Broccoli IS NOT, I repeat, IS NOT considered a genetically modified organism (GMO). If you want to sound even smarter than you already are, refer to broccoli as the product of selective breeding. In short, by controlling the environment, and taking buds from the wild cabbage, broccoli can be forced to reproduce.

Is broccoli natural or genetically modified?

Broccoli, for example, is not a naturally occurring plant. It's been bred from undomesticated Brassica oleracea or 'wild cabbage'; domesticated varieties of B. ... However, these aren't the plants that people typically think of when they think of GMOs.

Is broccoli A man made vegetable?

Broccoli is a human invention. It was bred out of the wild cabbage plant, Brassica oleracea . It was cultivated to have a specific taste and flavor that was more palatable to people. ... In future generations, there were further opportunities to get plants with larger, tastier buds.