Supplementary videos

Osmosis
Yuma Desalting Plant: reclaim agricultural runoff to conserve Colorado River water
Cloning a gene
The Future of Food 25:30-30:00 engineering Roundup Ready corn
Golden rice: enriched with beta carotene to treat vitamin A deficiency (PRI)
Genetically Modified Salmon Coming Soon? (Link TV)
Your milk on drugs: is BST good for you?
Integrated Pest Management - University of Maryland Extension

Extra credit readings

• Spinach and Iron Daily Mail 7/4/13
• State bans trans fats Los Angeles Times 7/26/08
• For a Healthier Country, Overhaul Farm Subsidies Scientific American 4/19/12
• The Sterile Banana Conservation magazine 9/26/08
• Roundup Ready Corn Versus Roundup Ready Weeds U of Illinois extension 2/13/06
• Farmed Salmon - Seafood Watch Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Eating plants with animal genes does not make you a carnivore. Reason Magazine 11/27/02
• Are Genetically Modified Foods Safe To Eat? Mother Jones 9/30/11
• Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds New York Times 5/3/10

Additional material

• 22 countries in protracted crisis (U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization)
• USDA My Plate
• Fish and Seafood in Healing Foods Pyramid (University of Michigan Integrative Medicine)
• Seed Savers Exchange: preserving heirloom seeds

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