Life as We Made It by Beth Shapiro asks: is “natural” always best?

> These two extra genes expressed a protein in pig saliva that breaks down phosphorus – a nutrient farmers add to pig feed, but which becomes a pollutant when excreted. The project, which could have eradicated phosphorus pollution, was halted by regulatory and funding issues.

... A simpler solution would be to not add the phosphorus, no? The biggest problem with GMOs is that they're aimed at making organisms fit into supply chains better and avoid compatibility issues when there are less profitable solutions

A lot of my comfort with the old way of growing crops comes from the time it took to grow the crop, and see it change slowly over time. The other part of it was that these new human prompted crops were open for people to use, and once you got the grain from the farmer, nothing stops you from planting it yourself.

Also, when we discuss food scarcity, why do we insist that technology will save us? It wont, the food scarcity problem is an socio-architectural and political problem more than a technological problem.