Thanksgiving, What's on Your Table?

Picture this, you're sitting alongside your entire family at a fine wooden table with a large silk cloth draped over it. Upon this cloth is a diversity of home cooked meals varying from mashed potatoes, beans, corn bread, pie, and let's not forget turkey. Of course, it's that time of year again! The aroma of the crisp turkey baking in the oven and the cinnamon essence fills the air. It's Thanksgiving, a blissful time of year about giving thanks for everything we have in life, essentially a roof over our heads, food at our tables, clothes, and a family to share it with. Sure, the things we're thankful for differ depending on who we are and the circumstances we're under. Nevertheless, I'm positive we can all agree on one thing, Thanksgiving is the perfect excuse to eat all the meals you could possible desire! Although, what many of us do not know is many of the meals sitting on our tables have actually been genetically modified! This basically means the ingredients were sent to labs to be modified in order to enhance their nutrients and taste. For example, let's take corn, which is usually on a majority of our tables during this time of year. Transgenic corn is bred to resist weed killers and kill "Bt", a common toxin to corn. This basically means they're monitored and genetically rearranged to grow a certain way. In fact, many of our meals aren't actually organic as we may believe. Sure, as expected we often see everyday store bought fruits and vegetables as "fresh" and untampered with, however most of the time they've been altered. Personally, I feel as though genetically altering vegetables, fruits, and livestock is better because it provides much more, quantity wise and perhaps quality wise. The way I view it as is, there are so many individuals out there struggling to make ends meet, satisfied with even a spoonful of food, genetically modifying food can significantly help them. If we can easily grow much more healthier crops, there will be more to provide for them. Indeed, there are negatives to genetically modified foods, however they are actually more so beneficial than unhealthy.