Chipotle goes GMO free - others to follow?

HFNY said:

Hasn't mankind engaged in a form of genetically modified organisms / seeds for hundreds of years (if not thousands)?

Not in the same way that the GMO process works. What mankind has done includes things like selective breading, and encouraging pollen from one plant to pollinate the flowers from another closely related plant, and over time encouraging the best of the results to breed again. Both of these have been occurring for thousands of years, and fit within what nature itself does. It has produced new breeds of dogs, cows, strains of corn, flowers, etc, etc, etc.

GMO, is the process of chemically extracting genes from an organism, modifying them in a lab with various organic and inorganic compounds, and then inserting them into another organism, sometimes not related in any way to the original organism. What is produced, in many cases, would never have been produced in nature.

To me, a good analogy to the dislike of GMO is similar to people that dislike polyester fabric in favor of natural fabrics like cotton, silk, or wool.

in conclusion, if you want to eat polyester, feel free, but many of us don't want to. Thank you.