On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 6:05:27 AM UTC-5, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-12-17, jmcquown > wrote:
>
> > I don't recall anyone complaining their vegetables weren't organic
> > 35 years ago.
>
> I also do not recall GMO crops, back then. I do find it curious that
> the first GMO'd crop was tobacco. Co-inkydink? I think not. 8|
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneti...ganism#History
>
> nb

Of course it wasn't a coincidence.

1. Tobacco isn't a food crop, so they don't have to jump through so many hoops
2. The first GMO tobacco sold only in China
3. The first GMO crop sold in the U.S. was a tomato

Did you even read the Wikipedia article?

Cindy Hamilton