How much are we really paying for our food?

Chi TranEnglish 1021

Food Cost: $1.00 ….. How???

Genetic Modified Agriculture

Plant genes are modified to enhance more nutrients and some other desirable characteristics like pests and/or disease resistance

Genetic Modified Agriculture

A very effective way of producing a very large numbers of nearly identical plants from one individual plan.

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Genetic Modified Food in Stores

Corns, Soy bean, Tomatoes,…

Animal Factory

Antibiotic Food

Animals are fed with antibiotic enhanced food to prevent diseases and help the animal grow faster.

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HEALTH RISKS

higher risks of toxicity, allergenicity, antibiotic resistance, immune-suppression and cancer. Ex: E.COLI cases

Health Risk (cont.)

Foot-and-mouth disease has broken out on two Taiwan hog farms, 12 years after the epidemic hit the island and shattered Taiwan's pork export markets.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSA lagoon waste container Manure run-off with the

accompanying soil degradation.

WATER SOURCE IMPACTThe tremendous quantities of animal waste produced at industrial farm animal production facilities contaminate waterways, lakes, groundwater, soils and the air.

CONTAMINATED WATER SOURCE

An estimated 100 million menhaden fish perished on the Neuse River in North Carolina over a period of 42 days.

REAL COST

-HEALTH RISKS.-ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS : DESTROYING HABITATS.

CHEAP???