Monsanto Health Issues

In today’s world, there is a constant tug-of-war between the health of the people and the planet and the convenience of mass food production. Some say fast food industries and agribusiness are responsible for health issues of the general populace and contribute to the problems of the environment. Others argue that they are necessary in tending to the needs of the public. It is the responsibility of each member of society to make educated decisions about the world around them. The purpose of conventional farming is to grow crops and raise animals for food and clothing. When social media and other, larger-scale companies get involved, it becomes more complicated. Monsanto is an industrialized agribusiness causing difficulties for smaller, conventional farms that don’t purchase their seeds and/or herbicides annually. This causes difficulties for the farmers, due to the natural spread of the seeds from wind and birds and the predicament of differentiating Monsanto’s seeds from the farmers’ (Barlett & Steele, 2013, p. 686). The farmers cannot control nature, and therefore cannot control whether or not there is genetically modified seeds among their own organic ones. However, Jalonick (2014) mentions …show more content…
With today’s rushed lifestyle, the inexpensiveness and easy-access of a grab-n-go meal is extremely appealing. Is society replacing health for convenience? The question that raises so much controversy today lies on whose fault it is: the consumer, manufacturer, or both? The consumer made the decision to go to McDonald’s, but McDonald’s made the decision to sell unhealthy products. Although there are healthier restaurants than McDonald’s, Wendy’s, or Whataburger, they aren’t as common or easy to find. Zinczenko (2014) uses “any thoroughfare in America” as an example, saying that driving up the block and finding a McDonald’s is more probable than driving up the same block to find a place that sells grapefruit (p.