Harvest Of Fear

Should we Grow GM Crops?


1. What is a GM Crop?
-A GM crop are genetically modified foods that improves agriculture, has many health benefits, but also is harmful to the human body in some ways such as triggering allergies, etc.



2. List 2 arguments FOR the growing of GM crops
-GM crops should be grown because it help underdeveloped countries have the out of food that they need. It also increases the amount of vitamin A in children, which is good, considering that 500,000 kids die fro lack of vitamin A each year.



3. List 2 arguments AGAINST the growing of GM crops.
-GM crops should not be grown because they are too expensive for developing countries. Developed countries such as the U.S., are growing more GM crops because we have enough money to buy it, but other countries do not. Therefore, widening the gap between rich and poor. Another reason not to grow GM crops is because it harms the environment by getting the GM pollen onto monarch larvae, causing only about half to survive.



Engineer a Crop

4. Practice this simulation until you get the largest ears of corn. How many times did it take you?
- It took me four times to get the largest ears of corn.

What’s for Dinner?


5. List two foods and desribe how they are being modified.
- Potatoes are engineered to absorb less oil when fried, making them better for humans to eat. Rennet, a a dried extract used to curdle ,I'll for cheese, is being edified to speed up the cheese making process.




Viewpoints


Do you think food should be labeled if it has been genetically modified? Why or Why not?
- I think genetically edified food should be need because you never know what viewpoints other people have on genetically modified foods. For example, if one person loves to eat genetically modified foods, it wouldn't after if it is labeled or not. But if they are completely against GM crops,they will want to have them labeled. It all depends.