Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists’ toolbox has grown: first with “traditional” tools (like cross-breeding, selective breeding, and mutation breeding) and later with modern tools (like genetic engineering and genome editing, which are faster and more precise). Today, more than 90 percent of U.S. corn, cotton, and soybeans are produced using genetically engineered varieties (often referred to as genetically modified organisms, or “GMOs”).

Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists’ toolbox has grown: first with “traditional” tools (like cross-breeding, selective breeding, and mutation breeding) and later with modern tools (like genetic engineering and genome editing, which are faster and more precise). Today, more than 90 percent of U.S. corn, cotton, and soybeans are produced using genetically engineered varieties (often referred to as genetically modified organisms, or “GMOs”).

Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists’ toolbox has grown: first with “traditional” tools (like cross-breeding, selective breeding, and mutation breeding) and later with modern tools (like genetic engineering and genome editing, which are faster and more precise). Today, more than 90 percent of U.S. corn, cotton, and soybeans are produced using genetically engineered varieties (often referred to as genetically modified organisms, or “GMOs”).

Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists’ toolbox has grown: first with “traditional” tools (like cross-breeding, selective breeding, and mutation breeding) and later with modern tools (like genetic engineering and genome editing, which are faster and more precise). Today, more than 90 percent of U.S. corn, cotton, and soybeans are produced using genetically engineered varieties (often referred to as genetically modified organisms, or “GMOs”).

How do we prepare 21st-century kids for challenges and jobs that we currently cannot even describe? The Best STEM Books can help by celebrating convergent and divergent thinking, analysis and creativity, persistence, and the sheer joy of figuring things out.

How do we prepare 21st-century kids for challenges and jobs that we currently cannot even describe? The Best STEM Books can help by celebrating convergent and divergent thinking, analysis and creativity, persistence, and the sheer joy of figuring things out.

How do we prepare 21st-century kids for challenges and jobs that we currently cannot even describe? The Best STEM Books can help by celebrating convergent and divergent thinking, analysis and creativity, persistence, and the sheer joy of figuring things out.

How do we prepare 21st-century kids for challenges and jobs that we currently cannot even describe? The Best STEM Books can help by celebrating convergent and divergent thinking, analysis and creativity, persistence, and the sheer joy of figuring things out.