Summary Of The Article Tasty Tomatoes: Now There's A Concept

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Carey, Benedict. "Tasty Tomatoes: Now There 's a Concept." Health (Time Inc. Health) 1 July 1993: 24. Ebsco Host. Web. 25 May 2015. Benedict Carey is an American journalist that covered science and medical topics for The New York Times. This article was featured under the health category in The New York Times and it comes from a trustworthy newspaper. This article emphasize more on the consumers response to the flavr savr compared to the other two articles that discuss about this topic. He states that many consumers quickly label the food as an abomination without knowing any facts about this new tomato. The author explain how this tomato came into creation with details the reader can understand. He then states that all other
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Jackson, another journalist, work together to publish numerous articles about the coming age of technology and produce Time 's early coverage about the internet. This article is from the 90s, which shows that it covers when GMO is barely getting introduced to the market. In this article, they talk about the first genetically modified food to hit the market, the Flavr Savr. The Flavr Savr is a tomato that stay ripe without spoiling and have a better flavor than organic tomatoes. The authors discuss how scientist wish to alter more crops in order to increase the agriculture market as well as fix problems involving those crops. The authors lightly touched on the critics of this food but quickly dismisses there worries by stating the price is the scariest part of this food. I give this source a 6 because I believe I can use this to talk about the early production of the food as well consumers ' and producers ' reaction to this new …show more content…
Most of the articles she writes talk about certain topics like cost of housing and pricing. Due to her background, the reader can tell it will be more economic orientated than science orientated. This article is fairly recent therefore it will use the flavr savr as a reference rather than the center of focus. This article talks about the empty hope that many consumers had on GMOs. GMOs were once believed to benefit the consumer by providing more nutrients but instead it benefits the producer rather than the consumer. The flavr savr was the promise of better food but instead the consumers got ripped off my famers and biotechnology companies like Monsanto. I believe this article has relevant information that will be useful in my research paper. I can talk about how the flavr savr promise was never met and how GMO is going against everything it was originally made to be. I would give this a 7 out of

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