Authored by: Sophie Elijovich Art by: Grace Liu Some packaged foods in supermarkets proudly flaunt labels which declare their contents to be “Non-GMO Project Verified”. But what does it mean for a food to be GMO? Are non-GMO foods really so superior? Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), are plants, animals or other living things whose DNA has been edited through genetic engineering [1]. In this process, scientists take the gene for a desired trait from one organism and insert it into a...