Reference no: EM131438675
Scholarly Activity Assignment
Food & Agriculture Field Study: GMOs
For this assignment, you should perform some research into genetically modified foods. Search the internet for news stories and other information for and against GMO food. Visit your local supermarket or local health food store, and find foods that are genetically modified.
Assignment Requirements: It is required that you re-write each question and then provide your response to all of the questions asked. Your paper should be written in APA style, and your questions and responses should be a minimum of one page in length (not including the title page and reference page). It is required that you use at least one source for this assignment. The textbook or other reputable news articles, organization websites, or scholarly articles can be used.
GMO Assignment Questions:
1. Were you able to find foods that were genetically modified at the store?
2. How do you know, as a consumer, if you are eating engineered foods? Is it clearly marked which items contain GMOs?
3. Does it matter? Should GMOs be labeled?
4. Why is there a debate over genetically modified foods?
5. What is your position on GMOs? Do you feel GMOs are safe or not safe to eat? Should they be banned?
6. Should there be laws governing the production or labeling of GMOs?
7. Do you feel we need GMOs to "feed the world?"
Note: If you are unable to visit a store, you may browse online food shopping sites for the shopping field study part of the assignment.
|
Define stock screening in your own words
: Define stock screening in your own words. Cite your source for this. Develop a list of five criteria for activist stock screening. These might include social, political, or environmental issues that are meaningful to you, such as child labor, sola..
|
|
How might each organization benefit from others experiences
: In your responses to peers, compare and contrast the organization chosen by a peer with the one you chose. How might each organization benefit from the other's experiences with improving customer satisfaction?
|
|
How much overlap should be built into the grade ranges
: A welding company has generally opted for a quick and easy approach to policy and practice so you should plan to educate the top management group regarding the need for more sophisticated and detailed approaches to compensation. What are the relevant..
|
|
Compute the market value of the bonds
: Compute the market value of the bonds. How many bonds will the firm have to issue to receive the needed funds? What is the firm's after-tax cost of debt if the firm's tax rate is 34 percent?
|
|
Why is there a debate over genetically modified foods
: Why is there a debate over genetically modified foods? What is your position on GMOs? Do you feel GMOs are safe or not safe to eat? Should they be banned? Should there be laws governing the production or labeling of GMOs?
|
|
Will health care reform provide new option for communication
: PPACA of 2010 brought many changes to the types of provider organizations available. ACOs and PCMHs are two new organizations formed under PPACA. Using the readings this week, discuss the origin, structure, and purpose of the new organizations for..
|
|
What is her potential liability to wright machinery
: Mona, a newly-licensed CPA, who set up an office in South Beach, provides various accounting services to Cardozo Corporation. The services include preparing Cardozo’s financial reports and audit opinions based on the reports. What is her potential li..
|
|
Explain the most important lesson you have learned
: Discuss the most important lesson you've learned in your professional career and indicate how this lesson has helped to shape your car.
|
|
What are the types of information that international company
: What are the types of information that an international company needs to have reported to it by its units around the world, and why is each type important for the IC and its control efforts?
|