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I think the problem here is the way in which we have commercialized the food industry. I'm not saying commercializing it is bad, I'm saying that they way in which we have done it is bad. Value added to the Nth degree. How long does an apple last before it goes brown? Can you extend that life with wax, pesticides, or preservatives? Just a penny for a light mist over the apple, and you might make it last another week on the store shelf. Value added. A few years ago in Alberta, a farmer was sued. It wasn't the customer, or the supermarket; but rather the competition. You see, this farmer planted his crop and everything, but then it was tested, and found that one of the GMO companies had the patent on some of the grain in his field. He had never bought any GMO wheat, and so he had no right to use it. He had to pay out big time. The problem is that he NEVER planted a single GMO crop. Birds and the bees... and by that I mean the wind blew seeds in from one of his neighbors, and well, pollination and such happens. We've turned mother nature into a product, perhaps a little too much. The 'value added', the excuse for jacking the price up and employing more people and such, is now in overdrive and is now devaluing the product. Whatever. Thanks for letting me practice the words