Alexander Sanchez
03/20/2010
If organic food is healthier than fastfood, why is it more expensive to buy carrots than a cheeseburger in McDonalds? Organic foods means food that is farmed using renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality. Organic foods don’t have pesticides, antibiotics or genetically altered organisms. These organic foods are really healthy but they are extremely expensive compared to fastfood. Eating organic food is healthier than “regular” food. For example, organic tomatoes might not last as long as normal tomatoes because its not sprayed with chemicals to make it last. Organic food doesn’t just help our health but also helps the environment.
We all look for ways to eat better, but its hard to do so when the bad food we normally eat is cheaper. Specially when there are different variety of fast food in every corner. Its also hard to educate people on what fast food really is when you are always seeing this cool commercials on tv . When was the last time you ever seen a commercial on organic vegetables? To be honest I never seen one. The problem is that these fastfood industries are producing enormous quantities of low quality meat making high profits. Unlike fastfood, organic food don’t make much profit due to the fact that they don’t have the same amount of customers buying the product. Also because organic product don’t have pesticides, antibiotics or genetically altered organisms, it means it needs to be sold faster than fastfood or else it get rotten.
Even the fruits and vegetables we buy normally in our nearest supermarkets to eat healthier is infected with chemicals farmers are forced to use so the product last longer. Farmers are forced to use these chemicals so that the product last longer and so they could make more money. I don’t seem to understand why companies like the FDA that are made to protect use don’t have the power to do so. In my opinion these companies like the FDA are being paid by high industries so they don’t stop their way of producing food.
Organic products doesn’t only help our health but also helps the environment. It helps the environment by recycling of livestock manures and organic materials which includes crop residues. Farmers that produce organic products learned how to control the growth of weeds and insect infestation through crop rotation. This helps a lot so soil can be used for a very long time without the use fertilizers.
In my opinion if we all agree that what we are eating is garbage and we change our eating habits and buy more organic products we can make a bigger change. Fastfood industries will be forced to make more natural and organic food. If more people would see what these industries are doing and educate themselves we could make a faster change. The best tip I could give to decrease the power of this high fastfood industries is buy their product less and go organic.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Alexander Sanchez
3/13/09
Food Inc.
In my opinion Food Inc was an interesting and inspiring movie. Food Inc is a controversial movie about how fast food is taking over other food industries and the government. Food Inc hits main points like, health and fast food, animal cruelty and government corruption. The movie has sad video clips on how farmers treat their animals because of food industries. It also shows the viewers how health is being affect because of this chemically enhanced food that the food industries are processing to save time, effort and mainly money.
Food Inc shows how the food industry took over the farms in the Unites States and created a new system of “ farming ” if that’s what you want to call it. The food industry toke away the farmers independence, so they can demand what they want the farmer to grow. They hire people in need of money so they can pay them less than the cost for production, crops and animals. They treat the workers like slaves by making them work in unsanitary facilities. The food industries force the farmers to treat animals crudely by feeding them unhealthy food to create mass quantities of cows, chickens and pigs.
Their are many costumes we can innovate so we can eat healthier and pay less for healthier food. It’s possible to eat well and inexpensively, but it will take more time and effort to do so. For example, instead of doing groceries in your nearest deli, you can make a effort to shop at farmer's markets and local produce stations. Buying organic products might be more expensive but will help in the long run. Industries will produce more organic products because more people are buying this products. Organic food doesn’t just help your health it also helps the environment.
What scares me the most is the fact how only a few companies are controlling the meat industry. Those industries are having to much power and control over the government. Many people don’t pay attention towards what they eat because they think the government has agents like the FDA to protect them. But little they know the government protect this industries. For example, in the movie Food Inc. they documented the story of a mother and how her two-year old son Kevin that died from E. Coli poisoning. The mother works as a Food Safety advocate, she been trying to get a law passed that allows the USDA to shut down food plants that continually produce contaminated meat for years. Its frighten how this corporations that are made to protect us don’t have the power to shut down this plants.
Food Inc was a great movie that educates the viewers about what they are consuming. If more people would see this movie and educate themselves from what these powerful industries are doing, then I think we could make a more faster progress towards eliminating this contaminated meat plants. So for now the best thing we could do is look at the nutrition facts and try to eat as health as possible.
3/13/09
Food Inc.
In my opinion Food Inc was an interesting and inspiring movie. Food Inc is a controversial movie about how fast food is taking over other food industries and the government. Food Inc hits main points like, health and fast food, animal cruelty and government corruption. The movie has sad video clips on how farmers treat their animals because of food industries. It also shows the viewers how health is being affect because of this chemically enhanced food that the food industries are processing to save time, effort and mainly money.
Food Inc shows how the food industry took over the farms in the Unites States and created a new system of “ farming ” if that’s what you want to call it. The food industry toke away the farmers independence, so they can demand what they want the farmer to grow. They hire people in need of money so they can pay them less than the cost for production, crops and animals. They treat the workers like slaves by making them work in unsanitary facilities. The food industries force the farmers to treat animals crudely by feeding them unhealthy food to create mass quantities of cows, chickens and pigs.
Their are many costumes we can innovate so we can eat healthier and pay less for healthier food. It’s possible to eat well and inexpensively, but it will take more time and effort to do so. For example, instead of doing groceries in your nearest deli, you can make a effort to shop at farmer's markets and local produce stations. Buying organic products might be more expensive but will help in the long run. Industries will produce more organic products because more people are buying this products. Organic food doesn’t just help your health it also helps the environment.
What scares me the most is the fact how only a few companies are controlling the meat industry. Those industries are having to much power and control over the government. Many people don’t pay attention towards what they eat because they think the government has agents like the FDA to protect them. But little they know the government protect this industries. For example, in the movie Food Inc. they documented the story of a mother and how her two-year old son Kevin that died from E. Coli poisoning. The mother works as a Food Safety advocate, she been trying to get a law passed that allows the USDA to shut down food plants that continually produce contaminated meat for years. Its frighten how this corporations that are made to protect us don’t have the power to shut down this plants.
Food Inc was a great movie that educates the viewers about what they are consuming. If more people would see this movie and educate themselves from what these powerful industries are doing, then I think we could make a more faster progress towards eliminating this contaminated meat plants. So for now the best thing we could do is look at the nutrition facts and try to eat as health as possible.
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