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Alana Munger
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Food Fight: The Cultural and Political Meanings of Eatings
Oct 06, 2009
The title of this journal is the title of my English Composition class. Basically, we read articles and books about the American culture of food. Many of these readings are those from investigative journalists who expose the horrendous facts of the food industry. Did you know that of the 45,000 items that are in your local supermarket, more than one fourth of them contain corn. From your peanut butter, to your meat, and even to your twinkie, they all contain some processed corn.
We have just started to read about the food industry and I am already starting to think vegetarian. Did you know that even after the outbreak of the mad cow disease, we still feed cows beef fat? Last time I checked, cows were herbavores, not carnivores. I am starting to research the eat wild movement, which supports the production of grass-fed meat and poultry (rather than corn-fed.) I definitely think that if people were aware of the procedures that are still happening in not only the meat industry but the entire food industry, people would change their eating habits. I remember in one reading, Michael Pollan said that we shouldn't be calling ourselves beef-eaters but rather corn-eaters. I definetely would rather be a healthy eater than a corn eater, but that's just me.
We have just started to read about the food industry and I am already starting to think vegetarian. Did you know that even after the outbreak of the mad cow disease, we still feed cows beef fat? Last time I checked, cows were herbavores, not carnivores. I am starting to research the eat wild movement, which supports the production of grass-fed meat and poultry (rather than corn-fed.) I definitely think that if people were aware of the procedures that are still happening in not only the meat industry but the entire food industry, people would change their eating habits. I remember in one reading, Michael Pollan said that we shouldn't be calling ourselves beef-eaters but rather corn-eaters. I definetely would rather be a healthy eater than a corn eater, but that's just me.
Comments (2)
Oct 07, 2009
Olin Lagon said...
Hi Alana, I saw a documentary last year called King Corn (http://www.kingcorn.net/) that really opened my eyes to just how pervasive corn products are and the potential impact of all that corn being flushed through our food system. Great film to watch.
Oct 07, 2009
Jacoby Young said...
Great post. I am an ethical vegan and will not return to eating meat, but I do understand that others do eat it. However, I recently found an article challenging the "grass-fed movement" in relation to climate change. http://civileats.com/2009/03/17/another-take-on-the-grass-fed-controversy/ Less meat is the direction that has to be taken.
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