Compare And Contrast Animal Food And Organic Food

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In recent years, the phenomenon of using Organic Food and GM Food has aroused public concern. To understand the point of the issue, it is essential to analyze Organic food and GM food from different aspect. In this article, I am going to identify the major argument of two perspectives, also the intellectual differences of and inter-connectedness of the two disciplinary perspectives. It is necessary to analyze what are Organic Food and GM Food first. Organic foods are those produced in rich, fertile soils without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers. Organic farming also shuns genetic modification, irradiation, and the use of sewer sludge as fertilizer. Simply put, organic food is food which produced by using environmentally and animal friendly farming methods on organic farms. These methods are legally defined and any food sold as 'organic' must be strictly regulated. We are not difficult to see Organic Food nowadays. In addition to organic fruits and vegetables, you can now also buy organically grown grains, legumes, nuts, oils, sugars, teas, wines, and a variety of other foods and beverages.…show more content…
Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods derived from organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally.GM food is one that has sequences of DNA from another organism inserted into its genome in order to get a desired phenotype. The definition of GM foods may also include foods that have a deleted gene, such as cheese that are made from enzymes and a genetically modified organism, also beef that have been fed genetically modified feed. GM foods currently on the market include tomatoes, papayas, daikon, sugar beets, potatoes, yellow crookneck squash, zucchini, radicchio, and flax. The genetically-modified growth hormone, rBGH, is also widely used to increase milk production in

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