How The Food Industry Affects Americans

Fast food has turned into a genuine fundamental of our everyday life and made a religion of establishments that reaches out to the millions of Americans across the country. The Fast Food industry in a few eyes has been one of the sharpest developments this world has seen. It has been driven by our stomachs and our wallets for 40 to 50 years it's as yet developing to this date. The man who make-believe it can be known as the best representative, this nation has ever observed. The Fast Food Industry is big to the point that it has influenced our wellbeing, changed our way of life, and misshaped our territory as far back as the very first moment.

The problem with food production in America is the mistreatment of livestock, the overproduction of corn in America, and the amount of corn feeded to the animals ; these issues affect consumers’ health because of the amount of diabetes has been increasing over years. Michael Pollan in "When a Crop Becomes King” he explains that the government pays for corn to be grown a lot more then it should be ,David Barboza in the article “If You Pitch it , They will Eat It” the way companies just want to get into kids mind by tricking them into telling their parents to buy them unhealthy food just for the toy it comes with, In “Pleasures of Eating,” Wendell Berry most of the people just rather be eating out then making food. There is uncertainty about the way food is produce because we cannot control people on what they

Fast food industry not only causes illness for people but also create problems to American agriculture since “The fast food chains now stand atop a huge food-industrial complex that has gained control of American agriculture.” (Schlosser). The fast foods companies need to purchase a vast of the agriculture products such as potatoes or cattle, and so they create corporate farms to provide products to their demands. Famer and cattle ranchers are being replaced by giant agribusiness companies which take over their lands. The independent famers are vanishing, and the gap between a small amount of wealthy elites and the large numbers of the working poor is getting bigger. When the fast foods companies control a vast of agriculture products, they also control prices of those products, which has driven down the prices and benefits that are offered to American farmers. According to Eric Scholosser, Nation Magazine Award winner, “In 1980, about thirty-seven cents of every consumer dollar spent on food went to the farmer. Today, only twenty-three cents goes to the farmer -

Food, the true driving force behind mankind and all of its glory, has been a focus of the recent decades in America because of its adverse effect on the populace. The reason being is that food has more control over the public than people tend to realize. Food in the United States is taken for granted because of its abundance and as such gets little thought put into it. When the government plasters guidelines on what to eat, people semi-acknowledge it while continuing to buy things that seem delectable to them. Food companies run the show; the government more or less sways its view away from the things that happen behind closed doors. So what does this mean for society as a whole?

Prior to the War, the American diet heavily consisted of “red meat, butter, wheat flour, and sugar.” Red meats, wheat flour, sugar, and butter were all consumed by many American families on a weekly basis, which is why the United State Food Administration felt the need to place restrictions on consumption and encourage the consumption of “milk, vegetables, nonwheat cereals, fish and poultry.” The American diet consisted primarily of these foods because these foods could be grown and harvested in America.

The food economy in America has gone through numerous and substantial changes during the past couple decades. The changes, although economically beneficial for America as a whole, are becoming a detriment to the health of our society. Perhaps the biggest innovation is the rise of fast food culture. The mass fast food monopoly is growing more and more every day, and with the aid of the government in forms of subsidies, the food culture of the United States is being run by big business. “Corporate enterprises” are “moving in to take advantage of” the American food market (Campbell). This shift in the food economy has come to be accepted as the norm, and so the average American consumer is being exposed to the dangers of fast food. Americans are finding it harder and harder to eat healthy. Fast food is causing diseases and deaths to skyrocket, and the happiness level of America is plummeting, all because of ignorance and the greed of big business.

Food production has become a problem in America because as humans we do not enjoy the pleasure of questioning of what is in our food while we eat and we allow the industrial food market to advertise to our children to set them on an early path to obesity. In”Pleasures of Eating” by Wendell Berry, he discusses that the goal of food industrialism is for people to buy more pre-cooked food, however Berry argues against that, trying to persuade the readers to enjoy their food responsibly. Michael Pollan in “When a Crop Becomes King” addresses how corn is impoverishing our health and environment since we only rely on it too much because of the many uses it has. David Barboza asserts that the food market advertise towards children to set them on an early path to obesity in his article “If you Pitch It,They Will Eat It.” I agree that industrial farming threatens the lives of everyone because in America the health of children is declining sixteen percent with the food we continue to consumer blindlessly.

In many ways, food produces unity among families, friends and people across the world. Food is not only an essential factor to one’s nutrition, but it creates a sense of tradition. Unfortunately, many are unware of how the American food system is negatively impacting the health of our society. “The production, processing and distribution of food” (AMP Global Youth) describes the American food system, forming “independent producers into dependent consumers”. Americans are finding alternative ways in which they can “produce” food quickly. They are now relying on fast food industries, as well as frozen foods and canned foods; therefore, cooking less in the kitchen. In society, there are many factors that contribute to the negative impact of the American food system; however, advertisements by large food corporations, play a big role in promoting false information of the foods we consume.

Throughout the years the food industry has dramatically changed in American culture. We rely on our favorite brands to feed on, but know very little of how were getting it along with the process the animal goes through before being plated. There for, thousands of farms, slaughter houses, and processing plants that have had various owners have been fractioned down to very few. This cut, forces producers to be quick to make a dollar and having less care for the value of the food. These uncontrolled environments keep consumers in the dark and more susceptible to disease and or contamination.

One in seven American households lack a proper amount of food to maintain a healthy lifestyle. United States waste 133 billion pounds of food yearly. In 2010, supermarkets and grocery stores in the US tossed out 43 billion pounds, or $46.7 billion worth of food. (Dvorsky) Even with so many people in need of food it is unbelievable the amount of food going to waste at markets and restaurants. Given how many people go hungry in the United States each year, it is clear that an immediate change is necessary. There are many reasons why grocery stores should be forced to donate there pre-expired food, mainly to help those people not getting enough food, to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills.

Fast food restaurants have developed so much over the past century with so many choices available. Sme to include are Subway, McDonalds, and Arbys'. These choices provide unique food combinations like shakes, burgers, wraps, and fries. These choices provide quick often inexpensive meals with the dollar menu. these meals are often unhealthy and have led to an obesity epidemic. There are many positive and negative effects that fast food restaurants has had on America.

The food system that is in place in the united states is not sustainable. The damage that is being made from growing animals in the united states is damaging the planet by polluting and harming our own bodies with these genetically modified food products that we consume at a daily basis. Animals in the united states are not self-sustainable because the nature of the animal was changed by the animal’s growers.

In the United States of America, people take food for granted. Anyone can go to the local grocery store or a farmers market and buy almost every type of food produced in the world. Globalization of food in first world countries has created “food scenes” in large metropolitan areas, and we can agree that this is spreading to smaller towns every day. Anyone can think of their favorite food and everyone would give a different response, whether it would be Mexican, Italian, or a local cuisine. This is possible through technological advances in farming techniques developed to produce food year round, due to strong states of government, with policies that empower this to be true. The lack of government involvement in Malawian farms is the predominant reason for a constant state of poverty.

The focus of this paper is to develop or come up with an argument based on the case studies drawn from the book “Lessons Learned: Protecting America's Food Supply”. I will start by showing my understanding and my position on the assigned readings, then elaborate on the communication strategies and best practice used while providing discussion related to the researches, case studies, reading materials or essays that support my arguments. Finally, I will draw a conclusion based on my argument.

It is the middle of summer vacation and you are working your way through your AP Language summer reading book, The Jungle. You recoil in your chair as you find out what “head cheese” is really made of and read all about the ingredients that fall into Durham’s Pure Leaf Lard. You quickly reassure yourself that you live in the twenty-first century. Ever since the formation of agencies such as the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) as well as the creation of the Food and Drug Act, there is no way that corporations can get away with making the inhumane food products found in Upton Sinclair’s novel...or are there? Over the years food