Genetic engineering of food?

Joanna Lynn — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:44:33 +0000

The genetic engineering of food was originally well intentioned but is still relatively “new”. Some of us suffer no shortage of food while others starve. Pesticides, herbicides, polluted soil, floods, droughts, famine, and malnutrition occur on a global level and concern us all. Genetically modified foods were meant to address those issues. “New” to me tends to mean untested, unknown long term effects, and please advance with caution. I don’t know that I am particularly comfortable with the idea of us altering the genetic make-up of plants and animals.

Many of us seem to understand organic to mean vegetarian. In fact, organic is the process by which food is grown, harvested, and raised. The lack of polluted soil, antibiotics, and pesticides are at issue whether organic chicken, tomato, or sugar.

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Change in attitude about nutrition over the past several years?

Joanna Lynn — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:53:48 +0000

There has been a change in the attitude about nutrition in some. Even when we are not looking for information, we often come face to face with it on the internet, or in the media generally. Topics range from weight loss, to contaminated foods, to new discoveries, to health concerns like diabetes or heart disease. Some of us gravitate toward organic foods because we do not want to eat chemically influenced foods. In the past, we may have reached for foods without thinking twice about their nutritive value, whereas now we may just not reach for them or indulge only occasionally after reading the labels. We tend to form the same eating habits as those with whom we grow up and with whom we live. The more aware we are, as parents or role models, the more aware our children and those around us are. We are passing on an awareness that, in turn, is promoting a change in attitude.

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Genetic engineering of food?

Change in attitude about nutrition over the past several years?