When the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMO's) hit the shelves in 1994, it affected how the agribusiness, the everyday farmer, and the populace understood food. GMOs are hybrid organisms created within laboratories by changing their genetic integrity completely using a set of genes extracted from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals, or humans and amalgamated into either plants or animals. This is in relation to the renowned book "The Omnivore's Dilemma", which discusses the new issues people had to decide on whether they would eat the cheap and unknown GMOs or familiar but expensive organic food. This would produce a new problem for American families countrywide; do the advantages of these new GMO foods outweigh the disadvantages they can possibly produce?
In this new era of genetically enhanced food, there are still problems that lurk within them. GMO foods do not have enough benefits to outweigh the massive disadvantages it has within them. As elaborated in the prominent book, "The Omnivore's Dilemma," it states that "A rumen has evolved into the perfect organ for digesting grass. But it is not good at digesting corn. So then, why is steer number 534 forced to eat corn instead of grass? The answer is one word: speed. Cattle raised on grass simply take longer to grow than cattle raised on cornWhat gets a steer from 80 to 1 100 pounds in fourteen months is tremendous amounts of corn, food supplements, and drugs. Fast food indeed." [Chapter 5 - Page 65 - Paragraph 2] This is a perfect example of the inhumane ways GMOs force people to adapt to be able to use the mass production of GMOs, including the 1. 9 billion bushels of corn being produced each year. GMOs being mass produced destroy other competition from crops, causing corn which is practically unsustainable to the digestive system of cattle. This has a huge connection to erosion which causes harm to our local water lines and ecosystem; it poisons rivers and destroys our marine life habitats. It affects more than people realize and can further affect another main producer of food; our grand and beautiful oceans, which are being transformed into mutated bodies of water.
Though GMOs have been scientifically proven to be more nutritious through genetic engineering. As stated by the article "LIVESTRONG Pros & Cons of GMO Foods", ". .. some GMO foods have been engineered to be nutritious in terms of mineral or vitamin content. Not only does this help you get the nutrients you need, but it can also play a significant role in battling malnutrition in the developing world. The United Nations advises that vitamin A-enhanced rice is helping to reduce global vitamin A deficiencies." Though this proves some GMO foods can be nutritious for you, it doesn't expl...
