In a word: No. "Genetically-engineered health food" is an oxymoron.

Genetic engineering is such a broad and vague term, cross pollination would fit into this category. Would you eat peas that were cross pollinated? There needs to be a public education about genetic engineering what the tools are and how they work. Until then there will be a public outcry out of ignorance.

Would I eat a tomato that has been genetically modified to have a longer shelf life? No because it tastes bad.

Genetically engineered ANYTHING in and of itself is not bad.

It can be bad, it can also be good and beneficial to humanity and society. Almost every single kind of fruit and vegetable that we eat today (organic or not) has been "genetically engineered" over the years through selective breeding to create entirely different foods than the ones hundres of years ago.

Read about bananas sometime. There's a really weird story!

So pointing out something that's genetically engineered as just plain bad is bad and irresponsible reporting.

Genetic engineering with no oversight is bad, in my opinion, but genetic engineering with the proper oversight could be a great thing!

Comments like "'Genetically-engineered health food' is an oxymoron" are just plain ignorant.

What we should be talking about is what kind of oversight is involved in these fruits to keep them safe?

Because I for one like the idea of better health food through selective breeding and genetic engineering.

I'm pro-Treehugger, pro-green living, pro-green energy, and absolutely PRO-GMOs. Blanket statements against GMOs do nothing but spread ignorance and fear tactics, and have become incredibly damaging to society. Remain is right, we're in desperate need of public education about genetic engineering. Absolutely GMOs can be dangerous, but all this means is that they must be highly regulated and tested, not released by the whim of giant, greedy companies like Monsanto.

Imagine a high-yield crop that can grow in high-salinity or arid soil environments, or a fruit that contains vaccines for malaria, H. influenza, or polio, or just daily vitamins? People in the US tend to blow this off since we have a grocery store or physician's office around every corner, but these kinds of advances could literally save the lives of millions in developing nations. Does anyone believe organic crops can save millions? No one I've ever talked to.

Exhibit A --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptBRX8XSfsY

So would I eat one of these designer plums? If I had the opportunity, learned more about them for myself and decided they offered just what they said, absolutely.

my concern about GMO porduce has more to do with poor farmers having to pay and pay for patented terminator seeds combined with having to pay for matching patented pesticides. This goes totally against thousands of years of open agricultural practice.

Open-source GMO with semi-organic permaculture sounds a like a good way to go. IMO of course.

"I'm pro-Treehugger, pro-green living, pro-green energy, and absolutely PRO-GMOs."

Sorry, but GM crops are completely antithetical to sustainable farming systems. that's (partly) why they're banned in organic food. Ultimately, they are inherently risky and we don't need them one bit.

"Imagine a high-yield crop that can grow in high-salinity or arid soil environments, or a fruit that contains vaccines for malaria, H. influenza, or polio, or just daily vitamins?"

Mmmmmm, just imagine... a nice idea - but that's all GM is. A seductive idea dreamed up by the biotech lobby. All of their claims (e.g higher yields) are speculative and many GM crops have failed spectacularly, both on farms and in the marketplace. e.g. GM cotton in china failed to reduce pesticide use, contamination of non-GM crops in N America has lost 100's of million dollars of export trade.

The prevalence of GM contamination in pretty much every country that grows GM shows that they CANNOT coexist with non-GM crops, including organic. And it's the latter that the world needs more of (e.g. more drought-resistant, increases yields in developing countries WITHOUT expensive imported inputs).

There is this video of a 2 nosed cow. SO GROSS! I don't see how anyone eats meat when this is going on with our agriculture. With all this genetic modification,even the tomatoes seem scary to me but when it's a sentient being it's unacceptable. Check it out: http://thenewsroom.com/details/293754/Life+and+Leisure

I,ve done a little reserch as Im sure most of have and at this point see no value in GMO's. We are not talking about cross pollination. If you look at the entire picture with the over all health of our nation and all there within, all I see an increase in is corperate whealth. If I only see things from a stand point of a quarterly profit and loss statement, I have lost the whole point of the exersise. A company will have to turn a profit for growth and expansion of course but what is the true purpose? Is there a value for humanity as a whole. Is the companys produceing these GMO's looking to better our world or is there bottom line profits. When looking at these issues I feel it is of the utmost importance to look closely at the primary purpose behind any company. I would suggest that we as human being, not let the food industry become like the oil industry. Fortunatly we still have a choice of what food we buy. Let it be a wise choice