Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, is an activist who is a big part of the food movement and who has studied under Michael Pollen, author of Omnivores Dilemma. Originally from Seattle, she relocated to Oakland not only for its better climate for farming, but what she wanted most was to have the best of both worlds, to be able to go to bars and shows while being one with nature without feeling isolated. At the beginning she was a squatter, receiving permission from the landowner to start a local garden in the middle of the ‘ghettos’ where crime rates and poverty were a major issue. Carpenter saw an amazing opportunity to use the empty parking lot to produce something for the community and by starting with …show more content…
In Farm City, Novella Carpenter claims, “ I had finally figured out who I was, who my people were: they were folks who love and respect animals, who learn from the, draw sustenance from them directly”. Although this statement does not apply when she brutally killed the possum with a shovel or painfully ended a slugs life by smashing it, when it comes down to it she respects organisms that will end up as a gourmet food on her table to consume. She believes that whatever she eats she will raise and kill respectfully by not wasting. Relating this back to the movie Temple Grandin, Temple emphasizes that, “I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we 've got to do it right. We 've got to give those animals a decent life and we 've got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect.” Novella adored all her animals that she raises and even cuddles with them although knowing she will end up sadly killing it. She knew that this was part of life and it’s a process that she had to do in order to have ‘true connections’ with her food. When we grow respect and understanding for our foods we also learn to appreciate the value of what good produce go through to get to our plates. The power to modify our ideal food is at our …show more content…
In many ways, Farm City is a political book that touches areas that the city population didn’t know existed. When we imagine a farm we think large vast area with perfect sunny weather and huge sum of produce. What we learn from this book is that we can be a farmer with just planting a pot of vegetation by the windowsill or keeping a pet rabbit with intent to kill it and consume it. I spontaneously went to the flee market one Sunday and came across some rabbits. I currently am raising a bunny in my apartment that I adore and although I might not kill it myself, I heard rabbit’s meat is delicious. Simple small steps like this can break the paradigm of bad eating habits, which will lead us to a healthier organic food industry. Being a persistent and responsible consumer is the power we hold for change if we really believe in moving towards a better
Slavery’s Existence in the North Side Categorizing as a historical non-fiction book, Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North is a 265 page book that was written by C.S Manegold and published by the Princeton University Press in 2010. Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North emphasizes five generation slave owners during the colonial times in New England. Starting with John Winthrop, who later became the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Aastha Rai Miss Matalone English 101 H1 October 19, 2017 Lobster Love “Consider the Lobster” is an article written by David Foster Wallace that appeared on the magazine Gourmet which provides thought provoking information about the morality behind consuming lobster. Wallace wants his readers to literally consider the lobster as he discusses about the culinary and ethical dimensions of cooking a live creature with possible sentiment. By giving the example of a lobster, he tries to convey that many other animals such as deer are treated inhumanely for the sake of human satisfaction. Even though Wallace has no intentions of persuading his readers to become a vegetarian, the sole purpose of writing this article is to address animal
In An Animal’s Place, Michael Pollan describes the growing acknowledgement of animal rights, particularly America’s decision between vegetarianism and meat-eating. However, this growing sense of sentiment towards animals is coupled with a growing sense of brutality in farms and science labs. According to Pollan, the lacking respect for specific species of animals lies in the fact that they are absent from human’s everyday lives; enabling them to avoid acknowledgment of what they are doing when partaking in brutality towards animals. He presents arguments for why vegetarianism would make sense in certain instances and why it would not and ultimately lead to the decision of eating-meat while treating the animals fairly in the process. Pollan
Summary In this article “Against Meat” Jonathan Safran Foer describes his personal experience with struggling whether he eats meat or not and what he went through to become a vegetarian, his main reason was he didn’t want animals to suffer. Foer had a lot of influence in his life, starting with his grandmother who he considered her as a role model he loved her passion with food, although she had one recipe
Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals is a book about persuasion. Foer seeks to convince his readers to take any step in reducing what he believes is the injustice of harming animals. To achieve this, Foer employs many persuasion techniques and often changes his approach when he targets specific groups. His strategies include establishing himself as an ethical authority and appealing to his readers’ emotions, morals, and reason.
With a big city comes big diversity. My hometown, the city of Chicago, not only is diverse because of the people, but it is also very diverse because of the food. If you were to visit the top floor of the Willis Tower, or as my fellow Chicagoans would refer to it as the Sears Tower, you would be able to see majority of Chicago, and its various components. My hometown of Chicago has actually tried to be more organic and be more involved in the food movement, as well. Even within my neighborhood, which is a primarily Hispanic neighborhood, has tried to be more organic.
Both Pollen and Singer share similar perspectives on the notion that mankind is the main cause for the injustices towards animal life, yet Pollen takes it one step further by claiming that “Animals are one of us”. Even though Singer like Pollen, understands the equal considerations of all beings (which is to avoid pain and suffering), his opinion emphasizes what us humans need to change. Focusing on human dignity, human rights and “speciesism”, Singer never considers how humans and animals have always coexisted despite our constant predation. On the other hand, “An Animal’s Place” takes Symbiosis into account, realizing that a radical change in diet is not the only option but rather to adapt our barbaric farm factories into humane
Assuredly crime can have negative effects on anyone involved, however when the offender is familial, it can have an increased amount of detrimental effects on mental health. In the novel The Farm, Tilde is raped by her father repeatedly as a child. After she finally ran away, she leads a nearly perfect life, until her and Chris retire and move to a new country. In their new home, Tilde finds an abandoned building that Chris frequents, with many used condoms on the front lawn. It is 6.2 times more likely for a victim of rape to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder than someone who has never been raped.
the text is informing people how to handle livestock more humane ways. The article also states the behavioral principles of animals in certain situations.” in areas where animals are handled, illumination should be uniform and diffuse. Shadows and bright spots should be minimized. Slats on the floor of shearing sheds and other animal facilities, should be eliminated so animals walk across the slats (48).
With this story, Tait makes the reader start to picture the poor animal and begin to feel empathy. She uses a very descriptive way so that we could put ourselves in that position and starts seeing a dark and cruel side. She then brings up the point that many people know how much these animals are being mistreated, but still eat them, she says this so that the reader can identify and relate to her and what she’s saying. Tait also brings up people like Paul Bloom psychology professor at Yale and Toni Shephard executive director of the animal advocacy organization Animal Equality. These two are very different and have completely different views on the matter, one would agree with Tait and the other would not.
Near the end of the film, the audience is asked, “If the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated… What does it say about us, as a species?” (Dominion). The film leaves the audience with a reflective note questioning the righteousness and validity of consuming meat and dairy products at the cost of an innocent animal’s life. Dominion is a film dedicated to inspiring viewers to acknowledge the unethical system of industrial agriculture, with hopes of encouraging further advocacy for helpless
Rhetorical Analysis “Down on the factory farm” The last thing that comes to our mind when we order a piece of steak at a restaurant is how that animal we are about to eat was being treated while they were alive. According to author Peter Singer’s article "Down on the factory farm” he questions what happened to your dinner when it was still an animal? He argues about the use and abuse of animals raised for our consumption. In Singer’s article he states personal facts and convincing statistics to raise a legitimate argument.
One thing is to eat healthy and another thing is to eat organic. Big
People need to take initiative to stop eating food that’s not healthy for them because at the end of the day it’s all up to you to stay healthy. Our country become less responsible for their own health and start to blame everyone else for their own health but look at us not eating right and wondering why they are not feeling good, you’re not doing the right thing. This world is full of
Whenever I mention that one of my favorite foods is salad, most people usually tell me that it is a pretty boring choice. Although I love a good slice of pizza, salad has always been one of my favorite healthy snacks. My love for salad can be explained by several social factors. My first dinner at Penn was what inspired me to consider vegetarianism. I knew that eating in college was going to be hard since I was so used to eating home cooked meals.