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By Sara Wyant
Most Americans have never experienced a famine or even chronic food shortages. We've grown
accustomed to finding at least some types of food almost everywhere we look – the grocery, the gas
station, the food truck, the corner store and of course, online.
So, when scientists talk about the need to improve productivity on the farm or create new plants and
animals which can resist diseases that could potentially eliminate an entire crop or species, the words
often fall on deaf ears to the consuming U.S. public. Why worry?
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