Chapter 6 & 7 - Explain the reasoning behind the hyphenated food

Chapter 6 & 7

Please answer the questions.

1) Explain the reasoning behind the hyphenated food types and the concept of local foods

2) What is the resource efficiency/sufficiency motivation for sustainability, and how do concerns of distributive justice get involved in the discussion of distributive justice?

3) Take a look at this video (https://youtu.be/ryQE5_aNy2I) Reflect on the benefits of grocery cooperatives.

4) Compare GMO biotechnology with more traditional approaches of plant breeding?

5) In general, what are the arguments for and against the use biotechnology?

6) Explain how it might be immoral to keep certain technologies away from the poor and marginalized.

7) Overall, how do you feel about GMOs? Before this discussion here, have you thought much about biotechnology? Has your understanding changed at all?