http://singularityhub.com/2010/04/0...iropig-waiting-for-approval-in-us-and-canada/
The skinny: Some Canadians have been genetically modifying pigs to make them, to quote...
They're on their eight generation of enviropigs and they're apparently doing pretty well.
Of course, there are the ominous downsides, such as having a smaller gene-pool results in an easier spread of infections. And there is the argument that the fact that we NEED these pigs at all is indication that our agricultural system needs some rejiggering.
I'm of the belief that we should feed as many people as healthily as possible as cheap as possible. So, I'm in the 'better methodology' and 'better tools' and 'better genetics' camp.
Anywho, still a neat story!
The skinny: Some Canadians have been genetically modifying pigs to make them, to quote...
They're on their eight generation of enviropigs and they're apparently doing pretty well.
Of course, there are the ominous downsides, such as having a smaller gene-pool results in an easier spread of infections. And there is the argument that the fact that we NEED these pigs at all is indication that our agricultural system needs some rejiggering.
I'm of the belief that we should feed as many people as healthily as possible as cheap as possible. So, I'm in the 'better methodology' and 'better tools' and 'better genetics' camp.
Anywho, still a neat story!
