Pollan's Argument On Food Culture

A grass farmer believes in the advantages of grass fed meat and practices the strategy. In this kind of food chain grass is the base; then animals are added; the animals eat the grass; the animals produce (wool, eggs, meat, milk, etc); their wastes (fecal and slaughter) create a compost; which is used on the soil to grow grass that will continuously provide food for the animals and indirectly for humans. In the book, Joel mentions that animals rotate in and out but grass is a constant, which further verifies the importance of grass in this kind of food chain. The kinds of disciplines this particular statement encompasses are agriculture, nutrition, biology, chemistry, environmental science, math,

In return, he also helped them build a place to rest their heads. Before we came here my pa bought lots of seeds to plant so that when we got out here we could live off the land. I help my ma with the chores. While pa is outside working the land, or hunting for animals to put food on the table. When Pa does bring in an animal I help ma prepare it, she says I need to learn how to do this for when I get a husband of my own.

So I wanted to learn to make it so I can one day make arepas for my kids. I included this because it relates to Montano's experience when he was young. Just like my dad, he learned how to make this special dish by watching his parents and passing this down to me is special. Montano used cooking as a way of coping with identity, for me, I would use soccer as a way of life. In Colombia, soccer is the biggest sport just like every Latin country.

The representation of family is apparent when Elie gives his father some of his soup and bread when he is weak/dying, Weisel also went and tried to find water and a doctor for his father, even if it meant that Elie got beat by an officer to just for asking if he could have help with his father. (Weisel 104). Another example of family can be found on page 71: “Look, take this knife,” he said to me.“I don’t need it any longer. It might be useful to you. And take this spoon as well.

“ Hey, Phil, sorry if I’m interrupting.”, said Punxsutawney. “ It’s alright, what are you here for?”, said Phil. Punxsutawney said, “ I’m here to tell you that it’s time to go eat.” Phil said, “ Alright, I’ll be there in a second.” That gives me an idea, how about I tell you what we eat. We usually like to profuse our food and eat primarily wild grasses and other vegetation, including berries and agricultural crops, when available. Clover, alfalfa, dandelion, and coltsfoot are among preferred groundhog foods.

Once the garden was fully grown, I began noticing how successful our garden was. Students and teachers picked fruits and vegetables from the garden that were taken home in order to create a healthy meal. The Special Education class utilized this garden in order to create fresh salsa. Because of this success, our project was then selected to present at the FMEC conference in Washington, D.C. Currently, I am working on a fitness project for students that will help their overall well-being through a variety of unique exercise lessons and healthy eating guidelines.

Pop art is most associated with creating images of common place objects and people so as to identify routine culture in everyday life into an art form. Pop art is used in the advertising world as an imagery art form tying the commodity status of the goods to the status of art. Campbell’s Soup Can by Andy Warhol for me would be like a common product that I would normally pick up from a supermarket shelf when I desire to have a bowl of soup. The red colour used for the can symbolizes the colour of tomato and the contents inside the can. His main objective behind creating these mediated images of soup cans was to generate the awareness of the effects of mass produced consumer packaged goods

The Horned God reminds us that our lives are gifts to us by other living beings, and that therefore, it is sacred, and we must therefore treat food with respect. We feel closer to the Horned God by thanking the plants and animals who gave their lives to be our food, and also thank the people who grew and harvested that food. The Samhain altar is usually covered with black and/or orange cloth, pictures of our beloved dead and things that remind us of them. Seasonal pumpkins, pomegranates, gourds, Indian corn and fallen leaves make wonderful and beautiful decorations for this time of the year and remind us of the first harvest. Although Orange and Black are the most common colors associated with Samhain, there are also the other colors of fall: Rust, Bronze, Red and Yellow of the leaves, the Brown of the Earth, and the grey-green of dying moss.

Food sovereignty is also define as the right of the people to decide what their food will be and how they will obtain it, whether through hunting, fishing, gardening or gathering (Food Sovereignty n.d.). This limits the say that markets and corporations have on the items the Natives choose to eat. Food sovereignty helps the Natives to be able to show the next generation how they gather and hunt

Right from the very beginning, Ostrander employs the persuasive mode of ethos, in which she introduces Salatin by showcasing how he is relevant and a voice of authority as a sustainable farmer. After giving him a thorough introduction through describing his farm, Polyface and his personality, as well as how he rose to fame through the film Food, Inc. and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, she states, "Who better to articulate an ethic of how, when, and whether we should raise and eat our fellow animals?" ​It is also in the introduction where Ostrander utilizes most of the pathos portion, appealing to the reader's emotions by describing Salatin in quite an honest way, even referring to

Since corn was so important the men where in charge of taking care of it. The women had hues house gardens that they needed to take care of. So when the men brought the crops in the women would clean them and then make it in to tortillas or something else. For food they would eat stew or tamales for their once a day hot dish. The children would also help then with all that goes on during a day.

The Good Earth depicts how it is part of human nature to aim for a successful and good life. If you take a look at Wang Lung before he was sidetracked by wealth, you can see that all he really wants to do in life is tend his land and provide enough for his family. “Only a few of the beans did Wang Lung hide in his own hand…then putting his lips to the lips of his daughter he pushed into her mouth the food…he felt himself fed.” (pg. 85) The goal of many people around the world, especially parents, is to live a life where their children or loved ones don’t have to suffer. Others set goals for themselves to achieve in the future, like having their dream job.

Michael Pollan is a food researcher that is on a mission to become more knowledgeable about the food we eat. He is searching the four food chains. The food chains are local sustainable, industrial organic, industrial and Hunter-gatherer. Also because it’s organic and humanely slaughtered and it taste like chicken. I would like my family to be consumers of local sustainable.

In our culture, food is highly praised. There are TV shows dedicated to preparing the best recipes and individuals who devote their lives to becoming “foodies,” or those who have a keen interest in food. However, in Lizzie Widdicombe’s article “The End of Food,” entrepreneur Rob Rhinehart believes that food is just “an inefficient way of getting what he needed to survive.” Throughout the article, the “hopes” and “nightmares” about replacing food with Soylent have been explored. Hopes such as reducing resource competition and subsiding conflicts over farmland bring positive aspects to this product. On the other hand, nightmares such as minimizing the “punctuation” that meals offer and freedom to indulge in what is around us pose an important question: is Soylent really worth it?