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The Synthetic Food Nightmare Nearly all of the coffee in the world is gone. Nobody can have their morning cup. Starbucks is closed, so is Bigby, McDonald's, and Dairy Queen. In fact, all the restaurants in the U.S. no longer exist and grocery stores are closing as well. The remaining option for food is a slimy synthetic beverage called “Soylent”. Humans survive on Soylent as a convenient meal replacement instead of real food. Imagine if this nightmare was the future of the food industry. As…

The Misconceptions of Genetically Modified Foods Many foods are marketed as “organic,” or “GMO-free,” claiming they are healthier and safer than genetically modified foods. Does this really mean a better product, or are these claims ignorant misconceptions written off as fact? Genetically modified foods, sometimes called genetically modified organisms (GMOs), are foods that have been genetically altered to have traits that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods.…

Pre-History Migration Essay Technological and social advances helped humans migrate out to different continents, as well as adapt to the life there. An advantage humans had was genetic, as their brains increased in size 800,000 to 200,000 years ago. (Human Evolution Timeline Interactive, HYPERLINK "http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-evolution-timeline-interactive" http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-evolution-timeline-interactive, National Museum of Natural History, 2016) This…

The act of genetically modifying food was successful in its initial stages. By using the seeds from the most yielding crop season after season, the early farmers altered the course of history and gave birth to civilization. Genetically modified food continues to feed people today who might otherwise would’ve died of starvation. Today, however, GMO’s are more efficiently produced and are altering the food supply more rapidly. Scientists generally agree with the use of GMO’s. According to a survey…

Genetically modified organism (GMO), are plants that have been scientifically altered to accomplish a specific reason. There are numerous reasons why they were created, which include but are not limited to, eliminating the need for pesticides through altering the plants DNA to be resistant towards insects, allowing plants to grow in drought like conditions saving the need for water which has cost benefits and saves a precious resource for the human population in those conditions, increasing…

Support systems for Tutoring Vegetables Lately, the farming methods and how vegetables are grown has changed because of climate change and weather patterns it is becoming increasingly more important to use tutoring vegetables farming methods. When choosing trellis materials it is important to use materials that will give the best support to the particular vegetables that are being grown and trellis netting is more popular with the right type of vegetables such as tomatoes, chilli peppers peas…

The Agricultural Revolution in the United States was based largely on the massive introduction of new varieties of plants animals new machinery and the use of chemical fertilizers pesticides and irrigation. In 1944 Norman Borlaug and his colleagues found in Mexico exhausted fields, Their initial aim was to develop a variety of wheat which was adaptable to many different areas which were resistant to disease and was very Hardy. the wheat used by Mexican Farmers had long stems naturally evolved…

You Are What You Eat In Michael Pollan’s article, We Are What We Eat, Pollan explains the problems of overproducing calories, overproducing corn, as well as the presence of fast food in the United States and how they are involved in the problems of over producing calories or over producing corn. The problem with overproduction is that “it (overproduction) sooner or later leads to overconsumption, because we’re very good at figuring out how to turn surpluses into inexpensive, portable new…

Domestic Grains Found on Hunter-Gather Teeth One of the things that bothered me when I was learning about hunter-gather was what was included in Mesolithic’s diet. Was there wheat, grain, beans, etc. included in their diet? The responses I got from teacher when I asked that question was that Mesolithic people (hunter-gatherer) moved from places to places looking for food and shelter. As a result, I looked into and did some research about the skeleton of Mesolithic people. Through my research,…

Future of GMO: The future of GMOs are moving at a rapid pace. California is in one of the worst droughts it has ever experienced. Monsanto’s has finally created the only plant to grow without the need for water, corn. Because of this, scientist are able to unlock the potential properties of plants that could revolutionize the way farmer’s farm. There are also scientist that have genetically modified animals. Scientist will be able to create more crops that are disease and insect resistant also.…