Would you…

End world hunger if you could?

Approve of changing farming methods to produce enough food to

end world hunger?

Support a type of seed that had a much higher-yield crop?

Support a type of seed that had a shorter growing season allowing 2

crops a year?

Support technology that allowed vegetables to be more nutritious

(like extra Vitamin A)?

Support technology that allowed vegetables to have longer shelf life

– increasing profits for the company?

Use technology to ensure meat tainted with e-coli not be sold in

stores?

Use radiation to kill e-coli?

Eat beef that had been treated with radiation?

Eat Food modified in a laboratory?

eat Food grown from seeds, when the seeds were modified in a

laboratory?

feed Food grown from seeds, when the seeds were modified in a

laboratory to your children?

feed Food grown from seeds, when the seeds were modified in a laboratory to your children if they

were starving to death?

Eat Corn that repels pests making pesticides unnecessary?

Eat Genetically Modified vegetables?

Define Genetically modified

• GM foods or GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) is most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest molecular biology techniques.

Advantages of GM

• Pest Resistant

• Drought Resistant

• Improved nutrition

• Herbicide resistant

• Cold tolerant

• Pharmaceutical inclusive

Want food packing to clearly indicate if food has been GM?

Perceived Dangers of GMs

• Pollen from GMs could blow onto other plants and endanger wildlife

• Create pesticide resistant pests

• Herbicide resistant GMs could crossbreed with weeds creating “super weeds”

• Patented GMs could increase costs for farmers creating more have and have-nots

• Introduce new allergens into foods

Organic Movement

• No chemical pesticides, fertilizers

• Natural solutions – sustainable

• Locavore movement• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2LBICPEK6w&safe=active

• Store Wars

• Meatrix

• Corn Producers

Food Miles

• 100 yrs ago – it took 1 calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce 1 calorie of food.

• Now 10 calories of fossil fuel energy to produce 1 calorie of food

• http://www.pbs.org/e2/teachers/teacher_309.html