http://www.fastcompany.com/member_recent_content/149236 Member recent activity block for member profile page en http://www.fastcompany.com/comment/comment-node-ant-3611 <p>Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, one should run as fast as one can in the other direction when a do-gooder approacheth. Free WiFi has no more virtue than free gas.</p> Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:33:48 -0500 Derek Hoyt 1115840 at http://www.fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/comment/comment-node-ant-3610 <p>A very sound article.</p> <p>Genetically modified food has been around for much longer than is realized by laymen. People have been crossbreeding plants and animals for ages. The great Gregor Mendel's tinkering around with pea plants, to eventually produce new varieties of pea plants (as well as the theory of heredity) can be called experiments to produce GM food.</p> <p>An interesting (and large) book for those who wish to know more about the origins and development of GM food is,<br /> "Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Food" by Fedoroff and Brown.</p> Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:40:37 -0500 Derek Hoyt 1115828 at http://www.fastcompany.com