Create
the "Food of the Future" for a chance to win a $10,000 college
scholarship!
And just for entering, we'll send you a FREE copy of "Look Closer at Biotechnology" filled with fun educational activities for you to learn more about the future of food.
Imagine this: you go to the doctor for a check-up, and
instead of giving you a shot, he feeds you a banana! This banana looks just like
the kind your mom would buy at the grocery store, but it has special qualities
that can keep you from getting a disease.
Does this sound like a dream come true? It could be. In fact, scientists are
already working hard to make bananas and other foods that can help keep people
from getting diseases, just like a shot would.
In
some poorer parts of the world, millions of kids can't even afford to go to the
doctor for shots that could save their lives. For them, this banana could mean
much more. Giving them foods made with this banana would be easier than giving
them a shot, and that could mean a longer, healthier life.
To make this banana, scientists are using something called biotechnology.
Biotechnology (by-o-tek-nawl-a-gee) helps to grow foods with special qualities.
These foods might not look any different, but they have an added benefit for
those who eat them.
Scientists are using biotechnology to figure out how to:
The
food we eat is grown by farmers who work very hard to protect their crops from
bugs and weeds so they'll stay healthy and grow. That takes a lot of work
because farmers have to use heavy machines that use a lot of fuel. Crops need to
survive all the way from the farm, to the grocery store, to your kitchen. If
bugs eat them, you won't be able to!
Farmers need to spray their crops with pesticides to keep the bugs away. Or,
they may have to walk around their fields and pick out the bugs by hand. Just
think how long that would take!
This is one of the ways biotechnology can help. Since some biotech crops can
protect themselves from bugs, they don't need to be sprayed as much. More food
survives from the farm, to the grocery store, to your kitchen. And because the
farmers don't have to use their heavy machines as much, it helps the
environment!
Create the "Food of the Future" for a chance to win a $10,000 college scholarship! It's easy - here's how:
Print out an official
entry form by clicking here. Or, you can call
202.467.6565 and request that an entry form be sent to your home.After we receive your entry, we'll send you a FREE copy of "Look Closer at Biotechnology" filled with fun educational activities for you to learn more about the future of food!
HOW TO ENTER: Contest begins May 31, 2001. To
obtain an Official Entry Form, go to www.whybiotech.com
or call 202.467.6565 to receive an Entry Form by mail. Legibly hand print your
complete name, address (including city, state and zip code), date-of-birth, and
day and evening phone numbers, and include a signature from your parent or legal
guardian. In the space provided on the entry form, draw and describe (in 50-100
words) the "food of the future" that you imagine could one day be made
possible through biotechnology. For example, if you could grow a food that would
help people, what would it be? How would it taste? What would it look like? Mail
your completed Entry to: "Food of the Future Contest," 676 N. St.
Clair #1000, Chicago, IL 60611. Entries must be postmarked by 9/25/01 and
received by 9/30/01, when the Contest ends. No entries will be accepted without
signed permission of Entrant's parent or legal guardian. No mechanically
reproduced entries accepted. Enter as often as you wish, however limit one entry
per stamped envelope. Incomplete or illegible entries will be disqualified.
Sponsor not responsible for lost, late, damaged, postage due or misdirected
mail. All entries become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Qualified entries will be judged by a judging panel,
whose decisions are final on all matters relating to the Contest. Entries will
be ranked using each of the following criteria: Originality & Creativity
(60%) and Appropriateness to Contest Theme (40%). Contest Theme is defined as a
drawing and description of an imaginary "Food of the Future" that
would help people in some way (for example, help combat world hunger or produce
food in a more earth-friendly manner). The entry with the highest overall score
will be declared the winner. In the event of a tie, the winner will be
determined based on the highest score in the "Originality &
Creativity" category. Entries must not have won a previous prize or award
nor have been previously published. Entries must be entrant's original work and
must be suitable for publication or publicity purposes. Entries may not be
offensive, as determined by the judging panel in its sole discretion. By
submitting the entry, the parent/legal guardian of entrant warrants that entrant
created the entry and is the sole copyright owner and that said entry is not
based upon, or derived from a copyrighted work.
PRIZE: 1 Grand Prize Winner -$10,000 college scholarship in the form of a
check to be awarded in the name of the winner's parent or legal guardian. Parent
or legal guardian must acknowledge in writing that prize money will only be used
towards the winner's full-time college or university education, or prize may be
forfeited. Total maximum prize value: $10,000. Winner will be notified on or
about November 15, 2001. Parents or legal guardian of winning entrant agrees to
pay all appropriate taxes associated with the Grand Prize and is responsible for
any financial aid requirements from outside sources. Scholarship is not
transferable.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. residents, 8-12 years old as of May 31, 2001,
except children of the employees of Sponsor, its parent, affiliates, member
organizations, strategic partners, subsidiaries and agencies, and the persons
living in the same household and families of each. Void where prohibited.
GENERAL RULES: All federal, state and local laws apply. All taxes are the
sole responsibility of winner. Potential winner's parent/legal guardian must
sign any required Affidavit of Eligibility and Release within 5 days of
attempted delivery or prize may be forfeited and an alternate selected. Prizes
will be awarded in the name of parent or legal guardian. No substitution or
transfer of prize permitted. By participating, entrant and entrant's
parent/legal guardian agrees to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules
and the decisions of judges, which are final in all matters relating to the
Contest. Submission of Contest entry (1) constitutes permission to use winner's
name and/or likeness, picture, city/state, written and drawn entry and title
(which may include winner's name), for advertising/publicity purposes without
further compensation, unless prohibited by law; (2) grants Sponsor and its
agents the right to modify, adapt, and/or edit entry; and (3) constitutes
entrant's consent to irrevocably assign and transfer all rights, title and
interest in the entry, including without limitation, all copyrights. Sponsor is
not responsible for printing, distribution or production errors and may rescind,
cancel or revoke this contest based upon any such error without liability at its
sole discretion. As a condition of entering this Contest, entrants agree that
under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for any losses
or damages and, hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and
consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket
expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise
increased.
WINNERS' LIST: For the name of the winner, available after November 15,
visit www.whybiotech.com
or send a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to: "Food of the
Future" Contest Winner, 676 N. St. Clair, Chicago, IL 60611.
SPONSOR: Council for Biotechnology Information, P.O. Box 34380,
Washington, D.C. 20043-0380
You
could win a $10,000 college scholarship!
Biotechnology is helping make your favorite foods even better: better tasting, better for you, and better for the environment. If you were a scientist and could improve a food so it would help people, what would it be? You and your parents can learn more about the ways biotechnology is helping make our food better at www.whybiotech.com.
Here are some questions to get you thinking:
Mail your completed entry to:
"Food
of the Future" Contest
676 N. St. Clair
Chicago, IL 60611
Please describe your "Food of the Future" here in 50 - 100 words. What is it called? Tell us how the food would help people, why it's better, and how it looks and tastes. If you need additional space to describe your entry, please use the back of the entry form.
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Draw your "Food of the Future" in the space below:
Name...............
Age..................
Address...........
City, State, Zip.
Telephone........
Signature of Parent or Guardian:
...................................................................................................
I give permission for ....................................... to enter the
"Food of the Future" contest.
[child's name]
Just for entering, we'll send you a FREE copy of "Look Closer at Biotechnology" filled with fun educational activities for you to learn more about the future of food.
source: http://www.whybiotech.com/contest/form.pdf
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