China to 'space-mutate' seeds

This is SO whacked that I almost put it on the SCI-FI blog....but this is 100% legit...

In an effort to feed its ever-growing population, Chinese officials are launching over 2,000 seeds into orbit for a two-week trip designed to force the seeds to mutate. Exposed to special environment such as cosmic radiation and micro-gravity, it is hoped that some seeds will mutate to such an extent that they may produce much higher yields. Don't believe me...here is the link