12 FACTS
1. Solanum Tuberosum is the scientific name of potato.
2. New Leaf is a type of potato which was genetically modified by Monsanto Corporation.
3. Andean altiplano is the potato’s “Center of Diversity”
4. Mike Heath also grows a dozen different varieties of potatoes in his farm.
5. The potato famine was the worst catastrophe in Ireland.
6. English sometimes called the potato “Bread root”.
7. Europeans hadn’t eaten tubers before introducing into potato.
8. The first generation of genetically altered plants has been grown since 1984.
9. Mike heath is an organic farmer.
10. Potatoes supply considerable amounts of protein and vitamin B and C.
11. NewLeafs is in the eyes of the federal government, not a food at all but a pesticide.
12. “Biological pollution” is one of the consequences of GM food.
2. New Leaf is a type of potato which was genetically modified by Monsanto Corporation.
3. Andean altiplano is the potato’s “Center of Diversity”
4. Mike Heath also grows a dozen different varieties of potatoes in his farm.
5. The potato famine was the worst catastrophe in Ireland.
6. English sometimes called the potato “Bread root”.
7. Europeans hadn’t eaten tubers before introducing into potato.
8. The first generation of genetically altered plants has been grown since 1984.
9. Mike heath is an organic farmer.
10. Potatoes supply considerable amounts of protein and vitamin B and C.
11. NewLeafs is in the eyes of the federal government, not a food at all but a pesticide.
12. “Biological pollution” is one of the consequences of GM food.
Vocabulary
1. irrigate: to supply water to an area of through pipes or channel so that crops will grop
2. drought: a long period of time when there is little or no rain
3. habitat: the place where a particular type of animal or plant is nomally found
4. patent : an offical right to be the only person to make, use or sell a product or an invention
5. flourish: to develop quickly and be successful or common
6. moot: unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering
7. luscious: having a strong pleasant tast
8. fateful: having an important, often very bad. effect on future events
9. umblemished: not spoiled, dammaged or marked in any way
10. input: time knowlege, ideas etc, that you put into work in order to make it succeed
11. conventional: following accepted customs and praprieties
12. drench: force to drink
13. sustainable: capable of being sustained
14. BT: bacillus thuringiensis
15. encounter: to experience sthm, especially sth unpleasant or difficult while you are trying to do sth else
16. befall: to happen tosb, especially sth unpleasant
17. undeniable: true or certain
18. polyculture: various culture
19. decade: a period of ten years
20. catastrophe: a sudden distaster cause many people to suffer
2. drought: a long period of time when there is little or no rain
3. habitat: the place where a particular type of animal or plant is nomally found
4. patent : an offical right to be the only person to make, use or sell a product or an invention
5. flourish: to develop quickly and be successful or common
6. moot: unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering
7. luscious: having a strong pleasant tast
8. fateful: having an important, often very bad. effect on future events
9. umblemished: not spoiled, dammaged or marked in any way
10. input: time knowlege, ideas etc, that you put into work in order to make it succeed
11. conventional: following accepted customs and praprieties
12. drench: force to drink
13. sustainable: capable of being sustained
14. BT: bacillus thuringiensis
15. encounter: to experience sthm, especially sth unpleasant or difficult while you are trying to do sth else
16. befall: to happen tosb, especially sth unpleasant
17. undeniable: true or certain
18. polyculture: various culture
19. decade: a period of ten years
20. catastrophe: a sudden distaster cause many people to suffer
