While reading Norman Borlaug's article I learned a great deal about how science is being used in agriculture. They want to use scientific developments to increase food production. This is not a terrible idea like some environmentalists are saying. Like it said in the article, there could be 8.3 billion people in the world in about 20 years. If increasing food by the use of science is a way to keep people fed rather than starve to death then I agree with it. There are people out there that are fighting this science movement and don't think it is right to produce food this way. They think it will hurt the environment and isn't healthy. Well they are not the ones starving because there is not enough food for them to eat!
A source that I found that related to how people eat I found on the WSU library site. It discusses how different races eat different types of food not just because of their culture, but because in some places they can only access certain foods. The way people eat is also determined by their beliefs. For example this article discusses vegetarians compared to meat eaters. In the end people eat based on their culture and access to the food.
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I agree with Morgan on this, that if making the advances in science is what will keep us all from starving with such a rapidly growing population then continue to make those advances. Maybe in the future we will be able to make advances that are more environmentally friendly yet still keep up with demand.
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