All That a Beet Can Be

Can't beat 'em!   (Photo by BriannaWalther)

“Be all that you can be” is often said of military recruits.  You hardly ever hear it proclaimed about beets.

Nevertheless, there are some who think that beets could be better.  These same folks are bent on making them so.  How so?  By a process called genetic modification.

Enter the Badger Flame beet, praised for its lack of so-called earthiness.  Never mind that beets owe their very existence to Planet Earth.  That becomes irrelevant in a world where markets rule.

If it were only beets, that might be manageable.  But market fever has spread to pretty much every fruit and vegetable.  Cherries need to ditch those pits.  Kale needs to taste more like lettuce.  And tomatoes need to be thick-skinned so that thin-skinned people will buy them.

Resources

https://news.yahoo.com/farmers-scientists-strive-more-flavour-231432515.html