Hi Mamabird, very timely question about cloned food. Frankly, I don’t think anyone truly knows where that can lead, despite the FDA’s recent stance allowing cloned foods. But I do think Michael Pollan, author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” and the new book “In Defense of Food,” raised a good point on the Well blog in today’s New York Times. He said, “I think the bigger concern with cloned animals is not personal health. It’s what will it take to keep a herd of genetically identical chickens, horses or pigs alive? Sex and variation is what keeps us from getting wiped out by microbes. If everything is genetically identical, one disease can come along and wipe out the entire group. You will need so many antibiotics and so much sanitation to keep a herd of these creatures going. The bigger concern should be antibiotic resistance.” Regarding GMO, similar issues about uncertainty. Polite company can disagree. I think the biggest issue is that for parents of small children, anything new and potentially unproven can be very scary. There’s so much out there that we can’t control when it comes to our kids, we like to think that at least we can exert some control over their nutrition in their formative years. — Lynn