Monsanto Industries showed me what they were doing to advance biotechnology in food production. Biotechnology is being used to improve foods’ nutritional value by increasing the protein, sugar or amino acid content, or decreasing saturated fat. Food biotechnology can improve the quality, taste, and nutritional benefits of food, and make advancements in processing. Thus, providing a healthier diet to you, the consumer, and a greater availability of foods in all seasons. Today, I invite you to travel along with me on my tour as I introduce you to the process of biotechnology, it’s advantages, concerns of consumers, and the future of biotechnology in food production.

Traditional plant breeding has been increasing yields since the 1960’s. However, new technologies are needed to sustain the environment and provide more nutritious foods. Biotechnology in food produ

By using hydroponics, land availability is increased for other uses and no chemicals have to be used. David Grams has just recently put up a Greenhouse in Minden Nebraska where he will be using hydroponics to grow over 100,000 pounds of tomatoes per week. According to his article in the Hastings Tribune, the tomatoes he will be growing will be produced without the use of chemicals and ripen naturally instead of being picked green and ripened by a gas system like most store-bought tomatoes are. The tomatoes will also be more flavorful and have a longer shelf life than other tomatoes available for sale. As to pollination, bumblebees will be used and other beneficial insects will be used to control pests. By producing food products through the use of hydroponics, the plants can be grown in the middle of winter when it’s 20 degrees outside. For example, in Grams’ article in the Lincoln Journal Star January 29, he told them that there will be (and I quote) “In the middle of a winter that could turn nasty again by mid-week, there are already 25,000 tomato plants basking in the comfort of climate control and a 5.4 million dollar investment.” The advantages of hydroponics will contribute to the future demand of food.

I conducted a survey using random students of various areas, and mothers who do all their family grocery shopping. 90% of the students interviewed said they didn’t mind the biotech foods on the market and one student even said “I prefer the transgenic grown foods over the traditional because their more nutritious.” 5% said they preferred the traditional grown foods and the other 5% either didn’t know what I was talking about, or didn’t really have a preference. Mothers who do the shopping prefer to have the hydroponically grown foods because as I told you earlier, they

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