conditions and regulations governing the cultivation of GM crops. Surging demand for healthy food items along with the adoption of modern agricultural practices are key factors driving the growth of the fruits and vegetables seeds market. Other factors supporting the growth of the market include an increase in seed replacement rate and surging adoption of genetically modified crops. Surging demand for healthy food items along with the adoption of modern agricultural practices a...