Some are looking at genetically modified food as a possible solution to world hunger. Others foreshadow utter havoc on the balance of our ecosystem. As technology advances and new discoveries are made, the possibilities for genetically modified foods grow proportionately. Here are only some of the numerous possibilities:

~One possibility, according to the author of Superfoods Sally Morgan, is "self fertilizing crops." These crops will include the following characteristics:
-ability to synthesize own fertilizer
-contain a foreign "nitrogen fixing gene" from the bacteria that live in the roots of pea plants
-ability to take and convert nitrogen gas in the air to the kind of nitrogen plants use

~Through genetic engineering, a healthier food supply could be made available to the masses. Foods such as grain could be enriched and offered to people who suffer from nutritional deficiencies because of poverty.

~There may soon be crops that can tell farmers if they are being assailed by pests or diseases.

~The world could become over reliant on certain genetically modified foods, eliminating diversity of plants and crops, and making people extremely vulnerable to losing their food supply if new diseases or climate changes were to strike them.

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