Jerry Rice

already damaging the environment. U.N. scientist Olivier De Schutter has discovered that the production of genetically modified grain seeds—for corn, soybeans, rice and other staple crops—has eliminated 75% or more of the wild species of these grains (Schutter “Seed Policies”). A disease that destroys the dominant variety of corn or rice would cripple world food supplies. An analogous study was conducted by William Muir in 2002. When a new transgene is introduced into a wild fish population,…

“GMO’s Aren’t That Bad, But Monsanto Is the Worst” “GMOs Aren’t That Bad but Monsanto is Worse” is a online article written and published by Vice and rhetorically argues that Monsanto, a horrible agricultural-biotechnology company, is about unprofessional engineering and is pushing genetically modified organisms aka GMO’s on North America. Vice’s key point is that not only does Monsanto engineer and push unhealthy, hazardous non-organic seeds and foods on consumers, but manipulatively takes…

In-sec-ti-cide: noun; “a substance for killing insects.” Used by farmers to protect crops and also by households to keep yards bug free… Soon to be taken out of hand. Bi-o-cide: noun; “the destruction of life.” Birds losing their song. Innocent animals dying. Others almost going extinct. How is it that our means of killing “pests”, has started killing us? Rachel Carson wrote “The Obligation to Endure”, a chapter in her book Silent Spring to emphasize how important it is for the public to be…

In “ GMOs: Facts About Genetically Modified Food” it talks about its very title, facts about genetically modified foods. GMOs have been altered with DNA. When something is altered with DNA it basically means you can put any kind of genetic on a plant to get their genes. Like, fish scales for the coldest weathers. The NML also lists some potential risks with genetic alteration. Some risks include losing what was first the original organism. For example, the corn we know today was completely…

There’s a little bit of background information to know about the Brassica lab, in order to fully understand what is being tested and the mechanisms behind it. There are questions that need to be asked such as: why use Wisconsin fast plants, what gamma radiation does to organisms on a molecular level, and even what it does to organisms on a physical level. Why did we use Wisconsin fast plants for this experiment? Wisconsin fast plants are more formally known as Brassica Rapa and are rapid…

Zebra mussels are a small bivalve mollusk that originate from Eastern Europe and Western Asia (kdheks.gov). Zebra Mussels get their name because, of their cream and black stripes on their shells. Zebra mussels have small dime sized, triangle shaped shells. Zebra Mussels in large numbers are known as colonies and can contain millions of individual mussels. They’re known as an exotic invasive species because they are nonnative to US waters. Unlike our native Kansas mussels, Zebra Mussels don’t…

The Yankees announced a new deal with StubHub Monday making the popular site the team's official ticket reseller - a partnership hailed as a "victory for the fans" following years of inconvenience. If we are to believe the packaging on gluten free bread in Whole Foods, we can assume that GMOs are something that most folks should be worried about. But I feel like most people read "GMO" and a mental subroutine is triggered which equates the acronym with something that can be potentially much…

The discovery of beer paved the way for the development of many early civilizations. It involved human transitioning from hunting and gathering to agriculturally based societies. Beer manifested itself and gained massive popularity among people both young and old. Through careful research, it is evident that the more beer consumed, the greater the demand and therefore the more supplies needed. As a result, hunter-gathers converted themselves into farmers, relying primarily on farming to ensure…

Weed killers contain chemicals to control weeds. A chemical called glyphosate kills weeds by preventing protein essential to plant growth. Weed killers mainly contain glyphosate which is believed to stop plants from producing certain molecules called amino acids. Plants make amino acids from scratch in order to live. On the other hand, people and some animals receive these amino acids from eating plants because they do not have the ability to make amino acids for they lack enzymes that are…

Ever since Monsanto introduced its Roundup Ready seed in the 1990’s there has been a big debate about whether they are safe and do the advantages of the outweigh the disadvantages. It has been proven in over 2000 independent studies that GMO’s are in fact safe according to the “Genetic Literacy Project”. It is evident by now that not only are the GM crops safe, but save labor, money, and produce higher quality higher yielding plants. The accusation that genetic modifying has not been around…