Purpose

This blog will detail a ten week engineering design project assessing the advantages and disadvantages financially, environmentally, and qualitatively of the production of GMO products versus non-GMO products. The ultimate goal of the project is to draft a written policy memo addressed to a Pennsylvania farm as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture outlining a plan of action to improve and optimize GMO and non-GMO production.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Week 7

Leading up to Week 7's lab period:

  • the project final report draft was written with the goals addressed in the Week 6 post
  • policy memo for the USDA was drafted 
Conclusions made:
  • there are advantages and disadvantages to both GMO and non-GMO products
  • GMOs may have the potential to prosper, however, with corrupt politics and large corporations, the potential benefits are suppressed
  • new policies on regulation of GMO product production, including labeling and derivation, are outlined in policy memo
  • the monopolizing control can be destroyed with policies regarding the patent system, hindering the control large companies assert on farmers
  • labeling of GMO products should be required to be made more thorough as to protect the rights of people to choose whether or not they want to consume GMOs
During the lab period:
  • furthered research on patents in the GMO industry
  • updated the blog to reflect current progress and standing of the project


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