Rhetorical Analysis Of 'Attention Whole Foods Shoppers'

In the world, there are one billion people undernourished and one and a half billion more people overweight. In this day and age, where food has become a means of profit rather than a means of keeping people thriving and healthy, Raj Patel took it upon himself to explore why our world has become the home of these two opposite extremes: the stuffed and the starved. He does so by travelling the world and investigating the mess that was created by the big men (corporate food companies) when they took power away from the little men (farmers and farm workers) in order to provide for everyone else (the consumers) as conveniently and profitably as possible. In his book Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, Patel reveals his findings and tries to reach out to people not just as readers, but also as consumers, in hopes of regaining control over the one thing that has brought us all down: the world food system.

Food is a critical part to the environment that a community lives in, yet food is not always just. Food justice is an important part of environmental justice, and Robert Gottlieb studied how food impacts communities. Gottlieb explained how food justice has links to equity, empowerment, and social justice as well. This area of justice “addresses issues of health, globalization, worker rights and working conditions, disparities regarding access to environmental (or food) goods, land use and respect for the land, and ultimately, how our production, transportation, distribution and consumption systems are organized” (7). Food (in)justices and the other presented issues are all around in society today. Gottlieb explained about sustainable agriculture,

World hunger has always been a problem that has plagued humanity, and through the years, it has remained an almost impossible problem to solve. However, industrialized agriculture has become a possible solution to world hunger with its ability to produce more food on less land than traditional methods. Industrialized agriculture is the solution Robert Paarlberg offers in his article, “Attention Whole Food Shoppers” which first appeared in April 2010 edition of Foreign Policy. Paarlberg attempts to use specific criteria to demonstrate the benefits of industrialized agriculture, such as its impacts on world hunger, the income gap, and global politics. Paarlberg was to an extent successful at proving his points and persuading his intended audience.

During Super Bowl Sunday, millions of people across the globe tune in to watch the game while also gawking at some of the most popular commercials of the year. Coca-Cola presented its commercial “Love Story” during this past Super Bowl. They are known for having memorable and popular advertisements, this past one was no different. “Love Story” persuades the average person to drink a Coke with any meal along with the ones they cherish.

I think you are right about the price aspect. I also will try and pick up the organic option if the price is reasonable. It sounds like you definitely have a good approach to both authors writing and were able to analyse both of them in a way that saw through the rhetoric. I also agree with your comments on the “shopping green makes you mean” question. To attack people who choose to buy a specific kind of food seems a bit

In his blog post, Joe’s Rhetoric Finding Authenticity at Starbucks, Greg Dickinson introduces the materiality of rhetoric by analyzing a Starbucks coffee shop. Many people drink Starbucks coffee in their daily lives. Dickinson argues that Starbucks uses green color in its logo and shapes and materials related to nature to influence its consumers to buy coffee. While Starbucks emphasize its naturalness, many consumers do not notice the rhetoric in Starbucks. Creating the naturalness through the sight, sound, smell, and materials, people are influenced to drink Starbucks coffee.

Anna Quindlen was a very intelligent and observant novelist. That had looked upon the issues of child hunger and the way, it affected many kids around the United States. This essay was very informative to show readers about the importance of children from becoming ill or starving to death because of the rates in many states. That are not prior to feed children or even having to. Quindlen, affected many readers by this essay of persuading and even showing readers that they are issues that go unlooked by social media or unheard. Until someone speaks upon it and actually tries to make a difference about it!. Quindlen,chose to analyze the issue about children’s hunger and starvation around america of how bad, unhealthy and how unseen this social issue has begun.

Mmm. Panera. Whenever I decide that I want soup I buy a thing of vegetable soup at panera. As long as it’s not lunch hour, I can get my food in less than 10 min. It takes far less for me to gobble it down. Panera Bread Company is an American chain of bakery-cafe fast casual restaurants in the United States and Canada. Today, Panera advertises its distinctive flavor mainly through the use of billboards, targeting a hungry audience caught on the road and desperate for something filling, delicious, and healthy.

Walmart was founded in the summer of 1962 by Kingfisher, Oklahoma native Sam Walton. Although Walton’s original vision for the store was relatively modest, the half century since its founding has seen Walmart morph into one of the biggest companies in the world. Today headed by one Doug McMillon, Walmart boasts more than 5000 stores in the United States of America alone and employs more than 1.5 million people.

Focusing on the commodity of white bread, one might believe that consuming bread is an act of eating that has become a basic necessity in almost every home around the world. Many individuals would not question bread because it is always found on the shelves of grocery stores making its way into their homes in a cheap, fast and convenient way. For Aaron Bobrow-Strain, bread has become much more than a simplistic commodity, in his book he is able to use bread as a metaphor to illustrate issues of power and also examine the way that we think about our social lives (p. 167&169). His book reveals the history of white bread in order to describe the social dynamics associated with this commodity while also focusing on issues of racialization, gender

Since the conception of modern medicine in the dark ages, the human population has grown exponentially. Ironically enough the agricultural farming techniques have not grown at such a fast rate, leaving more than a billion of our fellow humans to starve. This semester I explored the topic of hunger and some sustainable options we could use to loosen its grip on the ‘bottom billion.’

describes the mass starvation in many parts of the world and draw  moral rules and recount some moral duties to deal wit such problems. He argue " Suffering and death from lack of food, shelter and medical care are bad" (Peter singer. "Famine,  Affluence, and Morality." Vice and Virtue  in

Feeding the world; what does it mean, how can we do that, and who needs fed. These are questions we often ask our selves when talking about food security, hunger, and feeding the world. Hunger has always been a problem and is increasing as the world increases with more people to feed. I myself have never been food insecure, but I grew up in Mitchell County, IA where many people go hungry on a daily basis. People all over the world are struggling everyday to put food on the table for themselves and their kids. Why are so many people going hungry when we produce enough food to feed them? That question is a huge concern for many as well as myself. Throughout this essay I am going to discuss what food insecurity is, why its important, the factors

We’ve all been somewhat educated on world hunger and extreme poverty, but how informed are we exactly? It is enormously vital for people to be cultured on how intense world hunger and poverty is globally. Many folks don’t realize it, but we’re all affected by it whether we recognize it or not. Even if we don’t identify how much it affects us and the people around us, we should be at least making an effort to become knowledgeable about it one way or another. It’s tremendously significant as to why it should be a top priority to know the accurate facts that are brought with this issue. Intense starvation and poverty is a worldwide problem and not just an individual problem because it economically affects others as well as themselves, it also sheds some light on what is in fact going on in the world rather than what is hidden from society, and lastly diseases are more susceptible to spread worldwide if this continues.

“Food waste is an atrocity that is reducible, if not completely avoidable.” -Stephen Hough a famous composer once said. Food is a precious item many people do not have access to. Yes, you may have a surplus amount of food, but one should think about how much of that food do you waste. That food could go to the poor, unassuming and haggard people in society. Food can be bought and wasted because of the ample amounts bought. Although, one may not give to the poor people of the world, food can be gone to compost, or can be used to make new food. Many belittle the fact that food waste is harmful to society. The first article, “U.S. throws away half of all food produce” By Suzanne Goldenberg explains how Fresh produce is often wasted in fields,warehouses,supermarkets,restaurants,and refrigerators. The second article, “How Norway is selling out-of-date food to help tackle waste” By Daniel Boffey shows A supermarket in Norway which is dedicated to selling expired and old food. The third article, “Ending world hunger by stopping food waste in the fields” By Bjorn Lomborg tell the reader about how one quarter of all