#flavr savr tomato

[rjzimmerman]

Should our future food be genetically engineered? (Washington Post)

While genetically modified crops may still provoke fear and uncertainty, some scientists argue that not only can they help to alleviate human health concerns, but they might also be able to help fight climate change. And as new tools like CRISPR, which can make targeted cuts in DNA, gain traction, genetic food engineering could be on the cusp of a quantum leap.

“It’s all political,” Stuart Smyth, a professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of Saskatchewan, said of the Philippines decision. “It’s not based on science.”

Genetically modified crops are ones that have had genetic material inserted from another species of organism. For example, the first genetically modified food product — a tomato introduced to the public in 1994 as the “Flavr Savr” — had two genes added. One conferred antibiotic resistance, and another gave the tomato a longer shelf life. (The company manufacturing the Flavr Savr, Calgene, had to cease production in 1997 because of rising costs.)

Today, there are only a few genetically modified crops in production, but those that exist are widely grown. In the United States, 94 percent of all soybeans, 96 percent of all cotton and 92 percent of all corn was genetically modified as of 2020, according to the Food and Drug Administration. These crops became popular because of their ability to withstand glyphosate, a key ingredient in the herbicide known as “Roundup.” Other countries that grow genetically modified crops widely include Canada, Brazil and India.

No major scientific research has found that genetically modified crops cause health problems in humans. In a 400-plus-page report published in 2016, the National Academies of Science found that “no substantiated evidence that foods from GE [genetically engineered] crops were less safe than foods from non-GE crops.” The report urged analysis of suchfoods by the traits that they include, rather than how they were created.

Yet engineeredcrops remain unpopular. According to a Pew Research Center poll from 2020, 38 percent of Americans believe genetically modified crops are unsafe, compared with 27 percent who believe they are safe. Thanks to a law passed by Congress in 2016, foods in the United States are required to be labeled as bioengineered if they involved genetic engineering beyond what could be accomplished with conventional breeding techniques. One analysis showed that consumers are willing to pay 20 percent more to avoid GM foods.

At the same time, a small but growing body of research has argued that GM foods could play a significant role in cutting carbon emissions. In a study published last year, researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany and the Berkeley, Calif.-based Breakthrough Institute found that widespread use of these crops in Europe could cut the agricultural sector’s emissions by 7.5 percent.

Another study found that the use of GM crops globally savesaround 23 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year — equalto removing around half of all vehicles from roads in the United Kingdom.

There are two primary ways genetically engineered crops could cut carbon emissions.

First, theycan be more productive, creating higher yields for farmers and allowing them to grow more food on less land. One global analysis found that GM crops on average lead to a 22 percent increase in yields. At the same time, one-third of all emissions from agriculture are from deforestation and the destruction of other natural areas — as farmers expand and grow more crops, they cut down trees that are storing CO2 in their trunks and leaves.

Other scientists say crops with herbicide resistance can require less tilling. “Every time soil is tilled, it releases carbon back into the atmosphere,” Smyth said. Herbicide-resistant corn, for example, can endure being sprayed by weed-killing agents, preventing farmers from having to till the land to remove weeds.

Butthe environmental community is split. Some activistssay focusing on climate change obscures the real problem with genetically modified crops: the role of big corporations in controlling food production.

[darkfictionjude]

I thought you & some of the readers might find this interesting, things that happened in 1994 (according to Wikipedia):

February 12: Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is stolen in Oslo

March 12: A photo by Marmaduke Wetherell, previously touted as "proof" of the Loch Ness Monster, is confirmed to be a hoax

April 5: Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, commits suicide at age 27 at his home in Seattle. His body was found three days later.

April 27: South Africa holds its first fully multiracial elections, marking the final end of the last vestiges of apartheid. Nelson Mandela wins the elections and is sworn in as the first democratically elected president the following month.

May 10: Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.

May 10: A solar eclipse occurs in The United States.

May 18: The Flavr Savr, a genetically modified tomato, is deemed safe for consumption by the FDA, becoming the first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be granted a license for human consumption.

June 12: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles. O. J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.

June 15: The Lion King, the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of all time, is released by Walt Disney Feature Animation.

June 17: NFL star O. J. Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in a white Ford Bronco. The low-speed chase ends at Simpson's Brentwood, Los Angeles mansion, where he surrenders.

June 17: The 1994 FIFA World Cup starts in the United States.

July 12: The Allied occupation of Berlin ends with a casing of the colors ceremony attended by U.S. President Bill Clinton.

August 12: Woodstock '94 begins in Saugerties, New York. It is the 25-year anniversary of Woodstock in 1969.

August 12: All Major League Baseball players go on strike, beginning the longest work stoppage in the sport's history.

September 13: President Bill Clinton signs the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which bans the manufacture of new firearms with certain features for a period of 10 years.

September 14: The 1994 World Series is officially cancelled due to the ongoing work stoppage. It is the first time a World Series will not be played since 1904.

September 17: Heather Whitestone is crowned the first deaf Miss America; she is crowned Miss America 1995.

September 19: Andrew Wiles proves Fermat's Last Theorem, solving the 357-year-old mathematical theorem first proposed by Pierre de Fermat in 1637. He would publish it in 1995.

October 1: The World Wide Web Consortium is founded by Tim Berners-Lee, becoming the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web.

November 5: George Foreman wins the WBA and IBF World Heavyweight Championships by KO'ing Michael Moorer becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in history.

December 3: Sony releases the PlayStation video game system in Japan.

And that is why it’s such an interesting year to set the story in. So much happens in all areas of the world. I knew some of these but it’s nice to know how much the world began to change here. And yes I will pat myself on the back for picking 1994 as the set year for the story 🥳

Thank you nonnie this was very cool 💜 (rip to Kurt — I should add more nirvana to the game playlist).

[darkmaga-retard]

FROM 2012: As the world begins to digest the implications of intellectual property for online censorship, another IP issue threatens an even more fundamental part of our daily lives: our food supply. Backed by legal precedent and armed with seemingly inexhaustible lobbying funds, a handful of multinationals are attempting to use patents on life itself to monopolize the biosphere.

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Corbett Report 2012 Data Archive (USB Flash Drive)

TRANSCRIPT

The oft-neglected legal minefield of intellectual property rights has seen a surge in public interest in recent months due to the storm of protest over proposed legislation and treaties related to online censorship. One of the effects of such legislation as SOPA and PIPA and such international treaties as ACTA is to have drawn attention to the grave implications that intellectual property arguments can have on the everyday lives of the average citizen.

As important as the protection of online freedoms is, however, an even more fundamental part of our lives has come under the purview of the multinational corporations that are seeking to patent the world around us for their own gain. Unknown to a large section of the public, a single US Supreme Court ruling in 1980 made it possible for the first time to patent life itself for the profit of the patent holder.

The decision, known as Diamond v. Chakrabarty, centered on a genetic engineer working for General Electric who created a bacterium that could break down crude oil, which could be used in the clean-up of oil spills. In its decision, Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger ruled that:

“A live, human-made micro-organism is patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101”

With this ruling, the ability to patent living organisms, so long as they had been genetically altered in some novel way, was established in legal precedent.

The implications of such a monumental ruling are understandably wide-reaching, touching on all sorts of issues that have the potential to change the world around us. But it did not take long at all for this decision’s effects to make itself felt in one of the most basic parts of the biosphere: our food supply.

In the years following the Diamond v. Chakrabarty decision, an entire industry rose up around the idea that these new patent protections could foster the economic incentive for major corporations to develop a new class of genetically engineered foods to help increase crop yields and reduce world hunger.

The first commercially available genetically modified food, Calgene’s “Flavr Savr” tomato, was approved for human consumption by the Food and Drug Administration in the US in 1992 and was on the market in 1994. Since then, adoption of GM foods has proceeded swiftly, especially in the US where the vast majority of soybeans, corn and cotton have been genetically altered.

[techninja]

Genetic Engineering at its Best: A Deep Dive into the Recombinant DNA Technology Market

Introduction

Recombinant DNA technology, often referred to as genetic engineering, is a groundbreaking field that has transformed various industries, including healthcare, agriculture, and biotechnology. This technology involves manipulating DNA molecules to create new genetic combinations, allowing scientists to develop innovative products, therapies, and solutions. The Recombinant DNA Technology Market has experienced exponential growth in recent years, driven by the increasing demand for genetically engineered products and the expanding applications of this technology.

The Evolution of Recombinant DNA Technology

Recombinant DNA technology has come a long way since its inception in the 1970s. Early breakthroughs, such as the creation of the first genetically engineered bacterium, paved the way for the development of insulin-producing bacteria and the first genetically modified crop, the Flavr Savr tomato. These milestones showcased the potential of recombinant DNA technology and sparked interest from both academia and industry.

Key Players in the Market

The Recombinant DNA Technology Market is characterized by a diverse range of stakeholders, including biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical firms, academic institutions, and research organizations. Some of the major players in this market include Genentech, Amgen, Novartis, and Roche, among others. These companies invest heavily in research and development to create novel products and therapies using recombinant DNA technology.

Applications in Healthcare

One of the most significant contributions of recombinant DNA technology to the healthcare industry is the production of biopharmaceuticals. This technology enables the creation of genetically modified microorganisms or cell lines that can produce therapeutic proteins, hormones, and antibodies. Insulin, human growth hormone, and monoclonal antibodies are examples of life-saving drugs produced using this technology. The market for biopharmaceuticals continues to grow rapidly, driven by the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and the demand for personalized medicine.

Agricultural Advancements

Recombinant DNA technology has also revolutionized agriculture. Genetically modified (GM) crops have been developed to enhance yield, improve resistance to pests and diseases, and increase nutritional value. GM crops such as Bt cotton and genetically modified corn have gained widespread acceptance among farmers, contributing to food security and sustainable agriculture. The market for GM seeds and crops is projected to expand as the global population continues to grow, necessitating increased food production.

Industrial and Environmental Applications

Beyond healthcare and agriculture, recombinant DNA technology finds applications in various other sectors. In the industrial sector, it is used to produce enzymes, biofuels, and chemicals through microbial fermentation. This technology is also being harnessed to address environmental challenges, such as bioremediation, where genetically engineered microorganisms are employed to clean up pollutants and contaminants in the environment.

Challenges and Ethical Considerations

While the Recombinant DNA Technology Market has witnessed remarkable growth and innovation, it is not without its challenges and ethical considerations. Concerns about the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their potential environmental impacts have led to regulatory scrutiny and public debate. Additionally, issues surrounding the ownership of genetic information and the equitable distribution of benefits from genetic engineering remain topics of discussion within the scientific community.

Future Prospects

The future of the Recombinant DNA Technology Market looks promising. Advancements in gene editing technologies, such as CRISPR-Cas9, have opened up new possibilities for precise and targeted genetic modifications. These innovations have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of genetic diseases, accelerate drug discovery, and further improve agricultural productivity.

Conclusion

Recombinant DNA technology has transformed industries, improved healthcare, and revolutionized agriculture. As the demand for genetically engineered products and solutions continues to rise, the Recombinant DNA Technology Market is expected to expand further. While challenges and ethical considerations persist, ongoing research and innovation in this field hold the promise of addressing some of society's most pressing problems and improving the quality of life for people around the world. The journey of recombinant DNA technology from its early days to the present has been remarkable, and its future is full of exciting possibilities.

[peertechz]

Application of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) crop technology and its implications in modern agricultur

Genetic modification entails incorporating DNA into an organism’s genome as well as putting new DNA into plant cells in order to create a genetically modified plant. Chemicals are poured into plants to improve product sizes and productivity in genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a type of clinical farming. The goal of genetic modification is to provide enhanced features to plants by altering their genetic makeup. This is done by inserting a novel gene or gene into the genome of a plant. Flavr Savr tomatoes were the first genetically modified plants, and they were modified to delay the ripening process, preventing tenderness and rot. Complete crop production increased significantly after the introduction of GM crops at some point during the generation; some of these increases may be due to GM technologies and crop protection advances that have been made possible, despite the fact that GM crops adopted so far are not crop yields. GMOs gain humanity when they are utilized for purposes like improving the availability and quality of food and hospital therapy, as well as contributing to a cleaner environment. If employed correctly, they have the potential to improve the economy without inflicting more harm than good, as well as gain from its ability to alleviate hunger and sickness around the world. However, the full potential of GMOs cannot be identified without thorough research and attention to the dangers associated with each new GMO on a particular scenario basis. Improved resistance to disease and pests can be achieved by genetic modification. It may enable the production of more nutritious staple plants that provide key micronutrients that are frequently lacking in the diets of poor people. As a result, the purpose of this review was to assess the deployment of genetically engineered crops and their effects on modern agriculture progress.

https://www.peertechzpublications.com/articles/IJASFT-8-239.php

[transfennecbuddy]

HI HI HI HELLO I have a THING! That I want to show y'all! HEHEHEHEHEHE I have another rant!! I shall hide it behind the read more thing but yeah!!! Hehe rant!!

(Also! Legal disclaimer! [Not really but same vibe.] This rant is about a super fancy snazzy spiffy science thing [CRISPR] but I'm not a science professional! I'm just doing a school project on this! This is what I got from YouTube videos and websites and such, yeah? If I get things wrong, that's why!)

Hi hi hi so you came to see my rant huh? Huh huh huh? Well I shall show you hehehe!

Have you heard of a thing called CRISPR? I'm gonna assume that you haven't so that I can explain!! It's a gene editing tool that uses a protein called Cas9, which is commonly found in bacteria! You see, bacteria have been using this fancy thing all along for ages! Like whenever bacteria get attacked by a virus (which happens a lot) and that virus is new to it, it doesn't really have a fancy defense mechanism to protect itself. But if it survives the attack, then it takes a bit of the virus's DNA and saves it in a section of its own DNA using Cas9. And then if it gets attacked by that virus again, it'll check the virus's DNA against the samples it has in storage, recognize the DNA, and make pieces of RNA to attack the virus right at its DNA!

Cool, huh? Well scientists found about this lil whizzy thing called Cas9 a while ago and were pretty excited, for good reason. With CRISPR, we can not only edit the DNA of creatures that haven't been born yet but also creatures that are very well and living which can pave the way to treatments for genetic diseases!! Plus it's much cheaper than it cost to do genetic stuff the old way!!! (As in, some folks are trying to get laypeople to try out CRISPR on themselves, and their main struggle is with convincing people to do it cause the cost isn't that big of a factor!) We already have GMOs like the Flavr Savr tomato (which takes longer to rot on store shelves thanks to being genetically modified). If CRISPR is safe (which folks are still trying to work on since there's still so much about genetics that scientists don't know and messing with folks' genomes can lead to unintended consequences [also fun fact: the word consequences is used colloquially to mean a bad effect of something, but in stuff like psychology, it just means an effect of something!!]), then it can be super awesome!

I learned about this lil thing back in... I think 2018? I watched a Kurzgesagt video on it a few years ago at least, and I rediscovered the vid during the pandemic while everyone and everything was shut down and there wasn't much to do during the summer other than sit on the couch and watch TV. And like, I LOVED that video when I first watched it?? I watched it multiple times and I even forced (read: persuaded/begged) my parents to watch it too. And I still love hearing about CRISPR and genetic engineering and genetics in general now because of that (and it's impressed at least two important people in my life so I consider it a success!). Like when we touched briefly on CRISPR in my biology class last year, I was SUPER excited in the back of the classroom because it was CRISPR!! One of my childhood interests that has significantly influenced my life!!

So when we had to do a project on new science in my physics class this year (for... reasons), I immediately looked up new stuff going on with CRISPR within the last couple years. AND TURNS OUT! FOLKS HAVE MADE A CRISPR 3.0 NOW! Like I didn't even get to hear about CRISPR 2.0, it was just straight to CRISPR 3.0!! And hopefully CRISPR 3.0 is safer, more effective, and easier to use than the original version of CRISPR.

ALSO! CRISPR IS BEING TRIED OUT TO HELP FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA(high cholesterol risk passed down genetically)!! THAT'S SO COOL!!! AND IT'S BEING TESTED ON PEOPLE NOW! I will literally SCREAM this is so cool!!

So yes! I'm having a fun time, hehe. And I'm writing this instead of actually working on my project, but that's cause it's helping me put together my thoughts! Totally not because I'm just too excited to work on it without being able to gush to someone about it (/sarcasm), lol.

[applejuice-fr]

Meet FlavorSaver, my newest Gen1 project <3 (vermillion/slate/ruby)

[blalbiotech]

BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVING FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Having the kind of meal we’re devouring nowadays would not be viable without biotechnology, biotechnology has over shadowed the maximum boundaries of our everyday existence and it is no marvel that those technological trends have observed their manner into our meals to form the future of food. Biotechnology in food is not some thing new it is promisingly been applied in regions like preservation, fermentation, brewing, distillation by Egyptians and Chinese community from 2nd millennium itself. About 5 years ago, multiple smaller groups sprouted and debuted biotech-derived foods for interested client’s and food-service markets however through the years attitude towards biotech food have gradually become more favourable as human beings recognize the environmental, economic, and dietary blessings they are going to impart, and acknowledged the safety of those food products with regard to human health and thus the environment.

Today genetically engineered microorganisms for the assembly of vitamins, organic acids, amino acids, sweeteners ,fit to be eaten oils and dietary supplements are frequently developed from the insertion of a useful gene into microorganisms and is going to play an vital function for the manufacturing of functional foods. Functional foods additionally stated as Nutraceuticals have become to be got here as preventive drugs and may assist additional fitness associated.

It is viable to bolster the impact of present probiotic lines and make absolutely new probiotics with a couple of fitness blessings as an example , it is broadly believed that omega-three fatty acids are useful in opposition to cardiovascular diseases. Biotech’s growing wave of excessive-tech meals, together with the use of gene enhancing strategies like CRISPR–Cas9 or transcription activator–like effector nuclease (TALEN), it has already produced some of promising merchandise like Flavr Savr Tomato, Golden rice, Evolva, anti browning white button mushroom and plenty of others.

Today, Okanagan Specialty Fruits grows apples that don’t brown after they’re sliced and Simplot sells potatoes that don’t bruise easily during storage, and produce less acrylamide- a compound recognized as a likely carcinogen—whilst cooking. On April 1, 2019 the fast-food chain Burger King brought to its menu a plant-based burger made by Impossible Foods that tastes uncannily like meat, due to bioengineered yeast. Perfect Day, a California-based start-up, is functioning with natural microbes to provide dairy-free milk in preference to farm animals farming, one of the main reasserts of greenhouse emission.

Afineur is functioning with one of the major derivative from the food industry, which debts for billions of lots of waste per annum , to craft a nutritious and flexible vegan protein. Beyond Meat is making plant-based products using pea protein, beets and other vegetables to form meat options whose appearance and flavour is like animal protein with out the cholesterol. Silicon Valley biotech start-up Memphis Meats is garnering headlines for culturing animal stem cells to develop actual meat without the animals. Each of these innovations offer purchasers flavourful quality nutrition reciprocally for a miles higher ecological footprint. Agriculture is one of the primary sector of India that at once or not directly influences all of us. Total food grain manufacturing is 291.95 million tonnes for 2019-20 however it’s going to growth.

[princessgeorgia22-blog1]

How Do Genetically Modified Foods Cause a Toxic Colon?

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) come from plants or animals that have received new genetic material to achieve various results thought to be desirable. Experiments with the genetic makeup of diverse plant crops have led to resistance to pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides, enhanced levels of nutrients, and even tolerance to extreme weather conditions. Common products derived from genetically modified plants include cottonseed oil, soybeans, cocoa beans, canola, and corn. Genetically altered crops are taking over farmland at an alarming rate. In 2006, United States GMO crops reached just shy of one-hundred-thirty-five million acres, with the total global area exceeding two-hundred-fifty million acres

While enhanced nutrients and built-in pest resistance may seem to be a step in the right direction, in actuality the near future for GMOs is alarming. Scientists are bioengineering plants to manufacture pharmaceutical compounds (a technique known as “pharming”), to grow trees which yield fruit and nuts much earlier in the season than they would naturally, plants that can be used to create new kinds of plastics, and to produce fish that reproduce more rapidly. Margaret Wertheim, in a 2002 article in LA Weekly, expressed fears that “Quietly and stealthily, our fields are being turned into industrial factories. This is potentially the most dangerous technology since nuclear power, yet we have no way of finding out what is being done.”4 In 1994, the Flavr Savr® tomato, engineered to resist rotting, was the first genetically modified food reviewed and approved by the U.S. FDA for human consumption. FDA-employed scientists warned that altered products such as the Flavr Savr® could create toxins in food and trigger allergies. Shockingly, the FDA approved the “Frankenstein” tomato anyway with claims, “… the Flavr Savr passed muster so well that the rigor of its testing will not have to be repeated for other bioengineered foods.”5 The FDA also suppressed a report that described lesions in the stomachs of mice that had eaten the Flavr Savr®. As a matter of fact, “Seven out of forty rats tested died within two weeks for unstated reasons.”

[livinggreenisthedream]

Growing Pink Pineapples. GMO BLOG.

GMOs are more than just Pink pineapples and cotton candy-flavored grapes.

Genetically modified organisms came to light in 1994 when FLAVR SAVR, a brand by Calgene, an American company, introduced the first genetically modified fruit, TOMATOES.

They found that they lasted longer on the shelf when they worked the tomato's genes and enzymes. So GMOs technology helped products did not go brown.

Genetically modified organisms are becoming part of our food system. Most scientists say they're safe, but the idea of GMOs still makes many uncomfortable. Some GMOs have strict regulations; others are slipping with no federal oversight at all.

We as consumers can count on Labels to provide the identity of the food.

Mandatory labeling is more than just sticking words on a package; however, Due to the complexity of the process, labeling can be very costly and, as such, is often limited only to the most critical information needed to make informed health decisions (Stearns).

Source:https://gmo.uconn.edu/topics/gmo-regulation/

Most genetically modified foods are alfalfa, aspartame, canola, cotton, corn, cow's milk, papaya, soybean, sugar beet, soy, sugar, yellow squash, and zucchini. (Hirsh)

So let's look at the Pros and Cons of GMOs, according to Dr. Pamela Ronald.

GMO crops often involve the use of the herbicide glyphosate, which is concerning to some consumers. In addition, making GMO food is less natural because of the modification process and genetic material not native to the original organism.

Some fear that farmers' reliance on specific GMOs could contribute to biodiversity loss or cause over-production.

Like we talked about last class, transportation is a factor of food insecurity; however, GMOs have permitted longer shelf life for fruits and vegetables.

GMOs involve the genetic modification of plants and animals to improve crops and food production. Of course, with any practice, there are tradeoffs and benefits. However, many experts concur that GMO technology offers farmers tools and solutions to sustainable food production.

Still, the journey to conquer the mysterious world of GMOs persists, and whether or not GMOs are sustainable depends on where you look at them.

So on a lighter note id like to end this blog with a youtube video on how to grow your own fruits and vegetables from store-bought seeds. He found seeds from trail mix and planted that.

The video is quite long but very cool, in my opinion.

Sources

Hirsh, Sophie. “Are Gmos Sustainable?” Green Matters, Green Matters, 31 Oct. 2019, www.greenmatters.com/p/are-gmos-sustainable.

Ronald, Pamela. “Sustainability: Are Gmos Good or Bad?” Best Food Facts, 25 Sept. 2020, www.bestfoodfacts.org/sustainability-are-gmos-good-or-bad/.

Stearns, Stacey. “GMO Regulation.” Science of GMOs, 26 Oct. 2017, gmo.uconn.edu/topics/gmo-regulation/.

[naturalwellnessjourney]

〰️GMO's simplified by Dr Mark Hymand ❓Did you know that 75% of the foods in grocery stores are genetically modified? ❓Did you know that GMO's are banned in some countries? ❓Did you know that it has been proven that GMO's harm the planet? ❓Do you know that GMO'S have not been proven to be safe, and illness and disease has increased since the introduction of GMO's 📚According to "the American Academy of Environmental Medicine's position paper on genetically modified (GM) foods: '[S]everal animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food consumption including infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signaling, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen and gastrointestinal system.'" 🌽Studies have shown that genetically modified corn and soy fed to rats led to a higher risk of them developing liver and kidney problems. 😵GMOs could affect those with allergies in unpredictable ways. ⚠️GM crops were first introduced in the USA in 1994 with the Flavr Savr tomato, which had been genetically modified to slow its ripening process, delaying softening and rotting. 📆The farming of GM crops has massively increased since the mid 1990s. ➡️Even if you chose to eat GMO's, AVOID soy and corn!! These two are extremely heavily sprayed with Roundup which has been labeled as a carcinogenic.. https://www.cittaslow.org/news/dramatic-correlation-shown-between-gmos-and-22-diseases https://youtu.be/uwX2xTf9i-I https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTM8o4hb_S/?igshid=1kez1t7k3zjg4

[go-alexis-torres-blog]

Toxins in Our Food

The birth of genetically modified organisms began in 1992 when a company called Calgene created “Flavr Savr” a delayed-ripening tomato that was given the OK for human consumption by the FDA. in 1994 After some evaluation from the FDA it was concluded that the Flavr Savr tomatoes were as safe as normal bred tomatoes. While this company made history through their advances in genetic engineering they had to cease production due to the high cost of production, and eventually were bought out by non other that the Monsanto Company, creators of the widely used Roundup weed killer. 

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavr_Savr

[foodandtechnology-blog1]

10 ways technology is changing our food

The total populace is working toward 9 billion, our accessible land is contracting, and our networks are developing progressively associated, leaving one progressively significant worldwide issue hanging over our heads: nourishment security. Luckily, innovation is enabling us to follow, investigate, and comprehend the manner in which our nourishment framework attempts to help decrease the measure of nourishment waste and carbon emanations, and at last, feed the 842 million individuals who don't at present have enough to eat.

1. GMOs

The biotechnology used to make hereditarily adjusted creatures (GMO) is basic in nourishment innovation and furthermore famous. A GMO is something that has been hereditarily built to have certain qualities, similar to herbicide opposition, bother obstruction, and expanded health benefits. In 1994, the principal adjusted tomato, the Flavr Savr, was endorsed by the FDA and put available.

In 1997, only three years after the primary hereditarily changed nourishment hit the basic food item retires, Europe made GMO names required, however despite everything us hasn't made a government guideline. Presently, there are crops being developed that are hereditarily altered to develop in natural surroundings other than their local ones, to expand yield profitability to nourish more individuals. Instances of this incorporate wheat, rice, and different grains. Fish, poultry, and hamburger are additionally regularly altered to expand the amount of meat by stimulating the pace of development of a creature or by adding proteins or different supplements to the meat.

2. Exactness farming

Exactness agribusiness is regularly called satellite cultivating and alludes to the utilization of GPS following frameworks and satellite symbolism to screen harvest yields, soil levels, and climate examples to build products on the homestead. Exactness innovation is progressively significant as the issue of encouraging 9 billion individuals by 2050 turns out to be increasingly clear. The innovation was embraced in the mid-1990s and began with harvest yield screens. Presently, there are apparatuses, for example, climate investigation programming and soil testing units to screen nitrogen and phosphorous levels.

3. Automatons

Homesteads regularly length huge separations, and ranchers need assistance to screen the efficiency of the territories. Automatons are turning into a well-known option in contrast to additional ranch hands or satellites, and trend-setting innovation is making the automatons progressively beneficial. With rambles, ranchers can find correctly where an ailing or harmed plant is, all the more precisely discharge compost and pesticides, or take photographs and have quick data about a specific territory of the homestead.

4. Web of Things

Sensors are (and will keep on being) essential to nourishment innovation. The Internet of Things has just gone to the homestead in the types of water system innovations, crop yield checking. A framework called WaterBee gathers information on soil content and other ecological components utilizing remote sensors to diminish water squander.

5. Nourishment waste following

We realize that 40% of America's nourishment is discarded every year. With the assistance of internet-based life and new innovation, this number can be radically diminished. Steps are being made with applications and web stages to put the nourishment to great use. Local is an application that assists cafés with limiting waste by enabling individuals to get bargains on nourishment (going from 30 to half off for the most part) inside 45 minutes of a posting at close-by eateries. Another application, 222 Million Tons, gives a recommended basic food item list with a client's chosen family unit size and dinner inclinations. An especially creative stage called LeftoverSwap matches individuals with remaining nourishment to others in their general vicinity who might want to buy modest nourishment and lift it up, and they offer anything from pizza to deliver.

6. Hackathons

Nourishment driven hackathons are springing up far and wide to improve the nourishment business. It is a development that is picking up footing. Food+Tech Connect held the principal nourishment hackathon and keeps on facilitating them yearly, including ones that have handled the Farm Bill, and the meat and café enterprises. The Future of Food Hackathon and Forum is a get together of the main nourishment pioneers, gourmet experts, business visionaries, and planners to make answers for the fate of nourishment. The Rural Advancement Foundation International and Farm Hack, an open-source network for agribusiness extends that rundowns neighborhood hackathons and developments have propelled a communitarian crusade on Kickstarter for Growing Innovation, an online network to share horticultural advancements and maps of supportable ranches.

7. 3D printing

The possibility of 3D printed nourishment isn't actually mouth-watering, however, the innovation stands to upset the nourishment business on probably some level. At this moment, the most discussed 3D printed nourishment is 3D Systems' treats, which is made of unadulterated sugar with the ChefJet, however, the pioneer in the 3D printer industry as of late collaborated with Hershey's to print chocolate. New businesses like Modern Meadow are attempting to spare cows and help decrease carbon emanations by making meatless meat. NASA utilized a 3D printer to make a pizza, perhaps a stage forward for space explorer dinners in space. The Foodini is a 3D printer intended for the home kitchen. The client readies the fixings with a nourishment processor or blender, and the 3D printer can print shapes out of the blend. It's intended to require some investment expending procedure of making things by hand. The Foodini has made nourishment things, for example, burgers, pizza, and treats.

8. Ranch areas

As farmland turns out to be less accessible, we should concoct creative spots to develop nourishment. The most recent pattern is underground; in London, a hydroponic homestead was worked in surrendered underground passages that were once air-attack covers, with the goal that nearby eateries and stores can have new produce and herbs. Hydroponic innovation is developing in prominence since nourishment can be developed without soil utilizing a supplement rich water arrangement. Philips is dealing with making unique LED bulbs that produce explicit wavelengths to properly develop plants inside for Green Sense Farms in Chicago, which is a one-million cubic foot developing space. Since LED bulbs don't get hot, they can sit nearer to the plants and can create lights specific to various types of harvests.

9. Access to plans

AllRecipes has been around for a long time, and the stage is exceptionally well known. In 2012, on its fifteenth commemoration, the site led a review, approaching client's inquiries regarding their utilization for their formula administrations. It found, obviously, that our cell phones and tablets are changing the manner in which we get ready and cook nourishment. In excess of 33% of respondents said they go through telephones to look plans and cooking methods, as per the overview.

Formula destinations have all around outperformed cookbooks and magazine plans in utilization. From sans gluten to vegetarian to paleo, we can discover rules for pretty much any kind of diet or way of life on the web today. With web journals, Pinterest, nourishment driven Twitter records, and Facebook gatherings, sharing plans crosswise over fringes has never been simpler. Furthermore, with video destinations like YouTube, we can figure out how to slash up an artichoke in merely four minutes.

10. Advancing nearby nourishment

The ranch to-fork development is solid. Individuals need to know where their nourishment originates from, and as modern farming, GMOs, hormones, and carbon emanations become progressively concerning, it turns out to be increasingly imperative to know the lifecycle of nourishment. Sites like Farmigo offer a spot for individuals to discover neighborhood gather from ranchers in their area, making an online rancher's market network, of sorts. Homestead to Table is a web administration that conveys privately developed produce, grass-sustained hamburger, and confine free chickens to cafés, autonomous supermarkets, and cafeterias. There are profiles of the ranchers and the homesteads they tend, just as point by point portrayals of the nourishment that is accessible for procurement. The organization is situated in Austin, Texas, yet administrations like these are developing around the nation.

Read about 10 ways technology is changing our food here

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I found a super accesible and complete video about the history and future of GMO. I made a text summary, just so that if I want to check a certain detail I don’t have to watch the whole video; Since the 1960s scientists have experimented with nuclear bombarding on plants to create a mutation in DNA. The goal was to mutate the organism to our benefit by pure chance. in the 1970s scientists inserted DNA snippets into plants, bacteria and animals to study and modify them for research, medicine, agriculture and for fun. The first genetically modified animal was born in 1974, making mice a standard tool for research. in 1980 the first modified organisms where patented, the first one being a microbe engineered to absorb oil. growth hormones, insulin that we create are all harvested from animal organs. In 1994 the first genetically modified food came on the market, the Flavr Savr Tomato. It was given an extra gene that suppressed the rotting process giving the tomato a much longer shell life. In the 1990’s a brief experimentation on humans was done. To treat maternal infertility, babies were made that carried genetic information from 3 humans. So they actually had 3 genetic parents. Today we have super muscled pigs, fast-growing salmon, featherless chicken, and see-through frogs. Gene editing was extremely expensive, complicated, and took a long time to do. since 2016 we have CRISPR, that shrunk the costs by 99%. In stead of a year it takes a few weeks to conduct experiments, and basically everybody with a lab can do it. CRISPR: Viruses infect bacteria’s with RNA, manipulating their DNA. Most of the time bacteria’s die eventually from this. IF the bacteria survives, it has a very powerful tool to protect itself from the same kind of virus. They safe a part of the virus DNA in their own genetic code in a DNA archive called CRISPR, here it’s stored safely until it’s needed. When the Virus attacks again, the bacterium quickly makes an RNA copy from the DNA archive and arms a secret weapon - a protein called CAS9. This protein scans the bacterium’s inside and scans every bit of DNA it finds with the RNA from the ‘archive’. When it finds a 100% match, it cuts out the Virus DNA. CAS9 is incredibly precise. Scientists then found out this CRISPR mechanism is programmable. You can just give it a copy of DNA you want to modify and put the system into a living cell. It is precise, cheap and easy. It works for microbes, plants and animals (including humans of course).   Let’s be optimistic for a moment: In 2015 scientists use CRISPR to cut the HIV virus out of living cells, from patients in the lab, proving that it was possible. Then scientists did a larger scale experiment on rats, that had HIV in about all their cells. CRISPR was injected in their tail and it reduced the HIV infection with over 50%. so CRISPR has the potential to cure humanity from all viruses and even from cancer and genetic diseases. If modified humans are created, it will start an irreversible chain. The engineered traits will be passed on to their children/grandchildren/grand-grandchildern/etc… and this will slowly affect our entire population. If genetic engineering is seen as something safe, it may be seen as unethical to NOT genetically engineer your children. Leaving them unnecessary weak and unprotected from diseases. 2/3ds of dying people nowadays, die from aging. Certain genes may slow, stop or even reverse aging. Lobsters, jellyfish and planarian are immune to aging, we would just need a little bit of their genes.

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Applications of GMO

- Flavr Savr (GMO tomatoes): the genes of the tomatoes responsible for spoilage are removed, so the tomatoes spoil more slowly.

- Golden rice: the gene of the daffodil plant contains more beta-carotene, so rice can be modified with this gene, allowing our body to convert more beta-carotene into vitamin A 

- AquAdvantage salmon: salmon are genetically modified with growth hormones to grow in market size within a shorter period of time

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Fat and Somewhat Happy

RE: Jury awards couple $2 billion in Monsanto Roundup [glyphosate] Cancer Case

It’s pre–apocalyptic grocery shopping: flowers and flatulence and fear of food.

What can I buy that will keep me alive?

Organic is better, but you can settle for BST–free cheese

(if it comes from Wisconsin and not the glowing Pacific Coast).

Look for the BST symbol.

And the Master’s Mark sign

to make sure your kids are not getting that nasty radiation

still leaking from Fukushima

(except when they go out for pizza).

It’s true there’s actually no double-blind fool proof that radiation is bad for you

but it’s hard that it’s hard not to think about Sadako during dinner.

You have to let up when you buy for a party: the taste is the same

no matter what you spend:

and you don’t want to come off like a lunatic

and those people eat that shit anyway

and so do you when you’re at their house.

You can eat what they call conventional avocados,

It being the convention to apply poison first, ask questions later,

most don’t get through

their skins so much thicker than yours.

You can sneak your fingers into the goopy green dip

when you think no one is looking

and lick it off not even bothering to think

about the lesion–and–hemorrhage–inducing

Flavr–Savr Tomatoes with the anti–freeze flounder genes

which have been mercifully discontinued

because they killed the rats that ate ’em.

You do have to skip the tox-alicious chips,

or peek at the bag for or –GMO labels

to avoid the extra layer of poison they spray on the roundup–tolerant corn

• or the glu-FO-sinate–resistant corn

• or the GLY-pho-sate–resistant corn

• or the corn with the Bt bacteria built in—either

—Cry-1-A.105 (MON89034),

—Cry-I-Ab (MON810),

—Cry-I-F (1507),

—Cry-2-Ab (MON89034),

—Cry-3-Bb1 (MON863 and MON88017),

—Cry-34-Ab1 (59122),

—Cry-35-Ab1 (59122),

—Cry-3-A (MIR604),

—or VIP-3-A (MIR162)

which is also in your lovely retro cotton dress

(though that product too may be discontinued

like unsuccessful apparel and dessiccated lords

because the pink bollworm and the Florida army worm are already resistant.

And the Bt killed some more rats. Or some others).

Othering is alive and well these days (Hey! Tom Philpott says

the Obamas

and the Bushes

and the Clintons

and the Romneys

all secretly eat organic foods.

But the Trump glow speaks of a new aesthetic, and

Anyway—so, a few rats have died. Who wants rats

eating our corn? Fuck ‘em. Let ‘em die like the rats they are.”

Who says rats and roaches have to inherit the earth?

They’re not the meek.

But back to the oil (in the chips—remember the chips?

Remember, I told you, you’d have to skip the chips?)

The oil in the chips might be GMO,

so it really is best to use your fingers when no one is looking .

There! A snack! And it’s OK, you’re not that hungry,

and they have organic micro–distilled bourbon and gin on hand.

Of course, the kids can’t drink gin all the time,

even if it makes them smell nice, like Christmas,

So I’m standing as if in supplication, peering at the good old-fashioned ice cream:

is that you, there, churning with

• propylene glycol,

• ethyl acetate,

• yellow dye #5

• and hold the vanilla, but not the vanillin— a very good lice killer, I’m told, vanillin:

I scream / You scream / We all scream for—OK skip it. Skip

the ice cream, but pick up some whole and low–fat and skim and two–percent

(just over a buck at Jewel, if you don’t mind

• the GMO hormones

• that give the cows infections

• that require the antibiotics that are more useless every day)

I limit my angst to four horsemen:

• Jewel for cheaper bread and jam. Except when Mariano’s has a sale.

• TJ’s for bananas, pasta, chips, and apples,

(and just a bite of the samples ‘cause they taste so good).

Pizza, too, though the family hates that kind.

• Caputo’s for produce, wishing it were laced with coke like the watermelon they sold in the 90s.

• Whole Foods for the dry goods: no union but fewer poisons. Whole paycheck? Maybe—but they say we’ve got a choice:

Poorhouse or hospital? Rickets or cancer?

Twenty years from now, when we’re all dying

from a cell tower or silicon disease

we don’t know about yet, will it matter?

No, no one is pure. Not even

Barak, Michelle,

George, Laura,

Bill, Hilary,

Willard and Lenore,

Or Casey Wessel—came down with leukemia today.

Four horsemen—and still no meat to be had.

You can go straight to the farm and inspect it yourself,

unless you want one of those

* USDA self-inspected chickens—

* Racing chickens, speeding along the production line

at 175 birds perminute,

3 per second, like

“We don’t need no stinkin’ inspections.”

Or—Direct from 60 Minutes, compromised but still kickin’—

• The fish we get “from China” (in four–point type).

It feeds directly from the chicken’s ass:

Their crates, arranged in a tiny Chinese Alcatraz,

suspended over a man–made pond.

Yeah, its gross to you and me,

but think of it from the Dante Aligheri fish point of view:

Manna rains down, still warm,

from poultry purgatory up above.

• And the garlic grown in sewage.

• And the cold medicine full of fecal bacteria.

• Silks and that are fresh from chemical baths . . .

Just. Like. You: Your sweet little a carcinogenic soup

Starring formaldehyde (29 names for formaldehyde, and gee she looks well preserved).

And don’t forget A-ZO-di-car-BON-amide—get it while you sleep!

A-ZO-di-car-BON-amide—get it while you sleep!

And just in case you’ haven’t had enough—you can get it for free

in your favorite fast food:

That foam in your mattress so comfy you can eat it up, at

• Subway.

• McDonald’s.

• Arby’s.

• Starbucks, too, except for Starbucks in Europe & Australia, where its not even allowed in their yoga mats or shoes.

• Whatta they afraid of? A little asthma won’t kill ya.

This the poor can’t afford to know. But you know

and you’re getting poorer by the minute, so now you’ll have to forget.

And it’s on to Cassandra’s problem, and Eve’s: How can you un–know it?

• Ignore the Caen study showing cancers in rats?

• It was after all retracted by the journal itself, which is run by

Richard Goodman nee Monsanto. They said it: “No definitive conclusions can be reached.”

The rich though, make it their business to know.

• Their patron, Pandora makes ’em kill the rat.

• Or maybe it’s Hades—who yeah, was a kidnapper and rapist but really did love her. Persephone. Our sister the resister.

It’s time we became resistant, too—followed suit instead of suits. It might be enough

to eat rarely and spare:

• meat once a week

• fish once a month

• rice rarely to sidestep the arsenic still in the soil we spray with new stuff now

• fruit to avoid the acrylamide baked into those

—chips,

���cookies,

—crackers,

—cereal,

—fries.

Another list, but at least this time we know the words.

Is it better, maybe, if the chips are organic

so they only have one kind of poison, or two?

Better if the fish swim in fecal farms

or wild and free

off the hot coast of Japan? )

Anyway

• Organic’s got pesticide drift, curable only if you by a driftcatcher—opposite of a dream catcher— catches garbage where you stand.

• Cassava’s got cyanogenic glucosides,

• Acorns can be toxic in large quantities,

• A pound of greens three times a day means kidney stones and a sluggish thryroid.

• & anyone ever eat too many beans?

Yeah, I know: we’re human and we’re all doomed anyway.

But it’s still gross when Tom’s sinuses swell up

from too much of the weird–ass big–protein in the wheat we invented in ‘71.

Or when Zak throws up after fish from China

and the vomit takes the finish off the hardwood floor.

Or you develop an allergy to eggplant,

which you love so much you keep trying it anyway—

and you’re only sensitive when the eggplant’s non–organic.

That you was me—here I am again.

I know now I can buy three things. And still I shop in the valley of the shadow.

I could thank you,

• Sauget which once was Monsanto, then Syngenta/Pioneer/Dow/BASF/Bayer.

• And AquaBounty/ArborGlen/ArcadiaBioSciences/Mendel/Targeted Growth.

• And lovely suburban City of Wood Dale, thank you more,

for spraying right inside our summer–night windows.

• Thank you Mom, for the color-coded meals, the DDT–laced meat (Grade A: you tried so hard!) But I wish I never wished I were an Oscar Meyer Wiener!

Thank you thank you—there are more—but we’re running out of time.

Thank you thank you thank you all for making it here to the Pre-Apocalypse.

Thank you all for sticking around so we can all go down together, fat

& somewhat happy till the sores set in.

Previously published in “Stubborn” by Sheri Reda, Moria Press 2017.