Genetic Engineering for

Food Supply

Suzanne Distrola

What is genetic engineering?•Genetic makeup of

cells is changed. •To produce new

organisms, the genes are moved from one species to another.

Beneficial•Farmers

▫Financially▫Efficiently

•Replenishes food supply

•Wider variety of food

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.

Square watelmelons and seedless watermelons• 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

Negative opinion