Does CRISPR make our food unnatural?

If more and more gene-edited foods become common on our plates, is that a sign of a promising or worrying food future?  With Dr. Lauren Crossland-Marr, food anthropologist and host of the podcast A CRISPR Bite, we unpack whether it’s fair to call CRISPR a natural way of "speeding up the breeding" process, whether technological innovations such as gene editing are addressing root causes of food systems challenges, and if there’s space for middle ground on such a polarizing issue.

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Guests

Lauren Crossland-Marr, Assistant Professor at the University of La Verne

Resources

First Fruit by Belinda MartineauChanna Prakash on GMs, Golden Rice and the Green Revolution

Episode edited and produced by Matthew Kessler. Music by Blue dot sessions.