not all that it's cracked up to be

In response to the analytical research paper about organic foods, I found this topic very interesting. I find myself thinking in the same way as the author describes: truly believing that organic food is healthier and better for our environment. With all the talk about “going green” and saving the planet, I am sure many people fall victim to this claim of cuisine greatness. The author has a quote from one woman where she describes feeling better about herself just by walking into her local organic section at the grocery store and gazing at the organic products available. This sounds a bit ridiculous at first, but when you mix in all the information health teachers and commercials say, it makes sense. Eating organic is so publicized these days; many restaurants and even fast food locations offer organic goods on their menus. Whether it be organic apple slices or organic soy milk, society is eating this up.
The big sting comes when the author uses some statistics from Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition: there is no evidence saying that organic food is better for us. Now, not only does everything give us cancer, but fresh, not contaminated foods are not any better for us than what we have been eating. Health professionals, parents, and other healthful leaders (yoga instructors, personal trainers, etc) have been forcing this thought down our throats that these foods are healthier for us, but why? America is so obsessed with measurements, weights, diets, pounds, maybe they thought we were just crazy enough to believe it.

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My analytical research paper will be about genetic engineering, in specific, in foods. I do not like the idea of genetically enhancing people, but I do believe that if genetically modifying foods will help our environment, I am all for it. The new improvements on foods have made more land crop-grow-able. These foods can also be modified in a fashion that makes them more nutritious and better for us. I also think that genetically engineering crops lets us exercise new technology discovered in labs. Scientists slave in labs for months and years to reach these conclusions, and with humanistic engineering, we just blow their ideas away since many consider it a moral issue.
I take this stand on genetically modified foods because I think the benefits out weigh any consequences. If there is a way to modify crops so they are able to grow in a variety of different climates, I believe we should act on it. For example, they have put a gene into tomatoes that allows the tomato to grow, even in the saltiest conditions of once over-used, destroyed, ploughed land. This once useless section of land is now growing a good deal of tomatoes which have no more pesticides or disease on them as normally grown vegetables. I also think it is necessary to put scientists' hard work into action. So far, there does not seem to be any big problems with this engineering, except for the people who say it is morally wrong.
I want my Commonplace essay to reflect my opinions on genetically modified foods and note how beneficial these actions could be to us.