What is biotechnology? Simply put, biotechnology takes the DNA
from one organism and transfers it into another. For as long as
humans have been raising crops, we have cross-bred plants in
order to improve them. We've done this by taking the pollen from
one plant and physically transferring the genes in the pollen to
another plant in order to make offspring that produce more seed
or that can fight off diseases and pests, for example. However,
pollen contains many genes, some good and some bad. So, late in
the last century, we identified a way to accomplish gene
transfer in the lab. This made it possible to add only the good
genes, or fix bad ones already in the plant, in order to improve
its usefulness to farmers and mankind. Is it safe? Yes. To
ensure they are safe, the U.S. government has established a
rigorous approval process for biotech products that includes the
Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection
Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Moreover, ever
since the first biotech