Dairyland Seed Co.‚ Inc.‚ a seed company that develops and provides genetics in various crops. The company focuses on plant breeding programs in hybrid corn‚ soybeans‚ and alfalfa. The company’s products include corn for grain‚ alfalfa‚ soybeans‚ and corn silage. Dairyland Seed Co.‚ Inc. was founded in 1907 and is based in Kewaskum‚ Wisconsin. The company has facilities and research locations in Gilbert‚ Iowa; Sloughhouse‚ California; Homedale‚ Idaho; Clinton‚ Mt. Hope‚ and West Bend‚ Wisconsin;
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Mark Lindgren MLA Research Paper Dr. Cherif Correa Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering in Plants In the 1920’s‚ a man named Henry Wallace founded a company called “The Hi-Bred Corn Company.” He began selecting corn plants that flourished in certain aspects and bred them with other prosperous plants to make a hybrid. After pollenating the female silk of one plant with the pollen of another; the resulting offspring displayed both traits. This idea of ‘selective breeding’ would go on to become
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The documentary Food Inc. sheds light to the public about how monopolies in the food industry are becoming more common and the impacts they are having. Monopolies in the food industry have a negative impact on society. Monsanto is an agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company who sells crop seeds to farmers. They have evolved however and are very influential in the U.S. government with fifteen of their employees having a job in the government in the past thirty years.
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modified seed is to grow crops by giving higher yields while at the end of the harvest leaving the seed sterile (Shand‚ 1999). That being said farmers are forced to go back to the market every year to buy new seeds‚ while large seed companies such as Monsanto are left making more profit every year. Terminator seeds have no agronomic benefit to farmers‚ and no tests have been conducted to confirm that they are safe for human consumption (Guidetti‚ 1998). It is also suspected that sterile seeds could release
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Genetically Modified Organisms‚ or GMOs‚ are organisms that have been created through the gene-splicing techniques of biotechnology Although GMOs have been around for many years‚ it wasn’t until just recently that people have become more concerned with them. However‚ many companies that produce genetically modified organisms‚ like Monsanto‚ try to make believe that the products they produce are healthy and beneficial for the environment; while that may be true first glance‚ lots of anti gmo activists
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pesticides against insects such as the European corn borer. For two informative overviews of some of the techniques involved in creating GM foods‚ visit Biotech Basics (sponsored by Monsanto) http://www.biotechknowledge.monsanto.com/biotech/bbasics.nsf/index or Techniques of Plant Biotechnology from the National Center for Biotechnology Education http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/GMFOOD/techniques. ________________________________________________________________________1 Transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae
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antibiotics. Later in 1995‚ a now-major GMO producer‚ Monsanto‚ introduced a genetically modified soy bean seed‚ which was immune to herbicide. It wasn’t until 2000 that it was discovered to be possible to add nutrients and vitamins to enrich genetically modified foods. (Add Citation.) By 2004‚ genetically modified crops were being grown by 8.25 million farmers in 17 different countries. The United States are the leading country for advancement of biotechnology‚ accounting for 59% of all genetically modified
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(2001). [4] Making Genetically Engineered Plants. (2002). [6] Genetically modified crops in the United States [5] How to genetically modify a plant. (1998) [7] Genetically modified food [8] Peels‚ Chris Martin J.‚ 2004. Plants‚ Genes‚ and Crop Biotechnology [9] Thomashow‚ Michael F Saline Irrigation: milling and baking qualities. Crop science. 33:6 Pg. 1223-1228. [11] Holtzclaw‚ K.‚ Sposito‚ G.‚ Thellier‚ C. 1990. Chemical Effects of Saline Irrigation Water on a San Joaquin Valley Soil [12] Borsani
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The Seeds of Destruction The main objective of my project is to explore in depth‚ how the bio-piracy and biotech patent system affect the life of indigenous people of Third World countries‚ in relation to their rights to natural resources and knowledge that they have developed in common over centuries. I would focus on few important issues‚ including the enclosure of natural commons‚ such as seeds and plants on one hand‚ and the exploitation of the worker‚ his labor and knowledge about them‚ on
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Must Be Resolved. In D. A. Miller (Ed.)‚ At Issue. Genetically Engineered Foods. Detroit: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted from Food Frenzy: Growing Concerns Over Genetically Modified Foods‚ Triple Helix Online‚ 2011‚ January 26 Hosansky‚ D. (2001‚ March 30). Biotech foods. CQ Researcher‚ 11‚ 249-272. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ Magner‚ L.N.‚ Goldstein‚ N.‚ & Flannery‚ M.C. (2003). Are genetically modified foods and crops dangerous to human health and to the environment
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