Sunday, August 24, 2014

Organics and Politics

Compare a variety of texts looking at this question? 

What's behind my burger?

Cuba's organic revolution
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/apr/04/organics.food

Video: Food Inc. (available on NetFlix)

 Shin, Annys.   "Engineering a Safer Burger.  The Washington Post.   12 June 2008.

Read more at http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/msm.asp#grg2YMzbyxQXX2mv.99

Claim: "every person on the planet can feed himself on 100sq. feet."http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/can-we-feed-our-world-without-monsanto

Monsanto's Discover Monsanto Webpage http://discover.monsanto.com/?gclid=CO-eyMCurMACFUiGfgod8i8Aug

Investment and Returns with Agricultural Research: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eb-economic-brief/eb10.aspx#.U_oY7Nm9Kc0