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Environmental and Consumer benefits of genetically modifying crops. Genetically modifying crops involves isolating a single "desired" gene out of many thousands in the plants DNA (a plant cell can have up to 50,000 genes in it), extracting this gene and in its place inserting a gene from another organism that carries the trait or characteristic wanted for the crop to carry. Every gene gives the plant a certain characteristic and by changing these genes, scientists are able to change things in the plant. Combining genes from different organisms is known as recombinant DNA technology, and the resulting organism is said to be "genetically modified," "genetically engineered," or "transgenic." Locating the desired genes for important traits such as insect resistance or growth hormone is one of the most limiting steps in the process. There are many debates about genetically modified crops. Although these crops could be the key to starvation in...

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