| The modern food industry rears its animals, | | | | preventive measure or to treat illness but some |
| grows its crops, manufactures and markets its | | | | are given as growth promoters. The bacteria that |
| foods with the impetus to cut costs, produce and | | | | live in these animals quickly become resistant to |
| sell more products.To make profit they disregard | | | | antibiotics. The antibiotics used for animals are |
| animal welfare, promote unhealthy eating and | | | | similar to those used to combat human health |
| advice, contaminate the land and livestock with | | | | problems and it is becoming more evident that |
| pesticides, herbicides and antibiotics and go against | | | | there is a cross-over effect with the bacteria that |
| laws of Mother Nature with genetic engineering | | | | cause illness in humans. Human bacteria are |
| and irradiated foods. Whilst the companies | | | | becoming more resistant to the antibiotics that |
| involved within the food industry are making fat | | | | we use, thus reducing affective treatments.The |
| profits, the majority of western societies are also | | | | genetic modification (GM) of food involves the |
| getting fatter and unhealthier. Rich western | | | | artificial insertion of a foreign gene into the genetic |
| country such as the Unites States and Britain are | | | | material of an organism to create a food |
| spending billions on curing degenerated diseases | | | | substance which is more economical to product. |
| such as cancer, in fact the cure rate has not | | | | There are presently two types of GM crops, one |
| gone down and maybe a percentage of the | | | | to be resistant to herbicides in order to kill weeds |
| money should be spent in research on why | | | | and the other has been engineered to produce |
| people are getting sick in the first place. Such | | | | toxins to kill pests. In 1996 the first GM crop was |
| research would no doubt bring up questions about | | | | grown in the US, now three quarters of the |
| the food we eat and modern day food industry | | | | worlds GM crops are grown in North America. |
| practices.Animal welfare is the price to pay by | | | | Soya and maize are the main GM crops grown in |
| intensive methods of production that modern day | | | | the US and oilseed rape is grown in Canada. |
| food industry uses to increases rates of | | | | Advocates of GM crops claim that GM crops can |
| production. Every day 100,000 broiler chickens die | | | | provide a solution to world hunger with higher |
| prematurely in UK farms due to the methods | | | | yields and are better for the environment |
| that they use to increase productivity. In the UK | | | | because of their need for less herbicides and |
| 70 per cent of the 29 million egg-laying birds are | | | | pesticides but in reality every benefit claimed by |
| housed in battery cages, 35 million British Turkeys | | | | GM crops has not happened but many problems |
| are fattened in cramped sheds that contain up to | | | | have occurred. The facts are that GM crops do |
| 25,000 birds which results in many ailments | | | | not increase yields and do not reduce the use of |
| caused by overcrowding and 500,000 sows are | | | | herbicides. GM and organic crops can not co-exist, |
| kept indoors in cramped conditions throughout | | | | in Saskatchewan Canada GM contamination wiped |
| their lives which causes them to suffer from | | | | out the whole organic rape seed sector. In the US |
| muscle weakness and lameness. Modern day dairy | | | | many people reported allergic reaction to GM |
| cows are bred to produce as much milk as | | | | Starlink maize which then had to be recalled with |
| possible and when either infertility or ill health set | | | | the estimated cost of $1 billion.Pesticides are |
| in (partly due by their welfare conditions) they are | | | | chemical substances that are used in modern |
| no longer of use and are culled. This is normally | | | | farming to kill or control pests. Although there are |
| only after 5 years.For nearly 50 years now | | | | some naturally occurring pesticide used in modern |
| antibiotics have been used in farming as growth | | | | farming the majority are made from synthetic |
| promoters and it is now coming to light the | | | | chemicals. The usage of pesticides increased after |
| negative affects that it has on human health. In | | | | the Second World War to increase food |
| the UK most intensively reared animals are given | | | | production. In the UK it is estimated that over 4.5 |
| antibiotics on a daily basis. This is mainly as a | | | | billion litres of pesticides are used in farming. |