Role Of Domestication In Agriculture

Domestication and Agriculture I wasn’t sure what to expect given this assignment especially since, most people take food for granted and look to a grocery store as a dispensary. I knew many foods had to have originated somewhere but where was uncertain as there are many plants that are native to one place and through time immigrated elsewhere. In addition, many foods have been domesticated as well as new strands and varieties created. My biggest concern with foods today isn’t so much from where they derive but whether they are organic or genetically modified. To say the least, this assignment was interesting when considering what I was eating but also from where the food was first domesticated. After completing the worksheet that listed …show more content…
I do believe that agriculture provided another option and viable food resource but I also believe that the intention has been grossly abused. Regardless, of the abundance of food produced, there is still starvation in the world. Agriculture has become a platform for warfare and tyranny when it should be one of hope, health and happiness. Agriculture is not founded on providing the best nutrition to humans and the environment but has become rooted in power and profit. Plants and animals are a form of nature and nature should not be handled as a form of intellectual property. Today’s agriculture is treated as such, with plant patents growing in excessive and controlling the success or failure of food resources. I am bothered that we overproduce what is really needed and we continue to jeopardize and subject the environment to over pumping and depletion of aquifers and so forth. The original intention for agriculture was sincere and logical but as the world has progressed, I do agree that humans have perverted and abused agriculture as well as severely damaged the environment in the