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Gasper Farms, located in Rooks County, Kansas is owned and operated by Dan and Lois Gasper. The diversified operation consists of 3,000 acres of cropland and pasture along with 110 red angus cow-calf pairs. Gasper Farms has always been a family business with their 3 children helping out when they lived at home. Today, their son, Joe assists with taking more responsibility managing the cattle herd. During harvest the entire family joins in to gather the bounty of the season. Incorporated in…

One of the main concerns of GMO’s is the environmental risk that it could cause in the modern society. For example, plants that resist herbicide could spread their qualities to weeds which in long term will make them harder to kill. In this in mind this will also cause collateral damage. If you make plants that are resistant to bacteria, this will make bacteria stronger and also much harder…

“We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity” (Edward Owen Wilson, 2006). The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1981 and stretches for more than 2300 kilometres along the northeast coast of Australia, including an area of about 347 800 square kilometres of seabed. It is the largest coral reef ecosystem in the world with 2500 coral reefs and is home to more than 1500…

The Cause and Effect of Land and Air Pollution What is pollution? Well pollution is a term we hear a lot and that we are accustomed to but what does is it really mean. (Conserve Energy) We hear about pollution a lot but could you tell me what it is if I asked you? Well I know that pollution is the introduction of a harmful substance to the environment. Pollution is the most reused word used to describe the destruction of the natural air we breathe in and the water we drink and land we live on.…

seeds by manipulating and inserting new genes into seeds. The modified seeds grow into stronger and more abundant crops than natural ones. These plants are resistant to drought, insects, and weeds. Along with the seeds they have created chemical herbicides and pesticides called Roundup. Roundup is implanted in some plants to allow them to grow, and to kill harmful weeds and insects. These biotechnological advancements have made…

with rats. He wanted to know what type of affects that GMOs cause to the body, so he feed the rats with maize seeds. Overtime during the study they notices certain changes to them. In the article "Republished study: long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerantgenetically modified maize by Emilie Clair and other state the following cause that happen similar to Seralini,"Females developed large mammary tumors more frequently and before controls; the pituitary was the second…

The “Deer” advertisement, for World Wildlife Fund (WWF) magazine, shows a picture of a deer covered in waste. The deer stands on top of land filled with trash, that once use to be its home. On the bottom of this advertisement reads the text “Rubbish can be recycled. Nature cannot.” Land pollution includes various types of rubbish we make at home, school, hospitals, markets and workplaces. Items like papers, plastics, cans, even used cars and broken electronic goods and broken furniture are all…

CRISPR is a technique that made genomic editing significantly easier. CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)/Cas (CRISPR-associated protein) is a RNA-guided nuclease for precise genome editing in diverse organisms. In 1987, when scientists were studying the bacteria's immune system, they discovered a pattern of short, repeating, palindromic DNA sequences separated by short, non-repeating, "spacer" DNA sequences (Figure 1). How CRISPR/Cas works in bacteria: As…

The descriptive style of writing used in Joy Horowitz’s Parkinson’s Alley helps connect the reader to the individuals, their struggles and the problem that is threatening livelihoods in Visalia, California. Without the description embedded in this article, it could be very easy for the readers to get lost or lose interest. A tie is created after you learn a thing or two about “A big, friendly bear of a man” (Horowitz) who has been ultimately screwed over by his government when they decide to do…

Genetically modified organisms remain a controversial subject, due to the belief that there is not enough information known about them. However, there have been many studies conducted on the growth and success of GMOs. Specifically, a research group, GRACE, currently investigates which methods are most beneficial for assessing GMOs. They did many studies, sponsored by the European Commission, and two of these studies included a 90 day and 1 year feeding trial (“EU Research” 1). In the 90 day…