Assignment:
Gathering and Documenting Data: Biotechnology Alters Foods
California is home to the nation’s most diverse and valuable agricultural industry. Many of its crops are sold in Japanese and European markets where customers are extremely wary of genetically modified foods. Despite that fact, sources in the state capital are reporting that the biotech industry is actively seeking sponsors for a bill in the state legislature that would preempt the right of counties to ban genetically engineered crops. As an intern working for the Organic Consumers Association, the nation’s largest public interest group dedicated to a healthy and sustainable food system, you have been asked to gather data about the dangers of genetically engineered crops. The organization plans to write a report to the state government about this issue.
- Conduct a keyword search using three different search tools on the Web. Select three articles you think would be most pertinent to the organization’s argument. Save them using the strategies for managing data, and create a bibliography. Conduct the same keyword search in an electronic database. Save the three most pertinent articles, and add these items to your bibliography. In a short memo to your instructor, summarize what you have found and describe its value. Attach the bibliography.
Your answer must be, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format and also include references.