Space vegetables

Yes, space vegetables. China is in the news for their efforts to create improved varieties of vegetables by exposing them to radiation and zero gravity.
From the AP:

China's space program claims to have produced numerous mutated fruits and vegetables by exposing seeds to space radiation, capsule pressure and weightlessness. Chinese agricultural experts say plants grown from such seeds can be hardier, more nutritious and produce higher yields, although many scientists say similar effects could be achieved in ordinary laboratories.

Here is a story about a Chinese space shot last fall specifically designed for fruits and vegetables.

TK: Chinese plant breeders seem to take pleasure that space breeding, unlike some biotechnology processes, introduces no new genes to the plants. That, my friends, is an expensive way to quell any fear of biotechnology.