Let people eat what they can afford, if they can afford it. Genes in nature get mixed and matched constantly. One of the things we're learning from genomics is how much a crapshoot life is. Why, our immune systems keep us alive because every day we're rolling the dice and creating potentials to recognize something foreign. That's the way life works.
World hunger is a terrible problem.
Many people would agree. But I fear that the U.S. may be intimidated about bioengineering, pressured by the Europeans and our own Greens. This revolution will sink if it loses the support of the public. The limiting factors will be controversies over legal, ethical and financial issues, but an outspoken, charismatic adversary who's spouting off about the end of the world could ruin the whole thing. And there are plenty of adversaries out there, people who want nothing to do with biotechnology.