https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OB_0OLKGMpQ
As I was researching for a topic to write about for the blog I came across this video. As if the articles and documentaries we have read and watched in class wasn't enough this truly shocks me. Our food industries is getting out of hand and the FDA allows it.
For example, I knew we used different pesticides to protect our food I just never knew what some of it actually contained. I never thought of doing the research to be honest because food just appears in fridge or pantry from off the shelf of the grocery store. This video brought to my attention some of the harmful things the the pesticides actually contain. The pesticide for cabbage contains scorpion poison and the FDA approves that. Can you believe that?
Another thing that I learned from this video is animals that eat GMO foods are more likely to get cancer. Now if that happens to animals, are we more likely to get cancer from eating genetically modified food? These are the questions we need to be asking before we consume this food.
Lastly GMO are hard to contain. GMO are in 70% of our food and sometimes it is not even listed in them. When it comes to seeds it's impossible to control because of cross pollination. At this point if the GMO seeds have long term health effects we have no way of stopping them. On top of that, since we have increased the use of GMO the allergies in kids have doubled along with it.
Overall, we need to start to ask questions about the things our bodies are consuming compared to being oblivious. The food industry is getting out of hand and it's the consumers job to fix it.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
The Need For Better Nutrition
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/01/our-unsafe-food-supply-is-killing-us.html
What I find interesting about this article is that it points out that 70% of our food is processed and is harming consumer health, but the FDA and Congress do not use their authority to take action against this. The government is supposed to be protecting its citizens from harm? The government must take some kind of action to reduce the unhealthy food practices by the food industries. Most people are eating blindly and being deprived of their right to eat freely. The big problem in food politics is the fact that most people do not care about what they put in their bodies. Large food corporations are making profits and are negligent of consumer health; therefore, health costs keep rising. Processed foods have been the cause of the obesity, heart attacks, heart strokes, and other illnesses that plagues America today. The way we eat has changed compared to the way people used to eat back then. In the past, strict regulations were placed on food industries for the safety of consumers and people were able to live longer. This article provides answers to the effects of processed food in the diets of Americans and promotes healthier eating habits. If people chose to track their nutrition, not only are they promised a longer life but the full enjoyment and appreciation of their food. This, then, would lead us into the question of whether the organic food produced by some farmers would be sufficient enough to feed millions of people. Our current food economy is able to provide cheap, efficient, and abundant food despite the health costs. Dependence of organic food would mean increased labor and land. I believe this could be possible to accomplish, but it may also cause some organic food to become popular enough that food industries would want to utilize them and put them in the market resulting in industrialized food products.
What I find interesting about this article is that it points out that 70% of our food is processed and is harming consumer health, but the FDA and Congress do not use their authority to take action against this. The government is supposed to be protecting its citizens from harm? The government must take some kind of action to reduce the unhealthy food practices by the food industries. Most people are eating blindly and being deprived of their right to eat freely. The big problem in food politics is the fact that most people do not care about what they put in their bodies. Large food corporations are making profits and are negligent of consumer health; therefore, health costs keep rising. Processed foods have been the cause of the obesity, heart attacks, heart strokes, and other illnesses that plagues America today. The way we eat has changed compared to the way people used to eat back then. In the past, strict regulations were placed on food industries for the safety of consumers and people were able to live longer. This article provides answers to the effects of processed food in the diets of Americans and promotes healthier eating habits. If people chose to track their nutrition, not only are they promised a longer life but the full enjoyment and appreciation of their food. This, then, would lead us into the question of whether the organic food produced by some farmers would be sufficient enough to feed millions of people. Our current food economy is able to provide cheap, efficient, and abundant food despite the health costs. Dependence of organic food would mean increased labor and land. I believe this could be possible to accomplish, but it may also cause some organic food to become popular enough that food industries would want to utilize them and put them in the market resulting in industrialized food products.
Friday, February 26, 2016
[KC]: WWOOF!
We are going to learn about another aspect of food politics--the program WWOOF. And, next week Madeline Fletcher is coming to speak to our classes about her experience with this program.
Take a look at this article and come with some good questions to ask her.
Take a look at this article and come with some good questions to ask her.
[KC]: Politics of Food Blog - First Course
Due: Friday, March 4th by 6:00 pm
Thursday, February 11, 2016
[KC]: Descriptive Outline Assignment
Here are the instructions for the descriptive outline. Remember, this should be done ON the printed final draft of your Online and Anonymous essay.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Justice: Childhood Love Lessons Mini-Research Assignment
This mini-assignment is real, and it's due by Thursday, February 11.
Over the course next few days you will be conducting a mini-research assignment related to issue addressed in bell hooks’ “Justice: Childhood Love Lessons.” Your mini-research assignment will be relatively short but will require your close and careful attention. The research you gather will be used to help answer the proposed research question you have selected. While the research process is what is the focus here, the end product will be a draft summary of your research and a 150-word abstract. So, you will not be writing a research paper on this topic.
This assignment is due Thursday, February 11th.
Click on the link below for details on how to complete this assignment.
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