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Grass fed cows are great

Corn fed cows aren’t

And I’m not just talking about taste

The cows that eat grass are less prone to disease

The cows that eat corn are more prone to disease

The cows that eat grass walk to the food and eat it where it grows

The cows that eat corn have to wait while the corn grows, is harvested, then transported to the cattle lots (which uses fuel)

The cows that eat grass fertilize the lots where the corn grows

The cows that eat corn how to sit in their own manure while other fertilizers are used to grow the corn that they have to wait to eat

The whole process is whack

But of course

This process brings money to the corporations that control all of the corn

And since corn makes cows fatter faster the businessmen are all too willing to also accept the diseases and other issues that corn brings to cows
And since the meat industry is now entirely reliant on corn
The corn industry is holding the meat industry by the orbs

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FOOD REGULATION

Shout out to Ms. Colln for sending a remind 101. Haha. I Completely forgot about the blog. I hope that I wasnt the only one. My topic is focusing on the food we eat and how it is not regulated properly by the government. Some or the topics I am going to cover are gmos and the meat industry. With the meat industry I am going to cover how they don't regulate how they treat the animals and how it effects us. I am not going to only touch the treatment of animals but also all the bad things they put in them.  For example they put hormones in chickens so they can mature faster and that negatively impacts us. With gmos I plan to cover how they impact us negatively.  To sum things up I am not happy with the food regulations so I'm going against it. I'm not sure if it ia a to open of a topic. What do you guys think? I am easily able to find information on how we need more regulation. The topic of my paper would be food regulation in general or should I focus on one thing such as the meat industry or farming regulation.

Small farms pt.2

Since we began this unit, it has been clear that we have serious issues in our food industry due to the large corporations. It made me very curious that we have such clear problems but we as a country aren't doing anything about it.

At first, I was aware that the huge agribusinesses shouldn't be allowed to handle our food supply but was skeptical about there being any alternatives to them.  Whether or not you agree with their production means, the corporations are definitely able to dish out super high quantities at relatively low prices. With that being said, it didn't seem like there was a close second to corporations in terms of being able to feed the masses. This is where my question came from, which basically asks if organic, humane farms were capable of feeding at the level of the large corporations.  In my research, I have mostly found that the small, organic farms are able to feed the word collectively. Eastern Brazil and other South American countries already have systems where small farms network together to feed large populations. 

As we get more into this unit, I’ve become a bit more careful with what I eat. We have all seen the Food Inc. video and saw how filthy the animal houses are. It’s disgusting to see how hundreds of pigs are all squished in one barn, literally covered in their own poop which can lead to harmful diseases. This is what led me to do my research paper on how the poor quality living of factory farm animals can have a potentially negative effect on the foods we eat. While doing research on this topic, I discovered that thousands of people die every year just from eating foods like chicken or meat. What could be the cause of this? The diseases carried in the food from big companies like Tyson. These types of companies do not care if their products are harmful to their consumers, as long as they are making money out of it then they’re fine. I’m sure all of us hear things like this all the time but most of us do nothing about it because it hasn’t happened to us yet. So my question is: If more people become more involved with what is happening to the foods we eat then will companies start to change the way we take care of the farm animals? If so, then could it lower the risks of dying from food-carrying diseases?

Foodopolies

I am doing my research paper on foodopolies which are the monopolies on our food. Monopolies are taking over food industries and changing the way are food is produced, these monopolies are using patents on their seeds and damage many farmers. One question that continues to come up is what can we do to stop these monopolies from taking over our farms and farmer? Lastly what will happen to our farms and our food if these monopolies continue running our food? Please let me know your thoughts.

In the midst of my research, I became more aware of my eating habits and how it has changed. Knowing that most of our food is genetically modified or even bathed in pesticides, I decided to take a different approach and experiment myself. I started to cook with the plants that my grandmother grows in our backyard and didn’t realize how much time and care goes into food. It’s crazy how we can walk into the grocery store at our own convenience. I never really realized how easy we have it especially when it comes down to food. I felt like I was getting in touch with my humanity, learning to nurture a plant for consumption. Although it does require lots of work to grow your own food, I learned to appreciate the beauty behind it. Unfortunately in the end, the food industry will continue with their ways in production and that is something we can't really help. I mean I know that all of us can make a difference but at the rate that it's now, I don't see a dramatic change.

Do people actually know the truth of genetic engineering?

With my topic of research I've been reading a lot of articles that say the benefits of genetic engineering can be great, but people reject it with not much research or bad research. For example there was a French scientist that did study on ratsd by feeding them only GMO foods and in two years they developed cancer. However some time later other scientists reviewed his study and found that the breed of rats he used are known to develop cancer I two years regardless of what they eat. So he created this kind of fear of genetic engineering without good research and people disregard the second study. And there's other things too like General Mills started labeling their Cheerios as GMO free even though they never used GMO ingredients in the first place. They're just printing it on their cereal because it creates a feeling of safety from GMO. It's kind of like companies label their food as gluten free even though they use no wheat product so its not possible for it to have gluten and they just label it because people think gluten is this super harmful thing, but it's really only harmful if you have an intolerance to gluten. In addition to all this genetic engineered foods go under years of review by the FDA before people consume it so that they know its not harmful. For example this genetically engineered salmon went under 20 years of review before it was deemed safe to eat. So it's not like genetic engineered foods are dangerous because a lot of studying goes into the science before it's consumed. So in conclusion I feel like some people don't actually know that genetically engineered foods are safe to consume also people just reject GMOs just because of what they've heard.