Food

America is not what it used to be. This country has changed from what it was yesterday and will evolve into the infinite unknown. From here, we will only continue to lose touch with ourselves and who we are. We have lost morality for our animals. The public majority seems to not care how our meat is produced and made. Big companies have been able to keep it a secret from the people of how bad our meat has gotten. A report from 2013 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture states that an average of 18,032 cows is killed each day; that number has only gone up from the past three years. These big companies are making billions of dollars a year and are spending that money to keep their operations blind to anyone who even attempts to investigate them.

“For most humans, especially for those in modern urban and suburban communities, the most direct form or contact with non-human animals is at meal time: we eat them. This simple fact is the key to what each one of us can do about changing these attitudes. The use and abuse of animals raised for food far exceeds, in sheer numbers of animals affected, any other kind of mistreatment” (Coats). The most effective method to stop this cruelty is to learn about where the meat comes from, by supporting the organic and family farms which will ultimately lead to the reducing the amount of animals that have to suffer (PETA). More than 95 percent of animal abuse in America occurs in the meat packing industry (Harper & Low). Animals suffer an unimaginable amount, they are raised to be killed, then bought and then consumed. In order to help fight back against the abuse, there needs to be a cut back on the amount of meat or poultry that is consumed. Seriously consider the option of becoming a vegetarian; by not eating meat, you completely stop supporting animal

When animals are raised in these dreadful conditions, there meat easily grows disease, tastes worse, and is worse for you. Humane meat helps to reduce pollution. “Industrial farms produce so much manure that it is a human health risk. On small farms, manure is used to naturally fertilize soil (10 Reasons to Eat Grass-Fed & Cage-Free Meat).” Raising humane meat uses less energy and less resources. It saves energy by food not having to travel far and wide to get to local grocery store but only at most a few hours to farmers markets. It also reduces waste because cows raised in pastures produce

The food we eat and the quantity of it is what industries base their investments on; they use this to their advantage and produce more quantity than quality for us to consume, without taking into consideration the effect this might have on us or on the world as a whole. In the article “When a Crop Becomes King” written by Michael Pollan we see what the excessive use of a crop can do to our health and the environment. The vast production of products made with corn has made it the crop which is grown more than any other in the United States, but the process of adapting to the high consumption of corn came at a high cost. While corn is the easiest and cheapest substitute for sugar and animal food it is also linked to the cause of chronic diseases and serious, long-lasting damage to our ecosystems. The production of certain things is something we might not have control of but what we should have control of is our health and what better way than denying anything that we know might give us a hard time the power to do

The first introduction in the film is multiple images of farms, and agriculture of all kinds. Then the author quickly states that farms do not look like they use to. The message, and start of this film is to inform the viewer about the changes in agriculture, and present ideas about where our food actually comes from. The purpose of the film is to introduce to consumers the risk of eating foods that are owned by large corporations. This film addresses issues with large corporations owning all food sources, treatment of animals, and food-borne illnesses.

When you hear the word "food" what does it make you think of? Does it make you think of hunting over grueling terrain for hours, sometimes days at a time? Does it make you think of forriging through leaves and bushes for nuts or roots? Unless you have been living as a wolf, these are probably not what you think of when you hear the word "food". Today, food is easier than ever to procure, as it should be. Thanks to thousands of years of advancements, food is nowhere near as hard to come by. We are still working towards a world where hunger is not a problem, and this problem is being solved through the practice of creating GMOs, or Genetically Modified Organisms. These are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated

As you open your mouth to take a bite out of a juicy hamburger topped with bacon, do you ever wonder what you’re actually eating? I used to not care about what happened to the animals that provided my food, just as long as I had food. It is very rare that we really know what happens to the animals as they are becoming our food. The cow and pig you are about to eat had suffered a great amount of inhumanity before being slaughtered. Animals that are living on slaughterhouse farms have been abused and mistreated in many ways. It is highly unnecessary for us to mistreat animals when they’re providing food for us.

Agree: Food corporations do not care about how the animals are being treated, just so they can feed the people who loves to eat those specific animals. These animals are being abused and are being negatively treated. Chickens for example. Since people love to eat white meat so much, “farmers redesign the chickens to have larger breasts.” Chickens are now raised and slaughtered in “half of the time as it was in 1950”. Now they are twice as big. Also not feeding the animals to their natural food. Instead farmers feed the animals food that will make fat. For instance, cows. Cows evolved to eating

Many people are concerned for the animals and saying that by killing these animals its causing suffering to them for no reason. When you go grocery shopping for meat what do you think the factories did to those animals. They did not just say okay cow lay over and die. A meat factory "in U.S., more than 42 million cows suffer and die for the meat and dairy industries every year" ("Cows" 1). Any animal is going to suffer when it dies nobody can help that. If you want any source of meat the animal suffered. At least with hunting the meat you can be sure it was cleaned in a area were you can watch were the meat sits. The cost of a box of bullets is less then the price of meat in a grocery store. Even if you were the worst shot in history the animal

America is not what it used to be. America has changed from what it was yesterday, and will evolve into the infinite unknown. Every day we continue to lose touch with our self-respect and what we value. We have lost our morality for animals. The public majority seems to no longer care how our meat is produced and made. Big companies have been able to keep it a secret from the people of how bad our meat has gotten over the past few years. These big companies are making billions of dollars a year, $198 billion to be exact, and are spending that money to keep their operations blind to anyone who even attempts to investigate them. The only way for these companies to really take a hit is if the public truly knows about what these companies are doing behind the curtain, the public needs to be properly educated on what’s happening to these animals and decide if all this cruelty is really worth it or not. This has been an ongoing problem for years now and it seems companies have gained nothing but power since most people have not cared to take notice.

Agricultural production in the United States has reached phenomenal highs in recent decades, far surpassing the small local farms one would have found a century ago. Large food corporations have become dominant in our culture and especially in the food we eat, but the question of how it may be harming us without our knowledge has become a prevalent issue in our day. The documentary Food, Inc. was produced by Filmmaker Robert Kenner, along with Elise Pearlstein and was released in 2008. During the time up to this event, activists were moving against the big food corporations accusing them of inhumane practice and disease while supporting the return of organic and non-GMO crops. This film addresses this issue and provides discussions and interviews

Today’s food companies are so large that they control every aspect of the food industry. Company’s control what grows in crops, what certain crops to grow, how the crops are utilized. The documentary “Food Inc.” produced by Robert Kennar and Eric Schlosser, takes a look at America’s food industry and how our food is produced. Most consumers are not going to investigate what actually goes into the products. The documentary “Food Inc.” explains to the viewers why the companies’ way of farming is wrong. The film is biased against industrial farming. Big question everyone asks, “Where does our food we consume everyday come from?”

People can not survive without consuming food which is a vital part of the human’s life; they get benefits from food which gives them strength and continues life. The demand increasing on food caused the growth of the number of the food industries who provide products for people. It’s common knowledge that the food industry is a business which seeks profits at first. According to the article “The Pleasures of Eating”, the author Wendell Berry who “is among the first public’s attention to industrialized farming and the ethical and environmental problems of our system of producing food”(36), says that the food industrialists persuade people to consume foods which are already processed, and “they will grow, deliver, and cook your food and beg you to eat ... Because they have found no profitable way to do so”(37). Wendell also claims that the food industry’s “overriding concerns are not quality and health, but volume and price”(39). Nowadays, many food

Many serious issues were brought up in the documentary Food, Inc. Two of which include factory farming and the use of genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs, in products. These topics also have a deep connection to globalization. Factory farming became more globalized because it made food more accessible to the masses through quicker and cheaper production. The use of GMOs became more relevant when they realized that they could get more bang for their buck by enhancing the amount of meat on each animal.

In the food industry there have been many issues and processes that have brought a large amount of question to the industry overall, like the meat packing process in its early stages. I can 't think of a more heated issue in the last few passing years then the controversy over Genetically modified organisms in the food industry. Some countries are for it some are against it. Many sides will argue that genetically mutated organisms (GMO) are bad for the food industry while others will argue the opposite. While genetically mutate organisms have proved to provide many positive uses on today 's earth the question still remains the same are GMO 's good for us, the environment, or at all. Also if they yield more negative