Overarching Thesis: Individual living in our culture must recognize and respond to the nightmarish industrial atrocities at the root of dominant social practices in order to live a morally satisfactory life.
Argument #1: Food
Major claim: Corrupt corporate business's Have become so greedy with having money that don't care for quality foods or health benefits anymore.
Supporting claim #1: Chemicals being added to meat for a faster shipping rate as well as unnatural feeding and contaminated processed ground beef
-Adding chemicals to processed foods for a faster shipping rate
Evidence: By adding so much chmicals to there meats, people argue that there meat isn't even "real food" because the final product needs coloring added to it just so it could look like how meat is supposed to look.
-cows being fed corn leads to Kevins death because of a public breakout of E-Coli
Evidence: In Food, Inc. Barbara Kowalcyk's 2 year old son dies from E.coli poisoning after eating a hamburger."
-Contaminated processed ground beef
Evidence: After being tested positive for salmonella contamination, several ground beef processing plants were still able to sell there meats for several months after they took steps to cleaning up therefacilities.
Supporting claim #2:Heart diseases as well as obesity increase and increase in diabetes
- heart disease, nothing but bad
Evidence: People with diabeties tend to have strokes twice as likely then those that do not have a heart disease. Also peopl with diabetes tend to have a stroke at a very early age that people.
-A huge obesity increase
Evidence: In 1971 the obisity rate was 5.8% and in 2006 there has bein a 17.3% obisity rate.Which means that there is a 11.5% increase from 1971 to 2006
-Increase in diabetes
Evidence: from 1980 to 2008 there has bein a 144% increase in how many people had diabetes
Works cited:
http://www.foodincmovie.com/about-the-issues.php
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/stroke/
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/prev/national/figage.htm
The Omnivore's Dilemma Young Readers Edition By: Michael Pollan
Sunday, October 31, 2010
HW 11 - Final Food Project 1
Being a vegetarian wasn't as hard as I initially thought it was going to be. Although i couldn't eat meat for 48 hours i found alternative ways to eating foods i liked. For example I had Rice and beans, many different salads and I also had cereal.One example of the salad i ate had lettuce and tomato's in it. The cereal i ate both days were lucky charms with milk.
Eating a meal with no meat in it made me feel so much fuller than if i ate a meal with meat in it. I also felt more better. What i mean by this is i wasn't as sleepy as i usualy am, and i felt more healthy. I wasn't as lazy as i usually am either. I wanted to go to the park an play sports and just go outside instead of staying home being on the computer all day. While eating these vegetarian meals it made me think more about the cruelty that they inflict on animals.
Being a vegetarian also made me do alot of thinking, for example i thought that everyone should try to be a vegetarian or they should have alot of salads and fruits so that they could balance out there diet. I also though more about the foods i was going to eat. When i was in the supermarket I saw fat foods and meats and thought to myself that these foods may be good to you but there not good for you. Just like in the movie we dont know the whole truth about what's in foods so its better to be safe ad go green rather than eating processed foods that could harm your body.
There is nothing more i could next time to make this process more efficient. I liked this "going vegetarian" experience. It kinda changed the way i am going to eat from here on out. I've decided to balance my meals to make it less fat and more healthy. One example would be, im going to always have a salad in my meal when i am eating meat. I am also going to have fruits everyday, even if it's only one fruit a day that i am having. However the main thing that made me decide to eat more healthy was while eating vegetables it made me feel more better and more willing to do stuff, and i liked that feeling.
Eating a meal with no meat in it made me feel so much fuller than if i ate a meal with meat in it. I also felt more better. What i mean by this is i wasn't as sleepy as i usualy am, and i felt more healthy. I wasn't as lazy as i usually am either. I wanted to go to the park an play sports and just go outside instead of staying home being on the computer all day. While eating these vegetarian meals it made me think more about the cruelty that they inflict on animals.
Being a vegetarian also made me do alot of thinking, for example i thought that everyone should try to be a vegetarian or they should have alot of salads and fruits so that they could balance out there diet. I also though more about the foods i was going to eat. When i was in the supermarket I saw fat foods and meats and thought to myself that these foods may be good to you but there not good for you. Just like in the movie we dont know the whole truth about what's in foods so its better to be safe ad go green rather than eating processed foods that could harm your body.
There is nothing more i could next time to make this process more efficient. I liked this "going vegetarian" experience. It kinda changed the way i am going to eat from here on out. I've decided to balance my meals to make it less fat and more healthy. One example would be, im going to always have a salad in my meal when i am eating meat. I am also going to have fruits everyday, even if it's only one fruit a day that i am having. However the main thing that made me decide to eat more healthy was while eating vegetables it made me feel more better and more willing to do stuff, and i liked that feeling.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
HW 12 - Final Food Project 2 - Outline
Thesis: Individual living in our culture must recognize and respond to the nightmarish industrial atrocities at the root of dominant social practices in order to live a morally satisfactory life.
Argument #1: Many of the dominant social practices in our society is considered “normal,” however if we dig deeper and find out what the big companies don’t want us to know (the whole story) then the citizens of the United States will end up finding nightmarish and industrial atrocities. One of these nightmarish atrocities being, what process did the foods go through to get to the supermarket. Another example would be, not many people know what really happens in these “farms.” Processed foods(Fast foods) we eat have added chemicals in them. These chemicals are added to the foods just so the companies could make more money for themselves by having there foods ready for shipment at a faster rate. Keep in mind that these foods get shipped everywhere, for example they get shipped to Mc.Donalds and supermarkets. Also a lot of these processed foods are very unhealthy for us. One could even debate that the foods we eat isn’t even real food. The reason people are starting to think this is because chickens, cows, and pigs are now getting dipped into so many chemicals that when they are “ready” for shipment the flavors and the coloring is not natural it’s processed.
Evidence: Omnivore’s dilemma young readers editionEvidence: Still rising obesity rates
Argument #2: Fast foods restaurants are so easy to come across nowadays that it’s no wonder obesity rates are increasing. However this isn’t necessarily only the peoples fault because the companies are promoting this.
Evidence: Omnivore’s dilemma young Readers editionEvidence: Still rising obesity rates
Argument #1: Many of the dominant social practices in our society is considered “normal,” however if we dig deeper and find out what the big companies don’t want us to know (the whole story) then the citizens of the United States will end up finding nightmarish and industrial atrocities. One of these nightmarish atrocities being, what process did the foods go through to get to the supermarket. Another example would be, not many people know what really happens in these “farms.” Processed foods(Fast foods) we eat have added chemicals in them. These chemicals are added to the foods just so the companies could make more money for themselves by having there foods ready for shipment at a faster rate. Keep in mind that these foods get shipped everywhere, for example they get shipped to Mc.Donalds and supermarkets. Also a lot of these processed foods are very unhealthy for us. One could even debate that the foods we eat isn’t even real food. The reason people are starting to think this is because chickens, cows, and pigs are now getting dipped into so many chemicals that when they are “ready” for shipment the flavors and the coloring is not natural it’s processed.
Evidence: Omnivore’s dilemma young readers editionEvidence: Still rising obesity rates
Argument #2: Fast foods restaurants are so easy to come across nowadays that it’s no wonder obesity rates are increasing. However this isn’t necessarily only the peoples fault because the companies are promoting this.
Evidence: Omnivore’s dilemma young Readers editionEvidence: Still rising obesity rates
Monday, October 25, 2010
Thesis Statement:
Processed foods are a atrocity in this society, these nightmarish industrial foods prove to be very bad for the body, however some dominant social practices show that organic foods could be the cure for this curropt foodway of life.
Alot of foods can be considered atrocities to us because these nightmarish foods are not good for us and it isn't healthy or "real food." However organic foods would be the normal way to go because organic foods are filled with no chemicals and more healthier.
Proposal #1: Experimental.
Proposal #2: Academic.
Processed foods are a atrocity in this society, these nightmarish industrial foods prove to be very bad for the body, however some dominant social practices show that organic foods could be the cure for this curropt foodway of life.
Alot of foods can be considered atrocities to us because these nightmarish foods are not good for us and it isn't healthy or "real food." However organic foods would be the normal way to go because organic foods are filled with no chemicals and more healthier.
Proposal #1: Experimental.
Proposal #2: Academic.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
HW 7d
Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers' Edition Chapters 21
Precis: Mushroom hunting is much harder than one would think. The reson for this is because mushrooms have it's own seasons for sprouting and only sprout under some trees. The reason hunters call it mushroom hunting is because they must don't simply pick out a bunch of mushrooms rather they must go and search for some and some mushrooms may be poisonous and cannot be eaten. Also while hunting for mushrooms alot of questions had popped up that not even scientists knew. Later I had found out that mushrooms are really hard to abalyze because if you pull a mushroom from the ground parts of the mushroom will just fall off from the mushroom.
Quote: On page 252, "These thin, threadlike cells form a web buried in the soil. You can't dig it up a mushroom to study it because the mycelium is too tiny and delicate. If you try to seperate them from the soil they just fall apart.
Thoughts: Mushrooms seem to have more to them than meets the eye. I wonder what the differences are between a regular mushroom and a poisonous mushroom are, because some people have gotten the two mixed up before.
Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers' Edition Chapters 22
Precis: Preparing a "perfect meal was harder than expected. Making foods that are healthier and better for the body to ingest is much harder than just eating a cheeseburger. However I was not about to prepare these fast foods because i was inviting all the people that has helped me along my advanture to eat with me. It was a way of saying thank you to all of the people that has helped me with research. Also even thought some of the foods were made from animals such as pigs, I made sure that it was helthier for us to eat. (organic)
Quote: On page 275, "One of the wonders of my do-it-yourself meal was how little it had damaged the world."
Thoughts: It appears that the narrator has changed his view food. It appears as if he now cares more about what foods he eats and he will not eat certain foods that he might had eaten if he had not gone through this advanture.
Precis: Mushroom hunting is much harder than one would think. The reson for this is because mushrooms have it's own seasons for sprouting and only sprout under some trees. The reason hunters call it mushroom hunting is because they must don't simply pick out a bunch of mushrooms rather they must go and search for some and some mushrooms may be poisonous and cannot be eaten. Also while hunting for mushrooms alot of questions had popped up that not even scientists knew. Later I had found out that mushrooms are really hard to abalyze because if you pull a mushroom from the ground parts of the mushroom will just fall off from the mushroom.
Quote: On page 252, "These thin, threadlike cells form a web buried in the soil. You can't dig it up a mushroom to study it because the mycelium is too tiny and delicate. If you try to seperate them from the soil they just fall apart.
Thoughts: Mushrooms seem to have more to them than meets the eye. I wonder what the differences are between a regular mushroom and a poisonous mushroom are, because some people have gotten the two mixed up before.
Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers' Edition Chapters 22
Precis: Preparing a "perfect meal was harder than expected. Making foods that are healthier and better for the body to ingest is much harder than just eating a cheeseburger. However I was not about to prepare these fast foods because i was inviting all the people that has helped me along my advanture to eat with me. It was a way of saying thank you to all of the people that has helped me with research. Also even thought some of the foods were made from animals such as pigs, I made sure that it was helthier for us to eat. (organic)
Quote: On page 275, "One of the wonders of my do-it-yourself meal was how little it had damaged the world."
Thoughts: It appears that the narrator has changed his view food. It appears as if he now cares more about what foods he eats and he will not eat certain foods that he might had eaten if he had not gone through this advanture.
HW 10 - Food, Inc. Response
Processed farms are treating Chickens like fruits. This is terrible because the difference between the chickens and the fruits is that chickens have life, unlike fruits, chickens feel pain and do suffer. To make matters worse the chickens don't even live a good life before they die. As a matter a fact chickens life couldn't be worse, They cant even walk without fallen because of how big they've become. However Organic farms are better both for how they treat chickens before they kill them but also for us to eat. The chickens in the organic farms get to life outdoors and aren't forced to eat only corn. The chickens are living like they naturally would. Plus in the organic farms they dont add chemicals to the chickens to make the delivering process faster.
The movie offered a real visual image plus it showed the exact process of the way the chickens died, which is something the book didn't show. On the other hand the book was more detailed in other parts like what the chicken lives were like before dying and what abormal things the chickens did because they were caged up.
One question that i still have is why in the world do these big governments not wait a few days for delivering there foods to the supermarkets and feel the need to add chemicals to there foods? One thought i have is, can humans be so blinded by money that they dont see the totures things they are doing to the animals?
The movie offered a real visual image plus it showed the exact process of the way the chickens died, which is something the book didn't show. On the other hand the book was more detailed in other parts like what the chicken lives were like before dying and what abormal things the chickens did because they were caged up.
One question that i still have is why in the world do these big governments not wait a few days for delivering there foods to the supermarkets and feel the need to add chemicals to there foods? One thought i have is, can humans be so blinded by money that they dont see the totures things they are doing to the animals?
Thursday, October 21, 2010
HW 7d.
Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers' Edition Ch. 20
Precis: Waning to Hunt for the pigs was on my agenda because i felt a though i needed to know how it makes the person feel and what he thinks while huntng. Me and me colleagues stumbled across a couple of pigs, which made me feel very pumped but also a little sad because i was going to decide the fate of the pig. With these mixed emotins i finally got a clear shoot on the animal and killed it. I was so Relieved to find out that i didn't need to shoot the animal again. Even though it seems as though i was feeling sad truth be told hunting is very exciting.
Quote: On page 240, "Death was quickly overtaking her. I was relieved she wouldn't need a second shoot."
Thoughts: This shows me that the main character isn't like other people in this world ans even though he's a meat eater he does feel pity for animals. Which is also understandible because you took someones life. This is a very sad thing.
Precis: Waning to Hunt for the pigs was on my agenda because i felt a though i needed to know how it makes the person feel and what he thinks while huntng. Me and me colleagues stumbled across a couple of pigs, which made me feel very pumped but also a little sad because i was going to decide the fate of the pig. With these mixed emotins i finally got a clear shoot on the animal and killed it. I was so Relieved to find out that i didn't need to shoot the animal again. Even though it seems as though i was feeling sad truth be told hunting is very exciting.
Quote: On page 240, "Death was quickly overtaking her. I was relieved she wouldn't need a second shoot."
Thoughts: This shows me that the main character isn't like other people in this world ans even though he's a meat eater he does feel pity for animals. Which is also understandible because you took someones life. This is a very sad thing.
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