Norman Borlaug

Wow. Norman Borlaug is a very intelligent and motivated man. His ideas and proposals are revolutionary. The way Borlaug presents his thoughts are very different from how most people view genetically modified foods, often referred to as 'franken foods' like Frankenstein. However, there is a lot we can learn from his methods and a lot of good can come from the way he believes things should be done. Though, I can see how some people might be nervous about his concepts. The big words describing the process through which corn can be transformed into a product with higher protein, immunity to disease, and better resistance to pesticides does have a horror movie ring to it. It can be scary to think about someone messing with the GENES of the food you eat. Norman Borlaug has good intentions, he's trying to feed more people with the land, water, and other resources that we have available right now. His cutting edge methods are fixing the food system to include enough yield for all the people on earth, not just Americans. I would hope the government and those who disapprove of genetically modified foods would consider Norman Borlaugs ideas and give him a chance to feed the poor people in the world. "It's easy to 'NO GM FOODS' when you have enough to eat" That's so true, it's sounds like a good cause to get behind, organic all the way, but I think this is a plausible option for helping with world hunger.

The article I chose is about a food community related to the Bible. The Edenic diet comes from the Adam and Eve's Garden of Eden, and the foods they were assumed to have eaten. The article outlines what foods were included in the guidelines. Animals that both chewed the cud and had split hoofs, fish with both fins and scales were acceptable because they ate only plant matter. This assured the consumer they weren't eating any spoiled meat by way of the animal's diet. Flying insects with jointed legs for hopping are also an acceptable animal for eating when on the Edenic diet. There were several other articles that called this type of eating the 'Holy way to lose weight.' Which seems very contradictory. The Bible outlined this style of eating as being the original meal plan. The intention wasn't for humans to eat this way and lose weight, it was sustain their bodies. I think this would be an interesting food community to investigate for paper 3 because it's closely related to the Christian religion. However, not all Christians practice this way of eating. I am interesting in researching whether those on the Edenic diet really eat bugs with jointed legs, or bugs in general. It should be something exciting to study.