Summary Compare/Contrast Food Pickings

In my essay, “Food Choices” explains how GMO’s, or genetically modified organism, and organic food is different from one another. The GMO’s industry says that it’s safe to consume and will do nothing harmful to the body but other parties argument otherwise saying that it should be labeled since people should be allowed to choose what they eat. In Europe there are about 28 nations that banned GMO’s and believe it to be unsafe to eat since it’s still early to test it in long studies (qtd in 2). However, organic is safe to eat also but could contain pesticides and various forms of diseases such as E. Coli. This is a result of natural fertilizers, another form of dung, and pesticides being used more often. Pesticides could be contained on the food such as strawberries and pass on the effects onto human consumption. Farmers are getting increased crop yields due to the fact that GMO’s are modified to resist disease and pest that could destroy the crop which in turn increases supply make it cheaper. Organic foods, however, are less likely to have smaller crop yields compared to GMO crops. Also increase use of pesticides are being used as pest can be immune to the poison and to kill these pest they also use natural predators to hunt them down. GMO farm animals are likely to be housed in cramped spaces and do not have the freedom to roam around in grass fields. However, organic farms must allow their farm animals to be free and eat organically grown food to pass organic inspection in which they pay around $2000 a year for. When their livestock are sick, they are only then allowed to feed their animals hormones or antibiotics for combat the disease.