The Invention of Genetically Modified Foods
- Flavr Savr was the first approved commercially grown genetically engineared food
- Sold by a California based company called Calgene
- Extra gene added to slow ripening and prevent rotting and softening
- Flavr Savr failed due to lack of flavor and strength taken off shelves by 1997
- Made way for other GM foods (soybeans, canola, corn, cotton, potatoes, rice, nuts, fruits, and even animals like poultry and fish)
- Frankenfoods
- Health concerns
- The start of the Anti-GMO movement
- GM foods today diagram