GM- free campaign (gene ethics) Background Australian GM crop production is increasing continuously. Australian has had the largest proportion GM crops in the world. Risks posed by GM trials on Australian’s health‚ economy and environment are rapidly spreading. In order to gain commercial benefits‚ the research development of Genetically Modified (GM) food in Australia is conducted by biotech corporations. Consumers‚ farmers‚ the environment and the economy are all affected by GM food. Target
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S. Having adequate knowledge about crops’ behaviours and characteristics is very essential for the farmers / producers most especially in the field of production. Three examples of specific aspects of crop behaviour that a farmer / producer must know are the plants’ life cycle‚ mode of production‚ and also its growth habit. The plant life cycle begins with a seed. This seed will sprout and produce a tiny immature plant (seedling) which will further mature. This maturation would result to reproduce
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Popcorn Lab Haley Hardin Period 2 Www.nasa.gov Nasa is a government sponsored agency focusing on science. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/popcorn.html September 10‚ 2004 February 28‚ 2013 Nasa: National Aeronautics and Space Administration is a government sponsored foundation and has an entire section on their webpage focused on educating today’s youth. The topic of the article is how popcorn pops. The article is an informational one on how popcorn pops. * Popcorn was found
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The Maya civilization was an indigenous society located in Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica was a term used to refer to Mexico and Central America. To be more specific‚ they were centered in Yucatan Peninsula‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ western parts of Honduras and El Salvador and parts of Tabasco and Chiapas (these two states are both located in Mexico) (“History.com”‚ 2009). This culture is known for their monumental architecture‚ interpretation of content of images‚ hieroglyphic writing and their mathematical
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The night of the Open Door event was a campus-wide event‚ but I mostly went to the Frankenstein exhibit and the engineering events. Two different concepts in the Frankenstein exhibit stood out to me. What first stood out to me was the project where Myoglobin which is a protein that is normally found in meat being engineered into an edible plant-based one such as a tomato in the example used in the exhibit. The second concept that stood out to me was growing human skin which is understandable‚ but
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Genetically engineered food is all around us but how do we know what food is or isn’t genetically engineered? The Grocery Manufactures of America estimates that over 70% of all processed food products in grocery stores contains genetically engineered ingredients‚ such as Kellogg Corn Flakes‚ Gardenburgers‚ and Heinz 2 Baby Food(FDA 2). An even more shocking fact is that over 60% percent of people believe that they have never eaten genetically engineered food. Genetically engineered food should be
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In the final section of the book‚ author Michael Pollan attempts to prepare a meal by gathering all of the ingredients himself. In the chapter called Forager‚ Michael talks about how he wants his meal to feature all three edible kingdoms: animal‚ vegetable‚ and fungi. He will hunt‚ gather‚ or grow all the ingredients needed for his final meal. In the end he makes a salad out of the greens from his own garden‚ and makes bread using wild yeast. He feels that this meal will help us to “reconnect us
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Jared Diamond is… interesting. The argument that Jared Diamond makes in his article‚ “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”‚ is completely refutable. There is very little evidence in the article that makes sense‚ and most of it appears to be that Diamond just has a grudge against the laziness of the modern world. This is where Diamond and I agree. The modern world is incredibly lazy. We now live in a world where fast food is a food group‚ and technology is being used incorrectly‚ resulting
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In 1794‚ Eli Whitney invented a simple machine called the cotton gin. The main purpose of this machine was to automatically separate the cotton fibers from the seeds. Similar machines already existed for long-staple cotton‚ but they did not work with short-staple cotton. The basic concept was the same‚ using brushes to separate the two parts of the cotton. Whitney’s design‚ however‚ used spiked teeth to pull the fibers from the seed more effectively than previous machines. Whitney’s cotton gin only
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Long ago‚ people did not plant crops or raise animals for food. They relied only on nature and their surroundings. They would live in places where they could find food. Some stayed in caves and lived on fruits and animal meat. Some stayed by river banks and the sea‚ so they could fish for their food. They would stay in a place until food got scarce and then move to another place where food was bountiful. The couple Banag and Danas belonged to a group who used to live near the sea. They were looking
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