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Profit Seed
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
The Profit Seed game is an exploration of the issues surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMO) and the patenting of agricultural seeds. It is also an experiment with a novel game mechanic. A player uses her mouse to control the wind, trying to plant heirloom seeds while preventing GMO seeds from blowing onto a farmer’s plots. If enough GMO seeds land in the field and germinate, the lawyer from an agribusiness corporation comes to sue the farmer and take his land.
- Subject:
- Arts, Business, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Grade Level:
- Secondary, Post-secondary
- SubTopics:
- Business & Economics , Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition
- Collection:
- Rochester Institute of Technology
