About 10,000 years ago, humans found out that they didn’t need to chase and gather our food around all day. We could just grow them. This is now known as farming. Ever since, we have been trying to control plants and animals. Since then, we as humans have evolved and so has our technology. For many generations, people have been controlling food using a process called “cross breeding” which involves mixing male and female genes with beneficial characteristics (e.g. Disease resistant) to make a hybrid plant. This also increase the rate of production per year which would be beneficial for farmers. But this is made from natural occurring forms in plants.
Today’s method of genetic modification have been made possible through science. Genetic
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About 1-2 million people die from Vitamin A deficiency every year and around 500,000 kids turn blind because of the lack of Vitamin A. Now though, molecular biologists have added a new gene into this rice which makes it produce ‘beta carotene’ which makes the rice change colour to golden-ish. Human beings need Bata Carotene to produce Vitamin A. So by this, there would be a decrease in the rate of death due to the lack of Vitamin A right? Wrong! Most of the people who die due to Vitamin A die mainly because of poverty. The way we could really help is by ending poverty. Also, golden rice is more expensive than the normal rice so those people wouldn’t be able to afford it …show more content…
They chose to go with 2 tomatoes for their experiment. The genetically modified one had a nice red colour, it was big and had a nice, round shape. The original though was very bruised, dark red. Basically very unappealing to the eye. They conducted the experiment, the results were amazing! It turns out that the genetically modified tomato had 40 times less nutrients/vitamins than the original. So, instead of making a tomato with more nutrients, they did the opposite, but more attractive. All of this just to make more
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Artificial selection and crossbreeding, both forms of genetic modification, have been used for centuries by scientists and farmers to obtain the desired traits of crops or animals (Kracht para 1). Moreover, no known risks have appeared from the consumption of GMOs or the genetic modification of crops.
Farmers even started to cross breed crops in order to gain more desirable traits. One good example of this is corn, in the early 1900’s corn looked like a small stem with a few kernels, and today the entire corn husk is covered in kernels. Genetic engineering also made food healthier and more
Ever since the emergence of mankind, humans have always prioritized their search for food and water. Even today the need for sustenance is still prominent; however, methods for producing it have evolved over time. The Paleolithic people went about scavenging, hunting, fishing, and gathering on their quest for food. The Neolithic Revolution marked a transition from such practices into the “cultivations of crops and the domestication of animals.” (Strayer, pg.12) Even after thousands of years, although techniques have changed, the basic concept of agricultural cultivation has still remained similar.
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What do a tomato, soybean and a french fry have in common? They are all some of the most commonly genetically modified foods sold on the market today. By using the genetic information from one organism, and inserting or modifying it into another organism, scientists can make food crops stay fresher, grow bigger, and have the crops create their own pesticides. Nevertheless, the technology to modify genes has surpassed its practicality. Genetically modified foods need to be removed from everyday agriculture because of the threat they pose to human health, the environment, and the impact on global economy.
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The labelling of genetically modified foods is seen as wholesome common sense, and it should be required to have the information on the back of every product. People have been manipulating the genetic makeup of plants for numerous generations using the process of traditional cross breeding. Genetically modified crops have been traded, grown and consumed around the world, including Australia since 1996. The progress and advancement in this field has impacted the way we view the deeper issues of this technology. While genetic engineering crop property has been gradually increasing, so have concerns, in that producing and eating genetically modified foods may pose unexpected environmental and health hazards.
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Did you know the mineral Iodine comes from the Greek word violet, iodes? The mineral Iodine was discovered in 1811 by a scientist by the name of Bernard Courtois. Courtois was extracting sodium and potassium compounds from seaweed ash. Once these compounds were removed he added the compound sulfuric acid to the ash. Iodine is part of thyroxin, a hormone produced by the thyroid gland that controls the body's rate of physical and mental development.
Food production has been a matter that has been disputed for years now because of the things that have been added to crops. While pesticide helps keep other organisms from taking crop harvest, it has also added chemicals into the food that we consume; chemicals that should not be inside of us. Genetic engineering would allow for the natural modification of food to provide DNA genes that can be used to act as a shield against pests and diseases. With the DNA modification of crops, there would be no need to
Furthermore, even though this booming industry consumes many acreage across the globe, it doesn’t mean it is the same in every country; even the raising of livestock may differ from country to country. Although there any many parts to how agriculture came
This is because the better trait is produced by engineering genes which results in favoring one organism. Genetically modified organism can interrupt the natural process of the gene flow. A possible issue with the modified crop genes ending up in the soil which can produce new strands that can eventually attack the plant species and producing a new strand. Genes from the GM crops can spread to organic farm crops threating the diversity in agriculture. Due to cross pollination to non-gm plants, new hybrid strains are created.