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by giantg2 1484 days ago
I assume it's difficult to grow fresh tomatoes there too. Why should the tomatoes be benefit over the existing supplements?
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Tomatoes are still eaten plenty in places where they cannot even grow, because we are able to ship them. They may not taste as nice as farm-fresh heirloom tomatoes, but clearly people still eat them.

On the other hand, most people do not take Vitamin D supplements, even if they should.

Ok... but why would these people who don't take a supplement today suddenly care enough to pick out fresh tomatoes that are engineered for it? Likely at 10x -100x the cost.
CRISPR doesn't only work with tomatoes.