Second, food is special. We eat to sustain life and health. Each week seems to bring a new study on the relationship between diet and health. We're an aging population, obsessed with defying the physical and mental limitations of aging and hopeful that good nutrition will help. Third, there are some data that suggest our squeamishness about GE foods is rooted in very basic instincts.
Food is more than fuel for the body.
It is sustenance for the soul. Food is inextricably linked to our social rituals, our family ties and, perhaps, our sense of self. In 1996 the Agriculture Council of America, commissioned an intensive study to explore our emotional attachments to food. The study found that food is integrally tied to nurturance, bonding and love. It revealed that food safety is an enormously important, but slightly concealed, concern.