But in health care and medicine, biotechnology is on the fast track. The president of one bio-pharmaceutical company says it likely will lead to cures for many diseases and physical disabilities that until now have baffled science. When it comes to medicine, news headlines on biotechnology are mostly positive. When it comes to agriculture, though, the headlines are often about eliminating biotech products from our food supply. It doesn't seem to make sense.
Biotechnology can help grow crops resistant to plant disease and harmful insects.
It can make food more nutritious and healthful. It can produce medicines, vaccines and even human organs in farm animals and plants. Perhaps most important of all, biotechnology can help eliminate world hunger and malnutrition. Truelsen is the director of broadcast services for American Farm Bureau Federation. Inc. All Rights Reserved.