I agree with the statement made by Richard Lobb. That, “In a way, we’re not producing chickens, we’re producing food.” This statement seems highly accurate to me being that farmers are raising these chicken for the purpose of humans to eat. These chickens are round up, and bred solely for this purpose. These chickens have their lives planned out for them, and have no other reason for being alive, besides to fulfill this purpose.
The video below is a news story covering the film “King Corn”. This film goes behind the scenes to show the true colors of what is in our food, and how corn affects it. It goes deeper into knowing how our corn is processed and where it is put.
After receiving more knowledge about the processing of our food, I can easily agree with this statement that “We want to pay the cheapest price for our food. We don’t understand that it comes at a price.” This is simply explaining that in our society, we want to be able to pay as little as possible on our food. Though in order to pay at such a cheap rate, we have to the dilute the quality of the food. This includes the process in which our food is harvested, such as the labor, pesticides used, etc. These events take away from our nutrition and health needs.
A tradition that my family holds dear is for Christmas Eve dinner. We always make our homemade enchiladas for dinner every year. This is a tradition that has been going on since my mother was a little girl. It first started by my great grandfather who came from Guatemala. Like the farmer’s who had their tradition of saving their seeds every year, to have my tradition taken away would be very upsetting. Traditions become close to the heart. It creates a unique bond between those involved. Traditions, normally, reflect good memories the families.
Michael Pollan thinks that consumers should know what is really in the food that they purchase. The California Farm Bureau sends off a different message with their products. Many goods have symbols of farms, large fields, sunshine, etc. This all reflects on happiness, sense of being natural and healthy. Though, this is not always an accurate reflection. As talked about previously our food has many added ingredients and treatments that we are unaware of.
Overall, the video gave me a good insight on today's world of farming. Comparing the perceived vs. the reality of what we are being provided in our grocery stores. The video reveals the true identity of this market.
Food is on a downhill path, animals, farmers, and consumers are all suffering. This really shows that we should not be separated from the farmers that make our food whether it’s across the globe or in the next state over. If we would communicate with our farmers then we would find out how crops are not as how they should be.
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