Genetic+Engineering+in+Agriculture

**The Science Behind Modern Agriculture** //Agriculture is one of humanity's most significant advancements, dating back to Mesopotamia in the third millenium BCE. Agriculture allowed people to settle the land and devote less time to hunting and gathering their food and more time to developing human culture. Advancements in agriculture since 3100 BCE have continued this process, from crop rotation to genetically engineered crops. While these modern advances in the science of farming have created pest-resistant, fertilizer-free plants which can feed millions, is there a downside? Read, listen to, and view the following articles, interviews, and cartoons focusing on the issue of genetic engineering in argriculture, and consider the costs, if any, to employing such scientific methods to crop production.//

[|"Supreme Court Lifts Ban on Biotech Alfalfa," Report by National Public Radio (NPR) on the Recent Supreme Court Decision to Allow the Production and Sale of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Seeds]

[|"'Food, Inc.' Director Robert Kenner," NPR Talk of the Nation Interview with Director of Oscar-Nominated Documentary "Food, Inc"]

**[|"'Green' Genetic Plant Claims Draw Skeptics," Report by NPR Science Correspondent Dan Charles]**

**[|"The Cloned Food Debate Continues," Report by NPR Science Correspondent Dan Charles]**