I need to do an essay on that topic lecturer wants more example on genetically modified crops, food and its labelling which webby can i get all these info.
2006-12-27 01:38:26 · 6 answers · asked by peko 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Here is some reliable information to include in your essay:
Most of our food is produced by huge commercial farming businesses using expensive seed purchased from large seed companies that specialize in genetically modified varieties which allow for high productivity, ease of harvesting, herbicide resistance, pesticide traits, etc. Much of our seed is produced in other countries! What's more, the variety--the important diversity of seed stock--is very limited, very narrow. Most of the seed cannot, because of hybridization, genetic engineering, or by legal restrictions, be saved to grow next year's crops. Add to that picture, the coming commercialization of the USDA-sponsored Terminator gene technology which will genetically render seed sterile so it cannot be saved to grow food next year, and you have a set-up for potential catastrophe. The peasant in the developing world may prove to have greater personal food security than those of us who live in the greatest agricultural nation on the planet!
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A good question to address in your essay would be:
Who benefits financially from the advancement of GMO technology and the proliferation of Genetically Modified Crops?
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Hint: It's not you or me.
2006-12-27 01:55:21 · answer #1 · answered by vicarious_notion 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is not a vegetable or fruit that is available in your market or grocery store that is not genetically modified. But genetically modified is not the same as genetically engineered. Any fruit that is a result of hybridization is genetically modified. The most common are strawberries, bananas, cauliflower, apples. These are all the result of exhaustive genetic manipulation but not genetic engineering.
As for sites that you can look up, try these.
2006-12-27 17:48:54 · answer #2 · answered by biosciguy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Keep in mind, we've been genetically modifying plants since their domestication from the original types found in the wild. It's just recently that we've developed the technology to do it more directly and quickly.
2006-12-27 11:12:04 · answer #3 · answered by John V 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In order of most modified...
Corn
Tomato
Peanut
I'm sure that will keep you busy. Try website of Monsanto (if I remember it right). They are the fathers of GMO
2006-12-27 09:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Kite 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is the 'man eating wheaty-triffid' sometimes used breakfast cerials.
The 'Hey look Ive got an extra arm' Barley substitute.
The 'green and yellow rash popcorn plant'.
The 'Why are there dead birds?' Sunflower plant.
and the 'So thats why they call it rape' plant.
2006-12-27 09:44:32 · answer #5 · answered by philip_jones2003 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
look for square watermellons. its real. its so its easier to pack.
2006-12-27 09:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by mickey g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋