My garden lately consists of only a few tomato plants. Last year I purchased a couple of heirloom plants (can't remember the exact variety) and they were delicious. Not as pretty to look at and not as consistent in size (would be harder to factory process and package) as state of the art, engineered tomatoes, but tasty just the same!
I took a few to the weekly breakfast meeting I attend with some old work chums. When they saw the "mis-shapen" and inconsistently sized and colored tomatoes, they went crazy criticizing me for not growing genetically modified tomatoes which would have a more consistent size and appearance.
After giving the tomatoes to the waitress (who seemed to think they were great!), I still had to listen to a lecture on "modern, engineered agriculture." What's with these people? It's my garden, my sometimes hobby. If I want to grow heirloom instead of modern engineered varieties, my business. Still, they persisted accusing me of sabotaging scientific progress. ...