<story><title>FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef</title><url>https://modernfarmer.com/2022/03/fda-crispr-cows-for-beef/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>epgui</author><text>I’m a biochemist, and I’d feed GMOs to my kids all day if I had any. Or to my mom. They’re totally fine.</text></item><item><author>ksec</author><text>From the 12+ Years on HN I know this is an unpopular opinion.&lt;p&gt;I dont like GMO &amp;#x2F; Genome-edited cattle &amp;#x2F; food or crops. Even if it could theoretically occur through a natural breeding process. You can cross breed all you want. GMO is not cross breed as many on HN somehow believes last time we had this discussions. You can do Data Science and other controlled environment in providing better yield as in EUR ( Or specifically the Dutch ). And we may soon have Cattle labeled as GMO &amp;#x2F; Genome-Edit Free as selling point, as US likes to do with Antibiotic Free and Growth Hormones free labels. Part of the reason why EU has never been keen on US Beef import.&lt;p&gt;To add some other context, US Beef export rank third in export volume and first or second in export revenue.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>strainer</author><text>Everything is totally fine until it bites hard enough to beat the marketing and legal campaigns run to promote and protect it. &amp;quot;Totally fine&amp;quot; is simply the orthodox professional position towards new potentially lucrative practices. Because it is a burden on the career opportunities to those who think otherwise.&lt;p&gt;Putting cattle remains in cattle feed was fine until CJD was discovered, mass producing CFCs was fine until the chemisty of the ozone damage was understood. More chemists assured leaded petrol was fine and the few who complained were attacked... this list is huge. Its totally fine to mass produce plastics still. So to assure the generally well informed about the safety and wisdom of a technological proposition - you would need to be able to carry more detail than just adding &amp;#x27;I am a related professional - this is fine&amp;#x27;</text></comment>
<story><title>FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef</title><url>https://modernfarmer.com/2022/03/fda-crispr-cows-for-beef/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>epgui</author><text>I’m a biochemist, and I’d feed GMOs to my kids all day if I had any. Or to my mom. They’re totally fine.</text></item><item><author>ksec</author><text>From the 12+ Years on HN I know this is an unpopular opinion.&lt;p&gt;I dont like GMO &amp;#x2F; Genome-edited cattle &amp;#x2F; food or crops. Even if it could theoretically occur through a natural breeding process. You can cross breed all you want. GMO is not cross breed as many on HN somehow believes last time we had this discussions. You can do Data Science and other controlled environment in providing better yield as in EUR ( Or specifically the Dutch ). And we may soon have Cattle labeled as GMO &amp;#x2F; Genome-Edit Free as selling point, as US likes to do with Antibiotic Free and Growth Hormones free labels. Part of the reason why EU has never been keen on US Beef import.&lt;p&gt;To add some other context, US Beef export rank third in export volume and first or second in export revenue.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>codingdave</author><text>The problem with GMOs isn&amp;#x27;t the GMO itself - it is the practices that surround them. Patents, pesticides, and the resulting monoculture in large agricultural operations.</text></comment>