...de la Rosa Ms. Stone ENGL 101/M18 31 July 2014 Food of the Future When was the last time that you checked how your food was produced? Are you sure that everything that is offered in supermarkets won’t harm your health? Food Industries can do terrible things to generate profit. For example, advertising junk food, causing health issues, and raising food prices. However, the most atrocious thing that foods industries are doing today is the implementation of genetically modified organism in agriculture. According to Behrokh Maghari and Ali M. Ardekani in their article titled “Genetically Modified Food and Social concerns” which was published in 2011 in the Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology, “Genetically modified organisms are being made by inserting a gene from an external source such as viruses, bacteria, animals or plants into usually unrelated species. Genetically modified food (GMF) means any food containing or derived from a genetically engineered organism” (119). Nowadays, genetically modified food can be founded everywhere in supermarkets, restaurants, and grocery stores (Guthrie 1). Its production has been a dilemma in our society since the 90s. Many people claim that the production of genetically modified food will cause improvements in our society. In the other hand, many studies have claim that it wont. The goal of this paper is to find out if our society really needs genetically modified food by explaining what are the benefits and consequences that...
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...The Future of Food Production The process that food consumed in America goes through to make its way to our mouths is like a Rube Goldberg contraption. The seemingly straightforward process of growing, raising, harvesting, and slaughtering goes on every day, completely hidden from consumers. Very few Americans are aware of the highly complicated, mechanized, and convoluted journey that any given bite of food takes from its origins in nature (or some manipulated approximation of it) to its destination on our plates. Although some people criticize the state of our food system, it is clear that it grew to be the international machine that it is because of demand. More than 300 million Americans want lots of food, meat especially, and they want it cheap. So like every other production process in this country, our food system has been industrialized to produce maximum food calories for the American people at minimum cost. This industrialization of our food system has allowed for population increase and higher standards of living. But there are significant problems with the industrial food system. Caught up in a drive to maximize production and profit, the industrial food system has grown to an unsustainable size. As food production has become increasingly industrialized, concern for the environment and the animals we eat has taken a backseat to expansion. Specialization, rather than integration, has become Forman 2 the hallmark of America’s farms. Rather...
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...Historical behaviour of food prices and their likely future path By Anne-Sophie Corbeau Georgios Gavotsis Jie Yue Michael Mahmoud Nanditha Chinnaraj Raphael Zumofen Business Economics Lecturer: Professor David Shepherd Imperial College Business School MSc Management Word Count: 2495 10th November 2011 “The common theme for why all these commodity prices are higher is the substantial increase in fund flow into these markets, which are not big enough to withstand the increase in funds without pushing up prices” By Kevin Morrison, Journalist for the Financial Times April 9, 2006 Table of Contents i. Introduction 1 ii. Movements in food prices 1 iii. Structure of the food market 8 iv. Government Intervention in the Food Market 10 a. Tariffs and Quotas 10 b. Subsidies and Export Taxes 11 c. Price Support Mechanisms 13 v. Forecast of food prices evolution over the next 20 years 16 vi. Bibliography 21 Introduction The aim of this paper is to analyse the various factors that have contributed not only to rise of food prices over the last two decades, ending the trend of falling food prices#, but also how the structure of the food commodity market and government intervention have contributed to price spikes and generally increasing food commodity prices. The paper will conclude with a forecast of long-term food prices and the factors that will contribute to a continued increase...
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...A look into the projected future use, sustainability and availability of produce and food. Introduction In this case study I will be discussing the projected future use of general food and also talking about how food can be revolutionised by today’s technologies. Food can be defined as an object which provides nutrients to sustain human life. Besides our physical need for food and the energy it provides, we also have a mental and cultural craving for tastes and cuisines. On the other end of that spectrum are people from underdeveloped countries, where they struggle to eat on a daily basis which leads to starvation and malnutrition. In an attempt to aid these ‘hungry' countries, food relief is provided by more developed nations in an attempt to provide some relief to famine. This is done in the hope that this temporary relief of hunger can, in the long run, help these impoverished communities to get back onto their feet and have a more constant source of food. These relief missions are restricted by the amount of food and the transport of food to these nations. In this case study I will discuss alternatives to traditional agricultural food which will hope to find a new and better way of ending world hunger in underdeveloped countries, while reducing the risk of obesity and the convenience of nutrition in developed nations. An introduction to the history of agricultural food Food has always been naturally made, through farming and cultivation, but it has been altered...
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...THE CURRENT ISSUES AROUND GM THE POTENTIAL FUTURE OF AROUND GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS AND By Students Name Course Professor University State Date Genetically modified foods allude to any sustenance that contains or delivered from organic entities that are hereditary engineered organism. The modification of these organisms is done in a manner that does not happen in a characteristic manner, for example, the presentation of a gene from an alternate organism. Presently, the genetically modified food, mostly, stems from plants, however, in the future development of GM animals have a likelihood of being introduced into the market (Skancke, J. 2009). A Large number of genetically modified crops have been introduced with an aim of improving yield. The genetic modification of crops has remained a controversial aspect since the first introduction of a GMF. These technologies proponents have claimed that bioengineering of these foods is safe. They state that the safety of these type of food is similar to that is happening through the traditional agriculture. It is notable that in the case of selective breeding once two parental plants are crossed with an aim of a desirable trait there is a likelihood of transferring unpleasant characteristics. Therefore, doing away with the traits that are undesirable it takes place in a slow procedure and requires trial and errors through numerous plants breeding...
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...oneself in the past to remember events that took place and projecting oneself to try and predict the future. It is commonly thought to be specific to humans but some studies have been done to research this specific type of memory and see if it can be attributed to animals. The study of episodic memory in non-humans led to many contradictory results and depends on how it is defined. The main focus of this paper is to study the different researches done on the Chronesthesia component of episodic memory in animals: mental time travel to the past and to the future and show their limitations. Tulving originally defined episodic memory in terms of the kind of information it appears to store: what where and when something happened (the www criterion) and later added the concept of autoneotic awareness to the definition (as cited in Suddendorf & Corballisb, 2007): the sensation that a memory was personally experienced In their book Missing Link in Cognition: Origins of Self-Reflective Consciousness Terrace and Metcalfe (2005) distinguish between two definitions for episodic memory: a broad and a narrow definition, the narrow definition comprises 4 main features that are unique to episodic memory and distinguish it from semantic memory: mental time travel (the ability to mentally project oneself in the past to relive a personal experience or in the future to prelive an event), the self,...
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...Table of Contents ABSTRACT 2 FOOD/FARMING/FOOD PRODUCTION 2 NANO-FARMING 2 NANO-PACKAGING 3 SMART FOODS AND SMART PRODUCTS 3 HEALTH CARE/MEDICINE 4 NANOTECH HEALTH CARE 4 NANOMEDICINES 4 NANOROBOTS 5 NANOSURGERY 5 MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE 6 NANOMANUFACTURING 6 GREY GOO 7 PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND ACCEPTANCE 7 CONCLUSIONS 7 SOURCES 9 ABSTRACT Molecular manufacturing “Nanotechnology” has already touched many parts of our lives, food, clothing, computers, cosmetics and health care. The future promises more of the same but in a much bigger or smaller ways. From self cleaning windows, smart foods, cheap and efficient energy, smart surfaces, faster computers, to changing our basic human appearance and the chance to clean up our world from toxic waste. Nanotechnology is not the yellow brick road leading us to a perfect utopian society. With the power to create at an atomic level in our hands, we will also have that same power to destroy. Future safe guards must be put in place to help us avoid manufacturing ourselves right out of existence. FOOD/FARMING/FOOD PRODUCTION The next areas will address what the possible near future will hold in the arena of farming, the types of foods that will be available and the methods that farmers will use to get the most out of their efforts. NANO-FARMING It has been a long term goal of farmers all over the world to get the most out of their farms while putting the least into them. Over the last decade, nanotechnology...
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...Vilsack Global Food Security Today, 870 million people around the world do not have access to a sufficient supply of nutritious and safe food. Tackling this problem to help establish global food security is important not only to hundreds of millions of hungry people, but also to the sustainable economic growth of these nations and the long-term economic prosperity of the United States. As we help countries become more food secure and raise incomes, we also expand markets for American producers • For example, over the past five years U.S. agricultural exports to developing countries in Southeast Asia, Central America, and SubSaharan Africa have grown at more than twice the annual rate as compared to developed countries. U.S. poultry meat exports to Sub-Saharan Africa expanded 180 percent from 2009 to 2011. • Given population growth and rising incomes, it is estimated that the demand for food will rise by 70 to 100 percent by 2050. To meet this need, the United Nations estimates that production in developing countries will need to almost double. • In 2010, the U.S. helped launch the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, an international, multilateral trust fund that has already awarded $658 million to finance country development plans in 18 low-income countries, with 8.2 million beneficiaries. Building Local Capacity, Increasing Productivity, and Improving Markets and Trade • Since 2010, USDA has aligned appropriate programs to Feed the Future plans to support agriculture...
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...influenced and changed forever because of the technology revolution. Technological advancements come at us so quickly in the United States that we barely have time to absorb and understand the changes before the next changes are upon us. One of the most recent technological advancements is the development of GMO’s, or Genetically Modified Organisms. GMO’s are being used to develop our crops and everyday food, causing many consumers to worry about the effects of GMO’s on our health, environment, and our ecosystem. Questions are being raised as to whether GMO technologies have more negative or positive effects both now and in the future. The use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’S) in our crops is more detrimental than it is beneficial because GMO’s have possible negative environmental and health impacts and the consequences of using GMO’s is unknown and unpredicted. The benefits of using Genetically Modified Organism’s in our crops do not compare with the possible detrimental impacts on our environment and ecosystem, health, and the future of our planet. The use of GMO’s in food production is creating major environmental concerns both to the FDA and consumers. Unknown and unstudied chemicals that are being put into our environment with the GMO’s leave us uncertain about the damage being caused. Chemicals such as herbicides are being used in greater quantities to control weeds creating a possible vicious cycle. As weeds develop resistance, it forces a greater use of herbicides...
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...The Future of the Great Italian Food Company The Future of the Great Italian Food Company Problem Statement Six members of the of the Great Italian Food Company’s Board of Directors have ideas for the future growth of the company. Each of the members proposed idea has its merits, but their ideas are mutually exclusive and only one strategy can be chosen. This could be a potential issue and delay the company’s future growth if the board members cannot come to an agreement. Without a unified strategy, corporate or business, to guide the company over the next decade the Great Italian Food Company will make costly mistakes and jeopardize the company’s current position and future growth. Hard decisions must be made and appropriate planning will have to be conducted. Analysis and Evaluation Joe Marconi, the founder and current Board Chairman of the Great Italian Food Company, established the first Papa Joe’s restaurant in 1960. Since that time the company has expanded to include three additional Papa Joe’s restaurants in the Greater St. Louis area and established a Board of Directors. The members of the board include Joe’s wife along with their four children; Little Joe, Johnny, Tony, and Maria. Additionally, three of Joe’s longtime personal friends are also members of the board of directors. The restaurants themselves are family establishments with a unique Italian atmosphere and a basic Italian menu. Over the years the company has been fairly successful...
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...The food movement has been debated about all around the world. Almost everyone knows of the battle between genetically and chemically modified food and naturally raised organic food. In “Big Agriculture” by Jay Rayner, he argues for genetically and chemically modified food. Rayner states that only mass producing food will keep the people from starving and rioting in the future. In “Big Agriculture”, Rayner uses various evidence and rhetorical appeals to successfully present his argument for commercial farming. Rayner claims that Britain may run out of food in the near future. He argues, “Having spent the past month travelling across Britain investigating the sustainability of our food supply for a new TV show, it’s clear to me that we risk replacing a culture of a cheap and plentiful present with one of hyper-expense and scarcity in just a few...
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...Deans Foods Company, NYSE: DF Securities Analysis Professor: Paul Tovbin Keller University By: Roy Gavra 12/14/2012 Table of content The background of Deans Foods Company with a life cycle analysis……………..…………….3 Return on Equity……………………………………………………………………………….…4 Deans Foods Company projected future growth rate of earnings…………………………………5 An analysis of its required rate of return using the CAPM measurement………………………...5 Deans Foods Company intrinsic value using the discount valuation techniques…………………6 Refernces………………………………………………………………………………………….7 The background of Deans Foods Company with a life cycle analysis According to Reuters Dean Foods Company, incorporated in 1994. The stock is traded in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol DF. As of December 14th 2012 the stock value is $16.46. The company is a food and beverage company. Dean Foods Company operates through two segments: Fresh Dairy Direct-Morningstar and WhiteWave-Alpro. Dean Foods Fresh Dairy segment is domestically processor and distributor of dairy products, the company sells its products through over 50 local and regional brands. Also, the company sells it product under range of private labels. The WhiteWave-Alpro segments emphasis Soy based products, the WhiteWave-Alpro very active in the International markets as well. When assessing the company life cycle stage will look on the industry and on the company performance. The recession proof industry is it in Maturity stage, with...
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...Imagine a world quite different from what it is today in terms of food. Advancement in GMO food technology has progressed steadily over the last couple of years. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are scientifically altered foods that undergo desired variations to their normal genetic makeup to satisfy certain traits. The ethical issues GMOs produce are well-documented with concerns about genetic mutation and manipulation to favor corruption and the needs of the powerful. However, the social issues they can create are yet to be seen in full effect. GMOs have a history of corporation abuse, and the harm they form in farmlands and the environment, and it is only a matter of time until GMO controversy reaches new levels. The potential long-term...
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...in minimising food waste in the supply chain of the future Prepared for: CHEP Australia June 2013 Issue: Version: 3.0 3.0 Authors: Dr Karli Verghese Dr Helen Lewis Simon Lockrey Dr Helen Williams Executive summary CONTACT Centre for Design School of Architecture and Design RMIT University GPO Box 2476 Melbourne VIC 3001 Tel: + 61 (03) 9925 3484 Fax: + 61 (03) 9639 3412 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dr Stephen Clune’s (RMIT) background work into food waste and input into project scope. The research team are also grateful to the stakeholders from the food and packaging supply chain who participated in the interviews. Final report: The role of packaging in minimising food waste in the supply chain of the future Version: 3 Page 1 Executive summary Table of Contents Research Partners ................................................................................................................................ 3 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 4 1 Introduction – the significance of food waste and the role of packaging ........................................ 6 1.1 Research aims and approach .................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Research method ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Food security and waste...
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...‘GM food advances the goal of sustainable development.’ To what extent do you think this is true? The Earth is facing severe environmental degradation. Years of resource exploitation and pollution have caused environmental problems and their effects are being felt globally. It has been estimated that if the world’s population reaches between10-11 billion then 5 more Planet Earths would be needed to maintain the present level of ecological decline. The environmental use in some countries is already unsustainable. Technology has allowed the world to cope with agriculture and an increasing population, however the FAO expects a long term decrease in food production in rich countries (Alexandratos 1988). 800 million people are affected today by hunger and malnutrition(Food Future 2000). The FAO claims that 650 million of these people will still be in the same situation by 2010. The world produces enough food, often it is the distribution process that causes problems. However this food may be produced in a non sustainable way. Pesticides, use of non farming land and the demand for cash crops over self sufficiency are not necessarily in the environments best interest. Factors such as poverty, wealth and inequality place burdens on the environment and possible sustainability. Genetically modified foods could be a key factor in advancing the goal of sustainable development. Biotechnology is the use of biological science to alter living organisms for the benefit of mankind. Every...
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