Cosmetically perfect food, also known as genetically engineered food or GEF, are foods derived from organisms whose genetic material has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally according to the World Health Organization. ("Food, Genetically Modified." WHO. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2015. http://www.who.int/topics/food_genetically_modified/en/).
It has led to the waste of aesthetically unappealing food as the trend of “perfect” food has grown. However, there are organizations now that accept the generically unaltered food, but is cosmetically perfect food still an issue in today's society? GEF is an issue socially, economically, and physically that we should pay close attention to. There are many benefits of genetic engineering, but at what cost? This writing will discuss the depths of both the opposing and pro side to this debatable topic. Genetically engineered food can make crops taste better, have more nutritional benefits and higher resistance to diseases. The better food tastes, the higher benefit the consumer and producer will have. An abundance of nutritional benefits and disease resistance will allow …show more content…
Corporations will have you from stem to stern, from ship to shore. There will be control, control, control. There will be control from your banker’s standpoint. You’ve got a marriage between seeds and chemicals. The whole thing is tied together. Do you think you’ll own it? You’ll just pour the sack of seeds and you probably won’t even own the sack. The only thing you’re going to be is a tractor jockey. Just a tractor driver. They’ll own the final product. They know the technology is in the seed and they’re gonna own it. If it’s good stuff, and it’s worth bucks, they’ll own it. (Lambrecht, Bill. Dinner at the New Gene Cafe: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food. New York: St. Martin's, 2001. 142.
It has led to the waste of aesthetically unappealing food as the trend of “perfect” food has grown. However, there are organizations now that accept the generically unaltered food, but is cosmetically perfect food still an issue in today's society? GEF is an issue socially, economically, and physically that we should pay close attention to. There are many benefits of genetic engineering, but at what cost? This writing will discuss the depths of both the opposing and pro side to this debatable topic. Genetically engineered food can make crops taste better, have more nutritional benefits and higher resistance to diseases. The better food tastes, the higher benefit the consumer and producer will have. An abundance of nutritional benefits and disease resistance will allow …show more content…
Corporations will have you from stem to stern, from ship to shore. There will be control, control, control. There will be control from your banker’s standpoint. You’ve got a marriage between seeds and chemicals. The whole thing is tied together. Do you think you’ll own it? You’ll just pour the sack of seeds and you probably won’t even own the sack. The only thing you’re going to be is a tractor jockey. Just a tractor driver. They’ll own the final product. They know the technology is in the seed and they’re gonna own it. If it’s good stuff, and it’s worth bucks, they’ll own it. (Lambrecht, Bill. Dinner at the New Gene Cafe: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food. New York: St. Martin's, 2001. 142.