Corn And The New World

“Sixty to seventy percent of all processed foods available on store shelves contain genetically modified ingredients”, according to George Erdosh and Marcia Amidon Lusted in “To GMO or not to GMO? Genetically engineered food has strong advocates and harsh critics.” Genetically modified organisms can be found in most conventional foods processed in the United States, and genetic modification of crops is extremely common on classic Minnesota farms. Crops such as corn and soybeans or even papaya and zucchini are viable for genetic modification. In fact, the definition of (GMO) as reported by Alex K. Rich and Tom Warhol, authors of “Genetically Modified Foods: An Overview,” is, “food in which, at some point during the production process molecules and proteins are chemically altered to give the food more nutrients, a better appearance, and a longer shelf life.” As a matter of fact, a majority of all the foods found at the grocery store are genetically altered. However, many people do not know what genetic modification really is, or that the idea has been around for many years. GMOs are used to control pests and weeds. Therefore, through changing the genetic makeup of the plant, modifications allow for advancements of new technologies that account for the applicability of specific chemicals, as opposed to dated Non-GMO farming techniques.

Before Europeans came to the Americas, maize was the only one bread culture. Maize, also known as an Indian corn spread at a record speed across in the warmest parts of Europe. Corn produced much more grain that wheat and gave more calories per hectare than wheat. Europeans learned how to grow the corn properly, so it began to replace traditional crops in Europe. As a result, by 18th century, maize spread around the Europe, especially in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. The most important result of transporting the maize from the Americas to Afro-Eurasia is that this crop allowed to use the fallow land. As a result, the food supply increased, which led to the increase of the population. Maize stood alongside with wheat and rice. Corn became a food for poor people, and a great supply pigs and cattle. John Locke claims, “…plots of Maize in several parts, which the country people call Bled d’Espagne, & as they told me, serves poor people for bread… it being good nourishment for their cattle” (Stearns et al. 20). The author states that corn bread was served for the poor people, which had a positive result on the population

a. The cultivation of maize, introduced heavily by sophisticated civilizations such as the Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs, helped to feed large population sizes, thus facilitating the spread of its cultivation across North America. By 2000 BCE, Pueblo peoples, due to the new cultivation of maize, developed irrigation systems. By 1000 CE, maize reached to modern-day SE America, which influenced Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee peoples by growing and feeding their populations.

Maize was the basis of the feeding of pre-Columbian civilizations. It is very probable that these societies would not have developed without corn, because they supported and made possible the growth of its population in that cereal.

Corn crops were a staple life force in the early cultures of the natives. This caused the natives to cease their early practices of hunting, gathering and moving from place to place. It helped them transform into a more agricultural society. This crop was high in yield which could sustain a large population, therefore contributing to a growth and stability of their civilizations

Native Americans started the development of maize. In 1491 Mann says, “Indians developed an extraordinary number of maize varieties for different growing conditions, which meant that the crop could and did spread throughout the planet”(pg17). With the spread of maize the Indians caused several

Agriculture served as the material foundation for the natives. Corn was the heart of this foundation because it was so versatile. In

First, Michael Pollan explains how corn is been used really “sprouted up” in the year 1947 after

Cornbread: An American History Story Cornbread has long been a staple of many American family meals. Usually identified as southern side dish, cornbread has a long history outside of the southern colonies in America. The idea of cornbread was perpetuated by Native Americans before the first settlers arrived in the New World. The crude, basic recipe calling for nothing more than corn meal, water and salt has been transformed into a flavorful dish as it has borrowed style and spice from other cultures. These spinoffs have created a historical and commonly loved dish for a wide range of American palates.

Corn is a very important to Mexico because Corn is in many of traditional dishes that have been around for centuries.The Tortillas is a Mexican type of food that contains Corn in it,it is used in many dishes. Tacos, enchiladas, burrito, and chimichanga are a few in many dishes that tortillas are used in.With all these foods lots and lots of corn is needed, According to grains in 2014-2015 the United States of America produced roughly around 14.2 billion bushels (360 million metric tons) of corn. Now with all this Corn production the USA sold it and Mexico bought 23% of all the corn produced.That shows just how important Corn is to Mexico, buying 23% of 14.2 billion bushels comes out to be 3.26 billion bushels.With these foods comes stories

A genetically modified organism is a plant, animal, or any other organism whose genetic composition has been modified by recombining extracted genes from the DNA of one species and placed into the genes of an unrelated organism. According to many scientists there is little research and investigations done to support the idea that GMO’s are safe to eat but do pose a threat to the crops. Genetically engineered foods are still new and are advancing, this may show different results in health effects of GMO’s in the future. With more research into the topic of GMO’s we will be able to see the different effects that GMO’s have and better understand if we should be consuming them or not.

The people of the new world were really different than people of the old world because of what they eat, believe, and how they survive. In the new world corn was a revolutionary food to everyone around it; in some cases was a foundation to build towns.

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are organisms whose genetic make-ups have been changed, inserted or deleted into another organisms. While the safety, disadvantages, and public concerns of genetically modified foods has grown significantly with the productivity of the genetic engineered foods. The problem can be solved with stricter regulations for manufacturer from the Food and Drug Administration and U.S Department of Agriculture. Some of many possible solutions to the genetically modified foods include the general public having knowledge about these foods and promote by purchasing non-GMOs labelled products.

Genetically Modified Foods commonly referred to as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) foods refers to any food product that is derived from a genetically engineered organism (Halford). While this would cater for both plants and animals, ethical issues have hindered the application of genetic engineering to animals, making plants and plant products be the most common GMO around. However, in as much as this application of biotechnology in genetic engineering has showed great potency in solving food insecurity issues the world and more so, in the developing countries, there has been an ongoing debate on whether to embrace the GMO foods or to avoid any GM-coded food product.

Genetically modified foods are food products that have had their genetic make-up altered or changed using various genetic engineering techniques. This includes inserting foreign DNA in to an organism in order to introduce favourable traits or enhancing, altering or removing existing features of organisms. These are techniques that do not occur naturally in the environment and therefore GM is capable of creating the “ideal” organism. GM is used for various reasons but is usually advantageous to someone; either the manufacturer or the consumer. However, genetic modification has become a very controversial and heated debate in the world today.