For my final project I decided to eat fruits for lunch instead of meat. It was not that hard like alot of people thought it would be because I did it before so I use to it but even when I did it for the first time years ago it was not hard to do. I think it was beacuse I like fruit.
What I saw while I was eating fruits as that I was a little more happy then I was when I was not eating fruits (expert for one day. But I saw that I was more happy to come to school and that I wanted to do everything. I also saw that I would not feel so tired during the day.
I would eat more fruit but when it gets cold the fruit man is not as much as he is during the summer and spring and then to go to a store downtown is more money tehn in the bronx.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Hw 12
Thesis ideas:
1. A commom dominant social practices in NYC many people create big line around the same time for for food, that is not good for them but because it cheap we eat it.
2. Nightmarish industrial atrocity of how the food is procress doesn't stop most of us from eating the death
Thesis:
Many of the dominant social practices in our society are looked at as what we call "normal" but by learning more of what we are doing vs. what the government is really doing we would find out nightmarish and industrial atrocities that wouldmake you think twice before doing.
Supporting claim 1: what we think is in/ about the food
Evidence: asking people that eat the food
Evidence: Ask people who serve the food.
Supporting claim 2: what is really in the food
Evidence: what they fee the animals
Evidence: what they do when they kill them
Evidence: what they do after they kill them
Evidence: what people think about everything is all
1. A commom dominant social practices in NYC many people create big line around the same time for for food, that is not good for them but because it cheap we eat it.
2. Nightmarish industrial atrocity of how the food is procress doesn't stop most of us from eating the death
Thesis:
Many of the dominant social practices in our society are looked at as what we call "normal" but by learning more of what we are doing vs. what the government is really doing we would find out nightmarish and industrial atrocities that wouldmake you think twice before doing.
Supporting claim 1: what we think is in/ about the food
Evidence: asking people that eat the food
Evidence: Ask people who serve the food.
Supporting claim 2: what is really in the food
Evidence: what they fee the animals
Evidence: what they do when they kill them
Evidence: what they do after they kill them
Evidence: what people think about everything is all
Monday, October 25, 2010
Hw 10 b
Thesis:
1. A commom dominant social practices in NYC many people create big line around the same time for for food, that is not good for them but because it cheap we eat it.
2. Nightmarish industrial atrocity of how the food is procress doesn't stop most of us from eating the death rate foods.
1. A commom dominant social practices in NYC many people create big line around the same time for for food, that is not good for them but because it cheap we eat it.
2. Nightmarish industrial atrocity of how the food is procress doesn't stop most of us from eating the death rate foods.
Hw 7e
Chapter 17- My Grass-Fed Meal: A week's pay
Before I left the farm friday I pulled together the ingredients of what ended up being an amazing dinner. These ingredients consisted of 2 of the chicken we had slaughtered, a dozen eggs i helped gatrher and a dozen ears of sweet corn. The evenings meal included other things so I picked out local produce. I wanted this meal to be bar code- free.
Chapter 18- The Forest: Survivor Food
I decided to hunted myself and get my own food. The hunt reminded me of times when I would to hunt for clams and mushrooms with my family. It would be the last option on our food chain. I heard about Angelo Garro a hunter who hunts for his food, so i wanted him to teach me his skills. So that I could get health food like him. Soon enough would become my tutor.
Chapter 19 - Eating Animals; The Meat Eater's Dilema
It was a long time since the thought of eating meat had crossed my mind. In reality it was a dilema. After owning my own steer and killing cones in Joel Salatins processing shed i knew the things that these animals had went through. So i had a lot of thoughts about it . Peter Singer wrote a book called Animal Liberation in which he argued that animals shouldnt be treated the same as humans but they can suffer just as we do. So now i had decided to become a vegetarian.
Chapter 20 - hunting: A walk in the woods
Hunting was not what i ecpected it to be. It makes everything sharper and more vivid. It made me pay close attention like i've never have before. This is why i did not expect it. You notice alot more because you are so focused and even though im embaressed to say it i will, hunting is exciting.
Before I left the farm friday I pulled together the ingredients of what ended up being an amazing dinner. These ingredients consisted of 2 of the chicken we had slaughtered, a dozen eggs i helped gatrher and a dozen ears of sweet corn. The evenings meal included other things so I picked out local produce. I wanted this meal to be bar code- free.
Chapter 18- The Forest: Survivor Food
I decided to hunted myself and get my own food. The hunt reminded me of times when I would to hunt for clams and mushrooms with my family. It would be the last option on our food chain. I heard about Angelo Garro a hunter who hunts for his food, so i wanted him to teach me his skills. So that I could get health food like him. Soon enough would become my tutor.
Chapter 19 - Eating Animals; The Meat Eater's Dilema
It was a long time since the thought of eating meat had crossed my mind. In reality it was a dilema. After owning my own steer and killing cones in Joel Salatins processing shed i knew the things that these animals had went through. So i had a lot of thoughts about it . Peter Singer wrote a book called Animal Liberation in which he argued that animals shouldnt be treated the same as humans but they can suffer just as we do. So now i had decided to become a vegetarian.
Chapter 20 - hunting: A walk in the woods
Hunting was not what i ecpected it to be. It makes everything sharper and more vivid. It made me pay close attention like i've never have before. This is why i did not expect it. You notice alot more because you are so focused and even though im embaressed to say it i will, hunting is exciting.
hw 10
1. The main idea of the films were to show us what is going on behind close doors. How they kill animals. How the animals eat corn that has been messed with. How they use chemicals to grow the corn and then give that corn to the cows and chicken and know they have chemicals inside of them that is being passed on to us. And how they are stay in they owe body waste.
2. The movie offers you the view. You get to see it and not just read it or hear about it. Where as the book offers you the knowledge of how to talk and it and able to read it over and over again to get it that way you don't miss out on anything important
3. what made thw government start putting chemiclas in tghe corn in the first place? Is making corn grow faster that much better?
2. The movie offers you the view. You get to see it and not just read it or hear about it. Where as the book offers you the knowledge of how to talk and it and able to read it over and over again to get it that way you don't miss out on anything important
3. what made thw government start putting chemiclas in tghe corn in the first place? Is making corn grow faster that much better?
Monday, October 18, 2010
Hw 7d
Chapter 11-More Big Organic: Meet Rosie, The Free-Range Chicken
Organic food provides more vitamins and minerals for our bodies. It also strengthens our immune systems. The chickens are not Free-Range Chickens because they reside in sheds with a bunch of other Rosie's. So what is the difference between organic chickens and processed chickens? Processed chickens contain pesticides that we are not aware off.
Chapter 13- Grass: Monday
"During my stay at Polyface farm I learned to see grass differently." Joel considers himself to be grass farmer because everything he raises comes from grass. The most important thing is that Joel's organic farming was using the sun. Grass is not only a healthier product but it can benefit farmers because after a grass land is used to grow a crop it is much more fertile.
Chapter 14- The Animals: Tuesday
The Polyface farm is a grass farm. Meaning that the animals eat offgrass, but there different type of grass. Unlike other farms all the chickens in Joels farm are free to eat grass. The chickens who eat the grass are able to kill unecessary insects which makes the soil richer. So Joel takes care of his chickens. He also has eggmobiles which help him transport eggs and clean up messes. The farming here is hard work, but it's worth the job because that means eaing healthier.
Chapter 15 The Slaughterhouse: Wednesday Morning
The day had come. All the chickens were killed. They were killed, scalded, plucked and gutted. The remains were gathered and put away to be used as compost for the grass later on.
Chapter 16- The Market: "Greetings from the non-bar code people"
Most people todaybuy and eat food and know nothing about, besides the fact that it's cheap and affordable. Buying from Polyface you get what you pay for, and that is food worth any pay because it is healthy.
Organic food provides more vitamins and minerals for our bodies. It also strengthens our immune systems. The chickens are not Free-Range Chickens because they reside in sheds with a bunch of other Rosie's. So what is the difference between organic chickens and processed chickens? Processed chickens contain pesticides that we are not aware off.
Chapter 13- Grass: Monday
"During my stay at Polyface farm I learned to see grass differently." Joel considers himself to be grass farmer because everything he raises comes from grass. The most important thing is that Joel's organic farming was using the sun. Grass is not only a healthier product but it can benefit farmers because after a grass land is used to grow a crop it is much more fertile.
Chapter 14- The Animals: Tuesday
The Polyface farm is a grass farm. Meaning that the animals eat offgrass, but there different type of grass. Unlike other farms all the chickens in Joels farm are free to eat grass. The chickens who eat the grass are able to kill unecessary insects which makes the soil richer. So Joel takes care of his chickens. He also has eggmobiles which help him transport eggs and clean up messes. The farming here is hard work, but it's worth the job because that means eaing healthier.
Chapter 15 The Slaughterhouse: Wednesday Morning
The day had come. All the chickens were killed. They were killed, scalded, plucked and gutted. The remains were gathered and put away to be used as compost for the grass later on.
Chapter 16- The Market: "Greetings from the non-bar code people"
Most people todaybuy and eat food and know nothing about, besides the fact that it's cheap and affordable. Buying from Polyface you get what you pay for, and that is food worth any pay because it is healthy.
Hw 7c
Chapter 6 - Processed Food:Splitting The Kernel
Not all of the food that americans eat is fresh made from corn. Alot of corn is processed corn. Some foods have been altered from their natural state. The methods used for processing foods include canning, freezing, refrigeration, dehydration and aseptic processing. "Processed" Corn are in a lot of the things we eat daily, like chocolate, butter and breads. Many things are made with corn in its ingredient and many things are made with corn syrup.
1.If corn is so big then why isnt it made in a way that will be goo for us?
Chapter 7 - Fat Corn:Can You Eat More, Please? Part 2
Corn is in all types of foods. It affects not only in adults but in children but it ia a big problem. There are so many calories included in corn syrup and other forms of corn that it has caused an increase in obesity.
1. How come corn be so big if it is nit good for us ?
Chapter 8 - The Ominvore's Dilemma:Is That Food?
Unlike humans, animals don't have a problem with their eating habits. Animals eat because they have to survive and they tend not to care about what they eat and how it taste. Most humans are picky about what they eat and what it taste like. Some humans just eat because they have to and so do animals. This shows that humans and animals have some eating habits in common. Animals are more reasonable then humans when it comes to eating.
1. How does peoples eating habits effect the food market and the economy?
Chapter 9 - My Fast-Food Meal: Fast Food
Mcdonalds and fast food meals are made so that they have similar taste. Mcdonalds uses corn in a lot of their products that they have. Mcdonalds chicken nuggets are really bad for you. They can even cause cancer. Since Mcdonalds is so cheap and fattening it increases obesity because everyone can afford it.
Q: Why do some people chose to read the ingredients on foods and do don't change what they are eating?
Not all of the food that americans eat is fresh made from corn. Alot of corn is processed corn. Some foods have been altered from their natural state. The methods used for processing foods include canning, freezing, refrigeration, dehydration and aseptic processing. "Processed" Corn are in a lot of the things we eat daily, like chocolate, butter and breads. Many things are made with corn in its ingredient and many things are made with corn syrup.
1.If corn is so big then why isnt it made in a way that will be goo for us?
Chapter 7 - Fat Corn:Can You Eat More, Please? Part 2
Corn is in all types of foods. It affects not only in adults but in children but it ia a big problem. There are so many calories included in corn syrup and other forms of corn that it has caused an increase in obesity.
1. How come corn be so big if it is nit good for us ?
Chapter 8 - The Ominvore's Dilemma:Is That Food?
Unlike humans, animals don't have a problem with their eating habits. Animals eat because they have to survive and they tend not to care about what they eat and how it taste. Most humans are picky about what they eat and what it taste like. Some humans just eat because they have to and so do animals. This shows that humans and animals have some eating habits in common. Animals are more reasonable then humans when it comes to eating.
1. How does peoples eating habits effect the food market and the economy?
Chapter 9 - My Fast-Food Meal: Fast Food
Mcdonalds and fast food meals are made so that they have similar taste. Mcdonalds uses corn in a lot of their products that they have. Mcdonalds chicken nuggets are really bad for you. They can even cause cancer. Since Mcdonalds is so cheap and fattening it increases obesity because everyone can afford it.
Q: Why do some people chose to read the ingredients on foods and do don't change what they are eating?
Hw 7b
Omnivore's Dilemma By Micheal Pollan
Chapter 3-From Farm to Factory:Turning bombs into fertilizer
Agribusiness has given farmers tools and fertilizers to make corn more sccessful. The government gave farmers the choice to buy nitrogen so that itwould be used in the fertilizer farmers use on their crops.This changed things for farming because it made things much easier but the corn syarted to hav all types of chemicals in it .
Chapter 4-The grain Elevator: Food On Te Ground
"One day in spring I visited the grain elevator in Farnhamville Iowa , that's where George naylor hauls his corn each october. Grain elevators are tall and are the tallest buildings in this part of Iowa."
Chapter 5-The Feedlot-Turning corn into meat: city of cows
I wanted to see HOW a cow came from a farm and was turned into the meat that would end up in our stomach so I bought one. I noticed how cow #534 was treated and that made me think more about eating meat. The cows were being forced to eat corn which was not part of their diet. By feeding these cows corn they gained weight which created more meat for us, but it made the cows sick.
Chapter 3-From Farm to Factory:Turning bombs into fertilizer
Agribusiness has given farmers tools and fertilizers to make corn more sccessful. The government gave farmers the choice to buy nitrogen so that itwould be used in the fertilizer farmers use on their crops.This changed things for farming because it made things much easier but the corn syarted to hav all types of chemicals in it .
Chapter 4-The grain Elevator: Food On Te Ground
"One day in spring I visited the grain elevator in Farnhamville Iowa , that's where George naylor hauls his corn each october. Grain elevators are tall and are the tallest buildings in this part of Iowa."
Chapter 5-The Feedlot-Turning corn into meat: city of cows
I wanted to see HOW a cow came from a farm and was turned into the meat that would end up in our stomach so I bought one. I noticed how cow #534 was treated and that made me think more about eating meat. The cows were being forced to eat corn which was not part of their diet. By feeding these cows corn they gained weight which created more meat for us, but it made the cows sick.
Monday, October 4, 2010
HW 7 - Reading Response Monday
The Omnivore's Dilemma
By:Michael Pollan
Chapter 1:
The main point of chapter 1 was corn. The fact that corn is in everything the we eat. " Corn is in the non-dairy creamer and the Cheez Whiz, the frozen yogurt and the TV dinner,the canned fruit and the ketchup. It's in the candy, the cake mixes, mayonnaise,mustard, hot dogs and bologna, the salad dressing and even in some vitamins.( Yes, it's in a Twinkie too)" (page 11). That if you go to the supermarket you think that there are some many things to pick from to eat but really all there is, is corn. Because if you look deeper it is all corn.
1. I find it interesting is that corn is everything that we eat.
2. I hope that as I read more i will learn how some foods are bad and some are good if that "all"come from corn?
Chapter 2:
The main point of chapter 2 is talking about farms. How farmers use to farm and how they farmer now. " The average farmer grew enough food to feed twelve other Americans...... Out of 300 million Americans, only 2 million are still farmers. That means the average American farmer today grows enough food to feed 140 other people." (page 21) Also how over time people come up will "better" seeds to help grow better, but it really maybe bad for us.
By:Michael Pollan
Chapter 1:
The main point of chapter 1 was corn. The fact that corn is in everything the we eat. " Corn is in the non-dairy creamer and the Cheez Whiz, the frozen yogurt and the TV dinner,the canned fruit and the ketchup. It's in the candy, the cake mixes, mayonnaise,mustard, hot dogs and bologna, the salad dressing and even in some vitamins.( Yes, it's in a Twinkie too)" (page 11). That if you go to the supermarket you think that there are some many things to pick from to eat but really all there is, is corn. Because if you look deeper it is all corn.
1. I find it interesting is that corn is everything that we eat.
2. I hope that as I read more i will learn how some foods are bad and some are good if that "all"come from corn?
Chapter 2:
The main point of chapter 2 is talking about farms. How farmers use to farm and how they farmer now. " The average farmer grew enough food to feed twelve other Americans...... Out of 300 million Americans, only 2 million are still farmers. That means the average American farmer today grows enough food to feed 140 other people." (page 21) Also how over time people come up will "better" seeds to help grow better, but it really maybe bad for us.
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