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the new-food fight: Displaying Our Gut-Level Fear of the Unfamiliar
Euro-sophisticates sneer that the only culture in America is agriculture. Now it’s clear they don’t even like the latest fruits (and vegetables) of our agribusiness know-how. An eight-country survey for The Economist by Toronto-based Angus Reid Group documents a deep hostility in Europe to genetically modified (a.k.a. “gm”) foods–which, to date, are mainly produced in the U.S. In Germany, for instance, 82 percent of those who are aware of the phenomenon said they’d be less likely to buy a food if they knew it contained gm ingredients.

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