> >So, rest assured, the veggie you are eating is much
> >higher in nutrients (and maybe some other things)
> than
> >its ancestors.
> it will be more correct to say :< is much higher in
> SOME nutrients , chosen
> for some obscure reasons, like creating tomatoes
> with a high caroten content

Nope, that's not what they're *currently* doing with
most veggies. It's as close to an "accross the board"
nutrient manipulation as they can get. In other words,
the "superior" strains will have 10% (or 5% or 7% or
whatever) more of whatever nutrients it naturally
possessed. That part is pretty easy - basic selective
breeding for highest nutient content. The difference
is now they can use genetic manipulation to "skip"
generations they previously would have had to
grow/breed/grow/breed etc.

What you are referring to is what they consider "next
generation" genetics - manipulating genes to create
something that was not there before. Like high vit C
content in carrots, for instance.

I guess the difference is that in the first example
they are merely making the plant reach its full
potential, whereas in the second they're creating
something that's never existed before (Frankenvine?).
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