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British (General)Transcript
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we often hear anxious sceptics attacking genetically modified crops because it's not a natural way to farm, as if these newer varieties are the product of some Gothic scientists on a windswept castle. Yet natural farming is an oxymoron. Farming is a human made invention, and even the crops we think off as organic are themselves the product of our tinkering. Each time you nibble corn on the cob, you're enjoying the selective, horticultural meddling, often ancient Mexican farmer who died 3500 years ago. Nor was it just crops that defined this new age of food production.