The Bitter Truth and Secrets Buried Underneath Our Favorite Treat: Chocolate A small girl‚ age six‚ is carrying two bags that are overflowing with cocoa beans. One bag is on her head‚ and she is dragging the other. She struggles to walk‚ carrying the load of burden. A man trails behind her‚ demanding her to hurry‚ threatening her with his whip. Suddenly‚ the bag on the top of her head slides off‚ and despite the frantic efforts of the small girl‚ falls to the ground and explodes; thousands of cocoa
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------------------------------------------------- GM crops: Promise and reality The introduction of the first transgenic plant 30 years ago heralded the start of a second green revolution‚ providing food to the starving‚ profits to farmers and environmental benefits to boot. Many GM crops fulfilled the promise. But their success has been mired in controversy with many questioning their safety‚ their profitability and their green credentials. A polarized debate has left little room for consensus
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Genetic engineering is a hotly debated topic in today’s political‚ ethical‚ and social arenas. Since its development‚ many have either renounced or championed this relatively new technology and for good reason. Genetic engineering is exactly what the name implies – a method of transforming the basic building blocks of life. This new door into the very fabric of life itself opens to reveal many potential benefits and cures to those with genetic diseases or malformations that drastically alter their
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Code Green: The Evils of Monsanto The topic of the inherent evil of genetically modified seeds‚ the foods they produce‚ referred to as GMOs‚ and the herbicides created by the agricultural giant Monsanto is quickly becoming the rally cry of a broader base of consumers than merely activists and extremists. Through increased media exposure‚ viral activism campaigns‚ and political cartoons‚ more and more everyday Americans are joining the fight to raise awareness of the potential dangers of tampering
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These days people often hear the word genetically modified organism (GMO). It is an organism whose genetic material has been genetically engineered with DNA from bacteria‚ viruses or other plants and animals. GMOs are the source of genetically modified food which is used to produce a variety of goods other than food. Genetic engineering researchers promise the following benefits that GM food will bring: increase crop yields‚ lower cost of herbicide‚ and adapt to global climate change. Therefore GM
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adding chemicals like GMOs and pesticides to our crops and containing our animals through the use of AFOs. Over the past century American agriculture has dramatically changed due to the fact that small‚ commercial farms are finding it harder and harder to compete with large-scale (mostly indoor) animal feeding operations (AFOs). Agricultural occupations such as farming often do not offer economic prosperity‚ thus pushing workers to seek financial advances. Many farmers look to GMOs and AFOs because they
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Your choices in nut butters are a lot more interesting these days; no longer do you have creamy and crunchy peanut butter as your only options. In fact‚ you can now purchase spreads made from almonds‚ cashews or other nuts. There is no denying that nut butter foods taste delicious and can be really healthy. But‚ sadly‚ most people you interact with have never stepped out of the confines of the plain old peanut butter. Well‚ today we help you. Not only are you going to miss out trying the amazing
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Error-Correction Models.” The International Trade Journal 21:229-256. Gaarder‚ Robert and Carolyn McCommon. 1990. “Hershey Foods‚ Cocoa‚ and Belize: A Collaborative Model for Third World Development.” Public Administration and Development 10:343-360. GMO Compass. 2006. “Biodiversity.” Retrieved on November 18‚ 2009 from http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/safety/environmental_safety/ 166.biodiversity_threatened_genetically_modified_plants.html. Hilborn‚ R.‚ C. J. Walters‚ and D. Ludwig. 1995. “Sustainable
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I think that the first thing that needs to be done to help combat world hunger is education. People in developed countries need to realize that hunger is a problem. As they always say‚ acceptance is the first step. However‚ this obviously won’t be fixing any problems. But I think first is to devise a way to limit our waste. We currently have so much food that is just thrown away. It’s inevitablethat not all food will be saved: some will be thrown away‚ but if we could utilize more of this food into
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such technology. Genetically modified food is a good example of such case. In the recent years‚ the production of genetically modified food have been on the rise. Almost everything we eat contain traces of GMOs- genetically modified organisms. According to the World Health Organization‚ GMOs are defined as “organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally”. Take corn as an example‚ majority of the food we find in supermarkets turn out to be 1
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