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The Language of Food Biotechnology

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Surveys indicate that choice of words can affect the success with which biotechnology information is communicated to the general public.

Words that may convey positive images of biotechnology

agricultural biotechnology 
ancestors 
beauty 
better 
biology 
bounty 
care 
characteristics 
children 
choices 
color 
committed 
companies 
concern 
crops 
customers 
dirt 
discover 
diversity 
Earth 
enhanced 
experience 
explore 
farmer 
field 
find 
flowers 
food biotechnology 
fruits 
future generations 
gardener 
grandparents 
ground 
grower 
hard work 
heritage 
history 
hybrids 
improved 
information 
inspired 
learn 
long-term 
mankind 
natural 
needs 
nurture 
nutrition 
open 
opportunity 
organic 
parents 
partners 
pioneer 
plant breeding
planter 
purity 
quality 
safety 
seeds 
share 
soil 
study 
taste 
tradition 
trait 
try 
us 
variety 
vegetables 
vision 
we 
wholesome 

Words that may convey negative images of biotechnology

alter 
ambitious 
anxious 
any jargon 
breakthrough 
change 
chemical 
create 
desires 
DNA 
economic 
engineered 
expense 
experiments 
exploit 
explosion 
faster 
genes 
genetically altered
genetically engineered 
genetically modified organisms 
GMO 
industry 
investment 
laboratory 
machines 
manipulate 
marvel 
modified 
money 
organism 
patent 
perfection 
pesticides 
profit 
quicker 
radiation 
revolutionize 
rush 
scientists 
shelf-life
shortcut 
short-term 
splice 
technology 
transgenic 
you 
we know