FDA approves genetically-modified apples and potatoes

“Potatoes that won’t bruise and apples that won’t brown are a step closer to grocery store aisles.”

In my opinion, this means that potatoes and apples with less vitality are one step closer. Call me crazy, but part of the nourishment that comes from foods which are or were once alive is that we’re sharing in their life. It’s not “woo woo” but it’s not just chemicals, molecules, vitamins, etc. Foods that don’t decay naturally don’t grant the same benefits of their life to those creatures which eat them.

You can call that “magical thinking” but it’s no less magical than this kind of assertion, which is also wholly unproveable:

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the genetically engineered foods, saying they are “as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts.”

And it’s decidedly less insane of a viewpoint than this:

“We know that in a convenience-driven world, a whole apple is too big of a commitment,” Carter said.

Apples, in my opinion, are one of the most “convenient” food around. I tend to eat two per day, Empire. Never ever in my entire life have I had the though, “Gee, this apple is ‘too big of a commitment.’” It’s a shame that we live in a period of history where people are allowed to make those kinds of statements with a straight-faced and go unchallenged.

Genetically-modified foods must be labelled as such for the consumer.