Greenpeace has likened man-made seeds to the apocalypse, but grain scarcity is giving the government few other options. There may be more at stake than mere public health. The push for GMO use is being led by Li Jiayang, vice minister of agriculture and a former DuPont consultant. Before the company scrubbed its logs of his association, Li pledged to put GMO food on 1.3 billion tables within five years of his appointment.