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Date Submitted: 02/13/2016 10:02 AM
It could be emerging as the latest trend in cities to enjoy or cater their desires of country life, but it isn’t new in Sonoma, California. Bing, a journalist, discovered this miraculous six-acre land and its owners working hard to provide its neighborhood with pesticide-free, labor-intensive methods to farm tomatoes. The type of farming done in cities is called urban farming. Since there is no land, the food is usually cultivated on roof tops or backyards. More and more people are turning towards growing their own food. They have taken in their hands to provide their family with food grown in front of their eyes. The major reason to it; they no longer trust in what farmers are providing us with. What the farmers are providing in the name of FOOD is nothing but just technology filled crap.
Most foods that we eat now are genetically engineered or rather a term which sounds much better explanation of what it is; genetically mutated. It is the process of transferring genes of one organism into another. Traditional breeding exchanges genes between similar species. But the genetic engineering is breaking the barriers. It allows scientist to insert genes from any plant or animal into any other organism. For example, genes from a fish have been used to make a more long-lasting and durable tomato. Imagine the risk we humans are put into. Consuming that tomato could be hazardous to health. Genes can change easily. Inserting a gene of living species into a plant could create a vast amount of different viruses and impossible to treat diseases. In a cross-Canada speaking tour, Fagan, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, defined genetic engineering in following words: "It is a dangerous global experiment in the interests of short-term commercial gain by giant biotech companies which control large segments of the world's food supply." This means that a professor teaching molecular biology himself is...