Does It Matter How Food Is Produced When People Are Starving?
LYReNE R. DILLON
STUDENT NO: 20110111
COURSE: ENGLISH & COMMUNICATION
FINAL ASSIGNMENT
DOES IT MATTER HOW FOOD IS PRODUCED WHEN PEOPLE ARE STARVING?
FINAL ASSIGNMENT
DOES IT MATTER HOW FOOD IS PRODUCED WHEN PEOPLE ARE STARVING?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction Pg 3.
2. Famine, Hunger, Starvation and Malnutrition Pg 3.
3. The Production Process & HACCP Pg 4.
4. Food Fortification Pg 4.
5. Artificial Preservatives Pg 5.
6. Genetically Engineered Foods Pg 6.
7. Conclusion Pg 6.
8. Bibliography Pg 7.
INTRODUCTION
“…Ensuring sufficient food supplies, is one of the most basic challenges facing any human society. Organized and efficient food production supports population growth and the development of cities and towns, trade, and other essential elements of human progress…”
According to the 2011 FAO Hunger Report – Forward by David Beckmann, there are now 925 million under nourished people in the world, and this number is expected to rise by the year 2012. Though there is more than enough food produced to feed the worlds population many people in the world “…don’t have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food. The world produces 17% more food per person today than 30 years ago. But close to a billion people go to sleep hungry every night…” As a result food security is now a dire problem, particularly in the “Horn-of-Africa”.
Based on international food safety standards basic sanitary production and processing of food is necessary for all food supplied for general consumption, and in this regard it does matter how food is grown, harvested, transported, stored and processed.
However beyond basic quality and sanitation it really is irrelevant how food is produced and/or processed because artificial means of growing crops (pesticides, herbicides and hormones), synthetic preserving (antioxidants, antimicrobial agents
STUDENT NO: 20110111
COURSE: ENGLISH & COMMUNICATION
FINAL ASSIGNMENT
DOES IT MATTER HOW FOOD IS PRODUCED WHEN PEOPLE ARE STARVING?
FINAL ASSIGNMENT
DOES IT MATTER HOW FOOD IS PRODUCED WHEN PEOPLE ARE STARVING?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction Pg 3.
2. Famine, Hunger, Starvation and Malnutrition Pg 3.
3. The Production Process & HACCP Pg 4.
4. Food Fortification Pg 4.
5. Artificial Preservatives Pg 5.
6. Genetically Engineered Foods Pg 6.
7. Conclusion Pg 6.
8. Bibliography Pg 7.
INTRODUCTION
“…Ensuring sufficient food supplies, is one of the most basic challenges facing any human society. Organized and efficient food production supports population growth and the development of cities and towns, trade, and other essential elements of human progress…”
According to the 2011 FAO Hunger Report – Forward by David Beckmann, there are now 925 million under nourished people in the world, and this number is expected to rise by the year 2012. Though there is more than enough food produced to feed the worlds population many people in the world “…don’t have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food. The world produces 17% more food per person today than 30 years ago. But close to a billion people go to sleep hungry every night…” As a result food security is now a dire problem, particularly in the “Horn-of-Africa”.
Based on international food safety standards basic sanitary production and processing of food is necessary for all food supplied for general consumption, and in this regard it does matter how food is grown, harvested, transported, stored and processed.
However beyond basic quality and sanitation it really is irrelevant how food is produced and/or processed because artificial means of growing crops (pesticides, herbicides and hormones), synthetic preserving (antioxidants, antimicrobial agents