The anti-biotech edict is contained in contracts Frito-Lay is currently sending to hundreds of its farmers.
Last year, the company bought 1.2 billion pounds of corn, a tiny fraction of the U.S. crop, for products such as Doritos, Fritos and Tostitos chips.
Scientists create biotech crops by splicing the genes of plants and inserting genetic material from other organisms to make the original bigger, hardier or tastier.
Description: Beautifully engraved RARE SPECIMEN certificate from the Frito - Lay, Inc. This historic document was printed by the Security-Columbian Banknote Company in 1961 and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an allegorical woman holding the company logo with a farming scene in the background.
His name was Herman W. Lay, and he used his 1929 Model A as a delivery truck to distribute potato chips made by an Atlanta, Georgia firm.
Lay was establishing the foundation for his organization in Nashville, Tennessee.