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b"You are what you eat. But what does that mean if your food is genetically engineered? And the chances are good that it has been engineered if you munch down on corn or soybean. The prospect of eating GM food makes some folks afraid, but is their fear warranted?\\nDiscover what experts say about the safety of genetically engineered foods \\u2026 whether the technology delivers on the promised increase in yield \\u2026 and the argument for and against labeling.\\nAlso, why some say the issue is not food safety, but the unethical business practices of multinationals. A filmmaker reports from the fields of India.\\nPlus, GM crops off this planet: the role of synthetic biology in terraforming Mars.\\nIt\\u2019s Skeptic Check \\u2026 but don\\u2019t take our word for it.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nPamela Ronald - Professor in the department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis, co-author of Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food\\n\\n\\n\\nRonald Lindsay - President and Chief Executive Officer and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Inquiry, and author of Future Bioethics: Overcoming Taboos, Myths, and Dogmas\\n\\n\\n\\nMicha Peled - Founder, Teddy Bear Films, and the filmmaker for \\u201cBitter Seeds\\u201d\\n\\n\\nDoug Gurian-Sherman - Plant pathologist, senior scientist, Food and Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists\\n\\n\\nJohn Cumbers - Synthetic biologist, working in Northern California\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"