date:May 17, 2017
ease that caused the mid-19th century Irish Potato Famine and which remains a problem today.
But genetically modified crops have been controversial in the past. Critics of the process say that wont be any different for the Simplot potatoes, the second generation to be sold under the brand name Innate, although company officials say otherwise.
Sharie Fitzpatrick, a senior biotech regulatory manager at Simplot:
Once people understand that its [potato-to-potato], they soften.
It doesnt hit the