This is a blog produced by the members of Smith College's spring 2011 English 119 class, "What's for Dinner: Writing about Food." Our title is taken from M.F.K. Fisher's 1968 essay "the Secret Ingredient."
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Broken Food System
In light of our conversation about Food, Inc and our broken food system, this NPR article caught my attention. It's an examination of our organic foods (specifically corn and alfalfa) and how there are most likely traces of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in the food which is labeled "organic". This cross pollination is very upsetting to some people and 77% of organic food buyers say that they would discontinue buying a product if there were traces of GMOs in it. Unfortunately, cross pollination is basically inevitable as our food system currently stands.
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