It's not the perspective, they are huge machines. Here's one taken from an even lower perspective, while the one in the article is taken at eye level.

FDA approves things as safe and does not seek further proof the thing works as described.

For example, FDA approved oscilococcinum as "safe". This doesn't mean oscilococcinum does anything for your health (it doesn't, homeopathy is a scam) - FDA just says it doesn't do anything bad for you.

You can, but you're gonna have to put tiny humans instead of wide machines to harvest them, you're gonna have to design some special irrigation that won't damage the panels, and you're gonna have to account for people occasionallt banging with sharp tools against glass or cutting cables.

That's gotta be some expensive crop to maintain.

Yes, every child had this DNA changed from his parent. Otherwise every human would look identical, and your wife would look like your mother.

Monsanto isn't doing voodoo, it's choosing to express genes that could happen naturally.

Also, a looot of plants in the nature have some sort of deterrent against thier predators, think nightshades, nettles, gimpie gimpies, pencil cactii, oleanders, daffodils, off the top of ny head.

And many others you regularily use have literal poisonous seeds to humans, like castor beans or peaches, plumps, cherries or nectarines.

You should read up before yelling "monsanto bad, gmo bad". Nature isn't perfect, it's random.