Students can expect to hear arguments for and against genetically modified foods.
Organizations and individuals who have long been suspicious of modern technology are very suspicious of using genetic technology to modify foods. Through human history man has modified the genetic make up of the plants and animals around him by crossbreeding. That is, by choosing the animals and plants with the features he likes best. But new genetic technologies allow for faster mixing genetic codes, which allows scientists and engineers to try mixing a wider range of biological features in plants and animals. The following links offer evidence and analysis of the benefits of using this new technology, and of the fears some have of relying on this technology.