How are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) made? Are they safe to eat? Molly heads to the Van Eck Lab at the Boyce Thompson Institute to find out!

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If you’d like to know more about GMOs, here is some great further reading/watching/listening!
(Many thanks to the wonderful humans of science twitter for contributing to this list!!)

Online resources (government reports, university science communication initiatives, science literacy advocacy groups, etc):

Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects, report in brief
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
https://www.nap.edu/resource/23395/GE...

US Food & Drug Administration “Q&A on foods from genetically engineered plants”
https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredientsp...

GMOs and Our Food
Science in the News, Harvard University
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/signal-to...

Embracing GMO Science
Cornell University Alliance for Science
http://allianceforscience.cornell.edu...

GMO FAQ (how it works, safety, labeling, environmental impacts)
Genetic Literacy Project
https://gmo.geneticliteracyproject.org/

Making Sense of GM
Sense About Science
http://senseaboutscience.org/wp-conte...

Primary Literature:

List of published research articles (primary literature) on GMO technology & safety
Biology Fortified
https://www.biofortified.org/genera/s...

Audiovisual:

Plant Transformation
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
https://vimeo.com/82024247

Food Evolution Movie
https://www.foodevolutionmovie.com/

License to Farm Documentary
http://licensetofarm.com/

Talking Biotech Podcast
Kevin Folta
http://www.talkingbiotechpodcast.com/

Books:

Mendel in the Kitchen: A scientist’s view of genetically modified foods
Nancy Marie Brown
https://www.amazon.com/Mendel-Kitchen...

Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
Pamela C. Ronald
https://www.amazon.com/Tomorrows-Tabl...

This list of resources not enough? Here are some excellent additional lists of resources!

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http://parrottlab.uga.edu/parrottlab/...