Summit 2011

1. Summit 2011 Globalization and Food Bio technology

2. Group C: Pro

3. Genetically Modified (GM) CBC has an article that was published in May of 2004. This article talks about GM foods and how many them are actually out their. In the article it says that more than 30,000 different food products that can be found at your supermarket are Genetically Modified. This is because a large amount of processed foods are made with soy. The soybean produced twice as much protein than vegetables and corn. Advocacy groups such as Greenpeace argue that GM foods are a health risk. People in Europe have put more pressure on the government to make GM foods more of a top priority in getting rid of them. Some country’s in Europe have dropped GM foods. Here in North America the people haven’t really made much of a stand. The Reason North American hasn’t has a simple and not very long answer

4. Fast Food GM I think one of the reasons that consumers in North America don’t want GM Foods out of the country because American’s are very obese. They would without their processes cheese or their MacDonald's hamburger. They like foods with lots of calories and lots of sodium and sugar. That’s what GM foods do. They have added sugar, sodium, carbs. So instead of a piece of cheese being natural straight from the production line they add sugar, and sodium to keep people on buying them.

5. Globalization Part Globalization takes part in GM foods because food is all over the world. I might have a box or Ritz crackers in my hand and someone on the other side of the could be doing be holding the same crackers. Globalization allows for things to be all over the world in the most unexpected places. Something can never be in one place. There is probably a MacDonald's in every city across North America, Europe, Asia. That’s because of Globalization. It allows everyone to be connected. So let’s say someone created a new fruit by growing the seeds together. So let’s say someone in Brazil created it. So it’s very big. Than maybe a tourist comes eats likes it. Calls his boss. Make a contract with the person who created it. Just like that the idea, the food is half way across the world being eaten by some Germans. Than from their it spreads throughout the world.