11.   Genetically engineered golden rice, developed by two European scientists to combat vitamin A deficiency, may be the test case for all other futuristic foods.

12.   Golden rice is a dream come true for Potrykus, and he is noticeably relaxed and at ease among the plants in his greenhouse.

13.   Golden rice may be free.

14.   Golden rice would be distributed for free.

15.   Golden rice is an industry come-on, Kimbrell argues.

16.   Greenovation licensed golden rice from Potrykus and Dr. Peter Beyer of the University of Freiburg in Germany, who collaborated on the invention.

17.   Now, IRRI scientists are trying to breed golden rice with more popular varieties, a process that could take up to three years.

18.   Now no governmental authority wants to even bring up the topic of expanding open-air field tests, such as those that will be needed for golden rice.

19.   Potrykus said golden rice had received a lot of attention, but he considers boosting iron in rice to be even more important.

20.   Scientists at IRRI have not been able to get any other country to join them in growing experimental strains of golden rice.