they also make fiber out of bamboo...very soft like silk..
and the corn that is genetically modified has turned up in
everything from tortillas to...well, you name it.

Some Aftican countries have outlawed the importation into
their country of whole kernal corn with GMO altered, as the
corn could be viable and sprout and grow with the modified
strain. They do allow ground corn meal to be sold there, as
it cannot grow and spread the genes into other varieties of
corn.