Whats the authors opinion on hybrid corn? What conflicting reasoning does he present?
In the book "Omnivores Dilemma" the author talks about hybrid corn. The author thinks that hybrid corn is actually a good thing for the farm and farmers. Hybrid corn was a new way to grow corn, a disease-resistant plant that can produce a lot of corn. Before, farmers could only grow eight thousand corn plants i one acre, now farmers can grow thirty thousand corn plants in an acre. However, a conflict is that the first plant or crop that is planted is identical, meaning the plants will have all good traits. But the "children" of that crop wont be the same, some will be like the hybrid parents but others wont.
I found that you talked about the positives of the hybrid corn interesting from your post because most of my peers talked about the negative impact
ReplyDeleteThe statement you said, "But the "children" of that crop wont be the same, some will be like the hybrid parents but others wont." connects with a similar idea I had because I also wrote that the corn's children will not all be hybrid which is a negative impact.
I would like to extend on your thought when you said, "But the "children" of that crop wont be the same, some will be like the hybrid parents but others wont." because it will also be important that you include that the farmers had to buy new seeds every year to make more hybrid corn.
I would like to disagree with the following statement you made, "The author thinks that hybrid corn is actually a good thing for the farm and farmers." because the author actually thinks that hybrid corn has a negative impact on farms and farmers.