Food And The Food Industry

Once upon a time, not long ago, gang violence and drive-by shootings have had a reputation for being an epidemic topic in communities; however, facts now lead to food modification. Numerous food products are designed and created to influence the progression of addiction, which attacks society. Compare to air pollution and homicides put together, food engineering is more detrimental, while producing a merciless impact in communities. The populations consumption has become the center of health concerns. Due to chemicals inserted into the food supply, society is faced with significant health problems, which is initiating unnecessary diseases. Factory farming is the biggest issues of animal cruelty in society. They are poorly treated and confined to spending their entire life caged in crowded barns; in addition, their environmental restraints cause them to develop disease, which requires treatment of antibiotic and several other drugs. Meat, fish, poultry, and dairy products are poisoning humanity with toxins and distributing chemicals into sustenance, by creating a premature execution from curable diseases. The consumption of genetically modified food is believed to be convenient, while also being considered a fun and easy-going process; however, folks overlook what exposures they are introducing to their bodies. The main source of heart diseases, diabetes, cancers and hypertension are caused by food engineering; by food being the origin of today's health issues, it can also be

As Gliessman, an agricultural researcher, says in Agroecology, “conventional agriculture is built around two related goals: the maximization of production and the maximization of profit. In pursuit of these goals, a host of practices have been developed without regard for their unintended, long-term consequences” (3). The industrial food industry has created a process to produce as many crops as possible in the quickest amount of time to put onto the market. The several ways utilized to achieve these goals are those that are harmful to the consumer. Two main threats are genetic modification, and chemicals. These issues are a spark of concern in addressing the health of consumers. Food industries often try to tantalize their audience with the promise of untouched, pristine produce when in reality these foods are heavily tainted by pesticides or are genetically modifieds. “One will find this obliviousness represented in virgin purity in the advertisements of the food industry, in which food wears as much makeup as the actors. If one’s whole knowledge of food from these advertisements, one would not know that the various edibles were ever living creatures, or that they all come from the soil… “ (Berry 147). People are informed little about the pesticides that we often ingest from products like these and little do people know the negative effects of GMOs.

The American food industry is a complicated field. There have been various attempts to investigate how the agribusinesses manage to produce food for such a large population. The companies involved in the industry have to resort to any means necessary to produce food that is enough to feed the population. The filmmaker, Robert Kenner, investigates the industry and the practices they undertake to produce food through a 2008 documentary titled Food, Inc (Lindenfeld 385). The film shows the immoral practices by the company that result in unhealthy food being produced and sold to unsuspecting customers. The practices also have a negative effect on the environment, the animals, and the workers employed by these firms. This article examines the film to establish some of the arguments made and the moral concerns raised.

The food that you are eating maybe is "fake" food. The food industry owns to its consumers a clear nutritional label that is easy to understand especially if the food is genetically modified. GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms) have been around in the markets for the last 20 years GM crops can be engineered to be naturally pest-resistant, undermining the need for pesticide chemicals. GM crops can be engineered to tolerate extreme weather conditions, such as cold fronts or droughts, allowing for a geographically diverse range of growth sites. GM crops can be engineered with added vitamins and minerals, which is especially beneficial in third world countries dealing with malnutrition "( Rachel). However, the topic of the food that us Americans eat has many aspects and points of view the following are just some of those aspects.

To eat healthy people need to go get fresh healthy clean food, it could be either from the corporations or farmers. In most of the case the foods from farmers are more trustable than corporations’. However, now a day millions of people in this country or billions of people in the world have to eat, so foods cannot be produced from few farmers; the number of farmers are decreasing. As it is, the big food companies are necessary to modern world. By industrialized food production, billions of people in the world can eat now, off course most of the populations cannot eat that healthy, still and because of that, the industrialized food productions, big food companies are necessary, unless

People say the most important essence of our lives are clothing, house and food. Among these components that we value the most, food has always been the most significant value even before the civilization. Our ancestors have fought for better location for themselves to gain geological advantages of food production. From many historical contexts one can discover all the great civilizations took places near by the river and rich soil to cultivate crops. They grew what people in the present days would call it ‘organic foods’. Yes, organic food is harder to grow because of pests or weather conditions. Our society has already moved on from that processes. Now we have pesticides to remove insect harming crops and scientists recently developed Genetically Modified Organisms also known as GMOs. GMOs sustain better in harsh climates, their sizes are a lot greater than organic foods. It is true that usage of pesticides and GMOs have allowed the world mass food production in our society. Although, we have enough food to feed billions of populations throughout the world. But, what does it do to our health? Pesticides contain numerous harmful chemicals and insects build up tolerance and we will end up inventing a lot stronger pesticides in the future. Crops aren’t the only the problem when it comes to GMOs. Many of domestic animals are genetically modified to produce larger portion of meats. Think about all those bacon strips and steaming steaks.

How well do people know what they are consuming? Usually, the ordinary American does not think about, let alone research the foods they eat. Previous to all the technological advancements known of today, production of food only consisted of farming, hunting, and harvesting. Today, because of technology, the mass production of food was introduced, letting people have any kind of food, any time of the year. These advancements in the food industry led to the development of Genetically Modified Organisms, also knows as GMO’s. Although this may seem appealing, many researchers, and doctors believe that GMO’s carry a big health risk. Exhausting amounts of evidence show they are not as safe as the producers claim it to be. Aside from the health risks, there is also evidence connecting GMO’s with environmental damage.

As stated in the Organic Consumers Association, 80 percent of the food consumed in America is processed, and 75 percent of the processed food contains Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs) (Carolanne). GMOs are living organisms that their genetics had been unnaturally modified through scientists and engineers. This is a serious issue which every consumer in America is facing today. The rate of obesity had doubled since 1982, and this is only the visible effects of Genetically Modified (GM) food in the human body. There are more inner problems that a person can encounter by eating GM food. However, it does not end there. GM food can also cause problems for the environment. GM crops are a threat to birds, herbicides, insects, and even to water. GM food can be harmful to the human body and to the environment. Therefore, the U.S. should limit its use, and find some solutions.

As much as food is a cultural obsession nowadays in America, food, safety, and public health is something that has not always been a priority within the development as a nation. The Food and Drug Administration, which ensures that the food and drugs we ingest are “safe, wholesome, and sanitary” was only created in 1906 (FDA, 2014) as a byproduct of Upton Sinclair’s book (which was released the same year) “The Jungle”, which had exposed the meat packing industry for misconduct and unhygienic conditions for both workers and the meat being packaged and purchased by consumers. Since then, advances in technology—specifically DNA—has allowed for the development of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). GMOs are living organisms that have had

Too many people pick up food products off of the shelves and put it into their shopping cart without knowing what exactly it is or what the product has been through. After watching an absolutely disturbing documentary called "Food Inc." I started to feel strongly about the problems of the Food Industry. The problem is that our food is no longer being produced in an all American farm, but in dirty abusive factories. Not only is the food unhealthy for us after all of the processing, but the workers and animals are being abused. I know that I single handily cannot change all of the problems with the twisted food industry, but I know that I can do my part by making others aware so that they can make sure that they can make fully informed decisions about what they are putting into their carts at the grocery store and eventually into their bodies.

The current food system is highly market oriented and has many flawes that impact people in negative ways. The system contains problems starting form the production stage (farm labor issues) to the distribution ( food insecurities ). The current food system is primary driven by commodity rather than what people in communities want or need. In other words, because of globalization the food system provides customers with goods without asking the needs and want of the people. For instance, many cities in the United States have been exposed to food insecurities that result in food deserts. In most cases, an area can be catagorized as a food desert because they do not have the right type of food environment.

How would you feel if harmful, potentially disease causing substances enter your body every time you eat your favorite bag of chips, or when you were eating that tasty bowl of cereal in the morning? Well thanks to genetically modified foods, that is not a made up story, but a reality. Every time you eat a genetically modified food, there is an increasing chance that harmful, disease causing substances will get inside of you and infect you with a disease. These diseases can be as deadly cancer! Many countries have already started to ban genetically modified foods and the United States should be the next country to do so. This essay will explain to you why eating modified foods

The past sixty years have been revolutionary in the way the food industry has progressed, particularly after the Second World War, when rationing and the conservation of materials was no longer a priority. New technologies that had sparked from the industrial revolution brought modern ways to consume calories, and food became another form of entertainment for Americans. With these new factors, came health problems that had been shown in countless studies, as well as the effects that new technologies in terms of food production had on America, and major changes in American attitudes towards food. These realities raised a question that Americans never had to consider in the past: how were these factors shaping America’s

The disregard towards nutrition is in dire need to be brought to attention and corrected. The average person knows very little about the proper consumption of food. Humans deserve greater understanding of what is being sold to them and what they blindly inhale. Ignorance is bliss but mindlessly consuming modified products, with no prior knowledge of them, is suicidal.

Genetic modified organisms (GMO) have been around for years this method is used to supply more food. Farmers have adapted the method of GM technology to increase the production. The regulation of genetic engineering concerns the approaches taken by the government’s access to manage the risks that such organisms can have on a person’s health. Many may concern about their health and the increasing usage of additives in their food. The federal government should make the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) label GM food so that the consumers can be aware of what they are consuming.