f fa Scence at In Our Lves Food Botechnology: What You Should Know (NAPSA)—Better food and more of t. That s the happy result of botechnology. You may have heard about botech corn that requres less pestcde sprayng, food crops that can survve herbcdes, or plants modfed to survve and grow n drought condtons. But how much do we know about food botechnology? For that matter, how much do we know about the food we eat and how t’s produced? BETTER FOOD AND MORE OFIT s the happyresult of food botechnology. @ For centures, farmers have mxed genes from selected varetes of crops to produce better food more effcently—t’s called breedng. It works, but modern food botechnology makes the process more effcent and creates more tools for mprovng food producton. Improved crops, such as soybean, corn, canola, and papaya, allow farmers to protect land, water, and wldlfe by sprayng less nsectcde, usng herbcdes that are healther for the envronment, or tllng the ground less often. Food botechnology s one of many agrcultural practces that make t possble for farmers to provde us wth a safe and bountful food supply. For more nformaton, vst the Internatonal Food Informaton Councl Foundaton at www.fc.org and search “botechnology.”
