Genetically Modified Foods: Good For Us?
Ronda Thibodeaux
26 November 2013
Genetically Modified Foods: Good for Us?
Scientists have learned how to modify foods in the last decades of the twentieth century. That is, they have learned to manipulate the DNA of plants and animals. Scientists were able to transfer a trait from one organism to another by splicing the DNA of one organism into the DNA of another organism ("Introduction"). This process changes the genetic makeup of plants and labels these altered foods "genetically modified organisms." Food should not be genetically modified because of the wasted food produced and the potential long-term health issues for consumers. Genetic modification of food in the United States began in 1987 with field-testing of tobacco and tomato plants ("History"). One example of this process would be producing a tomato that is resistant to …show more content…
This is not true. Ethan A. Huff, a writer for Natural News, says in his article, "Don 't Believe the Lie: Organic Farming CAN Feed the World," that, "organic farming by itself is fully capable of feeding the world." Huff also says that cows and sheep were meant to eat grass from pastures instead of the genetically modified soy, corn, and grains factory farmers are feeding them. The grains fed to the animals make them sick and require a large amount of resources to produce. If these animals were allowed to graze naturally, in grasses that are not part of the human diet anyway, the grains currently being fed to them could be used for human consumption. Huff also cites humans ' wasting food as a major issue. He states that, "one-third of the world 's food ends up in the trash heap as waste." He states that, specifically in developed nations, people tend to purchase more food than their families can consume before the food goes bad. With so much wasted food, genetically modified food is not
26 November 2013
Genetically Modified Foods: Good for Us?
Scientists have learned how to modify foods in the last decades of the twentieth century. That is, they have learned to manipulate the DNA of plants and animals. Scientists were able to transfer a trait from one organism to another by splicing the DNA of one organism into the DNA of another organism ("Introduction"). This process changes the genetic makeup of plants and labels these altered foods "genetically modified organisms." Food should not be genetically modified because of the wasted food produced and the potential long-term health issues for consumers. Genetic modification of food in the United States began in 1987 with field-testing of tobacco and tomato plants ("History"). One example of this process would be producing a tomato that is resistant to …show more content…
This is not true. Ethan A. Huff, a writer for Natural News, says in his article, "Don 't Believe the Lie: Organic Farming CAN Feed the World," that, "organic farming by itself is fully capable of feeding the world." Huff also says that cows and sheep were meant to eat grass from pastures instead of the genetically modified soy, corn, and grains factory farmers are feeding them. The grains fed to the animals make them sick and require a large amount of resources to produce. If these animals were allowed to graze naturally, in grasses that are not part of the human diet anyway, the grains currently being fed to them could be used for human consumption. Huff also cites humans ' wasting food as a major issue. He states that, "one-third of the world 's food ends up in the trash heap as waste." He states that, specifically in developed nations, people tend to purchase more food than their families can consume before the food goes bad. With so much wasted food, genetically modified food is not