Food has long been an essential part of human life, it constitutes our very being. Historically, our ancestors obtained food through agriculture, hunting and gathering. As the human species evolve and technology advances, the majority of our food source today are provided by the food industry. People are getting more aware of the food that they put into their body as there is a saying that goes “you are what you eat”. With that, it is believed that what they put into one’s body is important. Some people had voiced their thoughts on the toxic chemicals that are present in our food, the relaxed regulations of the health authorities and nutrient level of our that are gradually declining through the years. There are indeed valid arguments in these …show more content…
Andrews included several bills passed by the U.S. government specially targeted towards small food producers to loosen restriction on them whose sales numbers fall below specified limits. These bills were supported to lower the start-up cost for local small food producers that constricted innovation and to revised the food regulations to a more scale appropriate regulations for smaller food producers. For example, under current state law in the U.S. including Ohio and Minnesota states that anyone who wants to sell their own jams or baked goods must prepare their sell goods in a state-inspected commercial kitchen. But if the newly formed Senate Bill 137 is enacted, it will allow those food producers to prepare their sell goods in uncertified kitchens provided their yearly sales of those products stay below $25,000. Although there are some precautionary steps required such as the food makers have to register with the state’s health and agriculture departments and also adding label to their food, there are still questions in whether these bills have shifted too far in reducing safeguards for consumers. To put Andrews finding in a nutshell, it is understandable why the health authorities opted to relax the regulations for food producers but it is vital to allow for frequent inspection to ensure these food producers maintain food …show more content…
They differ based on what factor affects the food that we eat for instance the toxic chemicals present in the food, relaxed regulations of health authorities and declining nutrient levels in food. In my findings, Dr. Mercola and Goldschmidt both agree that we must consume food in their original unaltered form in order to ensure that we do not consume any chemicals added in processed food. Another idea by Andrews and Warrie J. says that the relaxed regulations of health authorities will affect the quality of our food but the idea by Andrew is that the regulations for small food producers should be altered accordingly to promote innovation and more scale appropriate for smaller food producers. In the end, both of they agree that frequent inspections are still needed to ensure the safety of the food produced. A last idea by Thomas says that food is becoming less nutritious due to deficiency of essential minerals in the soil and it will eventually affect us human as we partake in
The fast food industry also hurts environments around farms in general. It has created an unsustainable cycle that farmers cannot escape. In order to feed themselves and their family, farmers play it safe and buy more fertilizer than needed. When the farmers do not use all of it, they must dispose of it, because that fertilizer will not be as effective next year, so they dump the fertilizer in the areas surrounding their farms. But what this causes is too much nitrogen in the environment because too much nitrogen can kill plants and throw the nitrogen cycle out of balance, in turn hurting the environment.
Although its goal of turning America into a socialist society was forgotten, it served as one of the most efficient propaganda pieces on the meat packing industry. A century later the documentary Food, Inc. was produced for the same purpose of drawing attention to the food industry as a whole. Although monopolies on the meat industry have increased after being broken up and food workers treatment is similar to those in The Jungle, there are now more government regulations in place, ensuring food safety to a
In the essay, “Escape from the Western Diet”, the author, Michael Pollan discuss about how the western diet is harmful for the people. He think that because western diet is responsible for many kinds diseases nowadays such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and etc. I agree with Michael pollan that western diet is very unhealthy for people and the reason behind it, is because of the food industry. Food industry is making more processed food and they are also using different kinds of nutritional theories to make new product which is very unhealthy to those people who mostly eats diet food. Medical industries is also responsible for this problem because they make new drug treatment to treat the diseases.
Contents Terms of Reference 2 Procedure 2 Findings 3 Current Structure 3 New Structure 4 Employee Relationships 4 Instructing Staff 5 Contingency Variables 5 Conclusion 6 Recommendations 6 References 7 Appendix A 8 Terms of Reference I am a HNC business student. I am writing this report as part of my course. This assessment covers outcome 4 of the Managing People and Organizations' class.
Relevance between Food and Humans with Rhetorical Analysis In the modern industrial society, being aware of what the food we eat come from is an essential step of preventing the “national eating disorder”. In Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma, he identifies the humans as omnivores who eat almost everything, which has been developed into a dominant part of mainstream unhealthiness, gradually causing the severe eating disorder consequences among people. Pollan offers his opinion that throughout the process of the natural history of foods, deciding “what should we have for dinner” can stir the anxiety for people based on considering foods’ quality, taste, price, nutrition, and so on.
Intro: When people eat food they do not think about what is in it, or how it is made. The only thing people care about is what the food tastes like and how much they get. During the 1900’s the meat packing industry had not regulations of any kind. All that mattered to the industry was that they made as much money as possible with as little expenditure as possible. During this times people were often made sick and died either from working conditions or poor food quality.
The three essays assigned this week had several common threads running through them. The strongest core theme is the rapid change in the food cycle in America and the vast changes that have taken place in the way by which we grow, produce, and process the food that average Americans eat. The food we eat now is drastically different from what our grandparents grew up eating and the three essays each examine that in a different way. Another theme is the loss of knowledge by the average consumer about where their food comes from, what it is composed of, and what, if any, danger it might pose to them. “Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear” by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele is a harsh look at the realities of food production in a country where large corporations, like Monsanto, have been allowed to exploit laws and loopholes to bend farmers and consumers to their
In recent decade, the United States has seen supermarkets continuously get filled with packages labeled with things like “Low sodium” or “No Trans Fats.” Companies stick these labels on their food to match the current fads of what is good for you and what is not. In his essay Unhappy Meals, Michael Pollan advocates a return to natural and basic foods, and deplores nutritionism. Pollan argues that nutritionism does not actually tell people what is healthy or not, and that the only way to be sure you are eating healthy is to eat natural, fresh food.
Though an immensely important aspect of food is a nourishing supplement; it is not the sole significance of food in human’s lives. Food is symbolic. Food connects people. It is a collective activity everyone must experience; thus meaning it allows people to relate more easily between each other. There is no universal type of food in each society due to the fact that the world is multicultural.
Choi then quotes the Director of food studies at New York University, providing relevancy and authenticity to her work. The statement also establishes a link between what we eat and how it connects to particular memories and places in our minds. Moving on, the article is divided into six different subheadings. Each subheading explains the origin of indigenous food in different countries and what that denotes particular culture. Broadly speaking, food is necessary for survival, signifies status denotes pleasure, brings communities together and is essential for humanity.
Food is required in order to live as well as maintain a healthy lifestyle. Potassium, fiber, fat, calories, sodium, along with a bunch of vitamins are required for human body. Calories give us vitality to move around and do our day to day work. From past food industry in United States has grown so much.
“Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food” (Hardy, 2006). The Greeks followed this idea by the philosopher Hippocrates, but today’s society does not take the message seriously. A majority of people eat harmful foods and do not receive the nutrition they need to stay healthy. There are a number of reasons why nutrition is lacking. A lot of teens and college students eat snacks that are not healthy such as chips, pop, candy, etc.
Countless social issues within America today can be traced back to the food industry. Although
Michael Pollan is the author of “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual”. Throughout his career, Pollan has been investigating about the hazards that industrial foods pose to us, and how we can avoid them and replace them with a healthy diet. He believes that “The way we eats represents our most profound engagement with the natural world.” (Shetterly, Robert. “Michael Pollan.”
So, eating different sources of food with different nutrition will influence the body health that related to human daily life and