Starter 27: React to Film Clips
a) What do think about Michael Pollan's perspective about the human relationship to plants?
b) The film discusses how man's desire to control his natural environment has led to "biotech" crops and the genetic engineering of food. Do you see this as beneficial or detrimental to our species? Why?
If you were absent from class, read this material to make up the starter: http://www.pbs.org/thebotanyofdesire/potato-control.php.
Work Time:
Read The Omnivore's Dilemma
Edmodo time!