Today we know that food
consumption is a great problem in the world. There are many reasons that create
some difficulties for our nutrition. Firstly, we can say that now 78% of humans
are living in cities. However, we know there aren’t enough spaces for agriculture
in cities and the other agriculture and livestock sector have to feed other
cities. Because of this, we see high prices in the markets because of costs
like transportation. This is a global problem that we confront everyday in
every country.
The main difference in food industry between Turkey
and western countries like USA is due to the method used while producing
agricultural products. We can say that Turkey still uses traditional methods
while USA is using other techniques that are more modern. That is why bigger firms exist in other countries.
These firms cause monopolization, and therefore, they can change the prices how
they want to. For example, in the documentary
called “Food Inc.” we have seen that the American families have to pay 10 times
more for an agricultural product, like lettuce.
In spite of Turkey’s semi-developed food
industry, in our country we use unfortunately the same inhuman methods for
agriculture and especially livestock sector. Chickens, cows, pigs… they are all
industrial materials for us. We forget our humanity if we gain money. It is a
great shame that we can see same things all over the world. In the documentary,
we have watched many about that.
Last thing that I want to say is about “Genetically
Modified Organisms”. We know that American food enterprises use GMO, which can
cause cancer or seriously harmful diseases. We see that American government cannot
prohibit GMO because of the oppression of these firms. In Turkey, the government
has forbid some kind of GMO but not at all. I think, that’s a great threat for
our health.
