Category: Conversation

GMO also known as genetically modified organisms. You might wonder what they are, but it is the face of biotech agriculture today. They are in every food product from Pop Tarts to Granny Smith apples. This revolutionary agricultural science made popular by Monsanto is in 93% of all corn and soy planted in the US.…

In today’s day and age, our global economy indicates and showcases food as becoming the main objective of neoliberal practices, which have equally altered the way in which farmers grow crops or foods and the methods they used to cultivate the land for growing. The worlds food supply completely relies on large transnational corporations and…

Genetically modified (GM) food is food whose genetic design has been changed for particular reasons (Ralston, 1) such as being more tolerant or nutritious. GM products were introduced around the world in the 1990s, and the most general examples of them in the USA are corn, cotton and soybeans. For example, in 2012, the rate…

For the vast majority of our history as a species, groups of humans have always interacted with other groups thereof. This has led to the spread of communicable diseases that have brought about illness and death. The carnage wrought by the bubonic plague in Eurasia in the 14th century and by smallpox and strains of…

As part of my summer unit, I had the opportunity to visit places that are very rich in biodiversity and history and the first location I visited was Bibra Lake in the northern part of Cockburn on Progress Drive and later in the afternoon, the group visited the Pinakarri Cohousing Community at 4 Bottrill Street,…

When living on a college campus where theres an abundance of dining centers, restaurants, and grocery stores in every direction, its easy to ignore the problems that so much of the world faces when it comes to malnutrition and hunger. While hunger in some form is a problem in all countries, the Global South and…

Abstract Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecules involved in the defense mechanisms of a broad range of organisms that are evolutionarily conserved. Produced in bacteria, insects, plants, and vertebrate animals, AMPs protect against a wide range of infectious agents. Those peptides guard against microbes, viruses, fungi, and other parasites in mammals. Novel biological effects of AMPs…

Discourse analysis is an exploration strategy for considering composed or communicated in the language in connection to its social setting. In other words, it is to search beyond what the sentences and words say. Under the title of discourse analysis, we have conversation analysis which is a particular type of examination or enquiry. Also, under…

Almost every American home has pets of some sort and at some point in the pet’s life, it is more likely to get sick than not. Veterinarians are basically just doctors for animals instead of humans. Many people see veterinarian offices every day and never think twice about what they are or even what they…

Egypt is the most popular country -in the basin- agriculturally and industrially. The Nile River in Egypt provides a significant source of drinking water to the community and has important fishery values. Anthropogenic Activity including, agricultural runoff, industrial and municipal wastes, potentially affected the Nile River water quality. According to (Agricultural Policy Reform Program, 2002)…