Genetic Engineering for Food Supply

1. Genetic Engineering for Food Supply Suzanne Distrola

2. What is genetic engineering? • Genetic makeup of cells is changed. • To produce new organisms, the genes are moved from one species to another.

3. Who [full orange]The five countries producing more than 95% of commercialized GMO [legend pattern orange] Other country producing commercialized GMO. [orange dot]Only experimental crops.

4. Why • Benefits • Enhance a species • Convenience

5. Beneficial • BP1: Farmers • Financially • Efficiently • BP2: Replenishes food supply • BP3: Wider variety of food

6. Thesis • Genetic engineering is beneficial because it helps farmers in different ways, even financially, increases the amount of food and creates a wider variety of food.

7. Food supply • Most grown foods are genetically altered in some way • Climate tolerance • Pets repellants • Physical changes

8. GM and Farmers • Saves them money. • Gain profit • Higher yield=greater profit • Larger amounts of produce are surviving. • GM seeds • Natural pesticides.

9. GM seeds • Toleration to environment • Produce natural pesticides • Inherit and pass on modified genes • Physical traits

10. No need for sprays • Farmers no longer need to spray crops. • Can be toxic • Harmful to environment • Consumers do not want to eat food that has been treated with pesticides because of potential health hazards.

11. Replenishes food supply • Greater yield • Larger produce • More surviving • GM solves spoiling issue

12. Greater selection • GM foods increased the variety and preference • Seedless watermelon • Consumer convenience • Consumer preference

13. Consumer convenience • Japanese farmers have forced their watermelons to grow in a square shape by inserting the melons in a square, tempered glass case while the fruit is still growing on the vine • Seedless watermelons

14. Conclusion