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After 8 years in the works, a Minneapolis-based company has shipped its first harvest of bright red corn to northern California markets. Wait a minute. Red corn?
It's the most recent example of chameleon crops bred through traditional means--not by genetic engineering to make vegetables and fruits more nutritious. Also on the way are purple broccoli, yellow carrots, red-leafed spinach and orange cauliflower.
Tests are expected to verify that the new red corn has highly elevated levels of the naturally occurring antioxidant anthocyanin. That's the source of the red in ...