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Biology Fortified, Inc.
www.biofortified.org
Legacy Crops and Traits
Michael Pollan’s Prediction
“In the late 1990s, the companies told me about this second generation of products that was going to provide superior nutrition. Where are they?
We still have the same crops that were rolled out in 1996”
“I don’t think in ten years we’ll be talking about GMOs. I can easily see the industry withering away.”
- Interview in Sierra Magazine, September 30, 2004
- Renewed in 2012 on Reddit
The Next Wave of GMOs
• More Crops and Different Traits • Improve Food Security • Improve Nutrition • Prevent and Treat Diseases • Conserve and Restore the Environment The Research is Worldwide and includes Humanitarian Projects
Maize that Resists Drought
Infested fruit and shoot of non-Bt Uttara Non-infested fruit of Bt Uttara
Bt Brinjal
Virus-resistant black beans
Late Blight Resistant Potatoes
Edible Cottonseed
Nitrogen-Efficient Crops use less Fertilizer
Bananas that Resist Bacterial Wilt
Dr. Pamela Ronald, UC Davis
Saving the Florida Orange A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA
- Amy Harmon New York Times
Saving the Florida Orange
Preventing Allergies
Plant-Based Vaccines
Charles Arntzen, Ph.D. Arizona State University
Plant-based Medicines
Soybeans that make Omega-3s
Faster-growing Salmon
Restoring the American Chestnut?
Restoring the American Chestnut?
Restoring the American Chestnut?
Visit Chestnut Project Small Stem Assay Time Lapse on YouTube
High-Linoleic Vegetable Oil
Purple Tomatoes Last Longer and Taste Better
Non-browning Apples Stay Fresher
Non-Browning Potatoes That Fry Better
Wheat with lower Glycemic Index
Calcium Biofortification
Vitamin A Deficiency • 250,000-500,000 children go
blind each year
• Half of them die within 12 months of losing their sight
• 1.9-2.7 million deaths per year may be due to VAD
• Impoverished families cannot afford vitamin A-rich food sources
• Supplementation is expensive and limited in effectiveness
Golden Rice • Inserted two genes for
enzymes that produce β-carotene
• 100-150 grams of cooked rice per day can satisfy 60% of Vitamin A needs for children.
• Being bred into local rice varieties
Guangwen Tang et al. β-Carotene in Golden Rice is as good as b-carotene in oil at providing vitamin A to children. Am J Clin Nutr 2012;96:658–64
Golden Rice
Can be grown, saved, replanted, ad infinitum.
But it is not yet released.
Super Cassava
Golden Bananas
Prof. James Dale Queensland UT, AU
Golden Rice Field Trial Vandalized in 2013
Ethics of genetic engineering
1.4 Million Life Years lost in India since 2002
These Plants are about People
Find out More www.biofortified.org www.academicsreview.org www.ucbiotech.org www.geneticliteracyproject.org National Academy of Sciences Center for Science in the Public Interest Union of Concerned Scientists [email protected] @kjhvm @franknfoode
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