Brummet's Conscious Blog

Biotechnology Biotechnology holds the very real promise to feed more people on less land using less water - producing foods that are genetically enriched with vaccines, antibiotics, nutrients, flavours and chemicals. Some of these alterations are for the purpose of harvesting fruits while they are green and hard but will ripen during shipping or storage. They also aim for a uniform size, colour and appearance. Producers also prefer foods with tougher skins that will prevent damage during shipping, reduce moisture loss and prolong shelf life. While potentially reducing food waste, there is the possibility of altered nutritional values and flavours. These foods could give the illusion that they are fresher than they are, but because foods continually lose nutrients upon harvest, the consumer could be fooled into buying a nutritionally compromised product. Genetically modified (GM) plants can also contain foreign genes from animals, like fish and pigs, (bad news for the vegetari...

-- Recommended Resources --  Theme of the day - Food Our choice of what we order from restaurants or menu choice at home has a huge impact on local economy and impacts the entire globe, in fact. Many of us have already read that reducing the amount of meat we consume per meal can improve our health, reduce household and medical costs, and reduce our personal contribution to both the landfill and to the environment as a whole. Just a few weeks ago I wrote a brief article here on the blog re: food waste. You'll find I'm passionate about that topic and have done many interviews, articles, book chapters, radio shows and of course blog posts on the topic. Similarly with gardening and food production. I encourage you to take the time to search through old blog posts or do your own search online on these topics.  Long-time followers will have already witnessed our transitions from my vegetarian to our both eating meat, to our both being vegetarian and for a short t...