The trend of the locavore Many people have heard the terms carnivore, herbivore and omnivore but what is a locavore? In 2007 locavore was added to the Oxford American Dictionary, describing a person who eats food that is locally grown. In this essay three causes for the trend of the locavore movement will be discussed, the realization of energy used to produce food and transport it, the health benefits and how eating locally puts money back into the buyers own community. The most important cause of the locavore movement would have to be the realization people came to of how much energy is wasted with the mass production and transportation of food. In 2005 Jessica Prentice a San Francisco chef coined the term “locavore.’ A locavore is someone who only eats food that is grown locally.
Even when the food is available locally, you will find the same food from another state or country in the supermarket. While having these foods available to us provides many advantages, importing food from abroad or from around the country also has many disadvantages. Being able to keep up with the growing population and food demand is a great advantage of having foods from around the world brought in and having the technology available to deliver it to underdeveloped countries. More and more areas in the United States are being developed to keep up with the growing population to provide housing and businesses, this is diminishing our farmland at an alarming rate. According to the National Resources Inventory, which tracks and documents the nation's natural resources, conditions and trends, 4,080,300 acres of farmland were transformed for development between 2002 and 2007.
The second decision occurs at a different point in time and in a different environment from the first. Thus, non-use can occur because the situation or the purchaser changes between the purchase and the potential usage occasion. For example, a point of purchase display featuring a new food item shown as part of an appealing entrée might cause a consumer to imagine an appropriate usage situation and to purchase the product. However, without the stimulus of the display, the consumer may not remember the intended use or may just never get around to it. Non-use situation such as the following are common: Wok—“I wanted to try and cook stirfry, but I didn’t take time out to use it.” Skirt—“My ingenious idea was that I’d lose a few pounds and fit into the size 4 rather than gain few and fit into the size 6.
From this perspective, the role of government intervention may arguably be indispensible. When a domestic economy suffers a market failure, it becomes the job of government to intervene through such measures as taxation or the introduction of regulatory measures into a particular market. However, if government’s intervention is too heavy handed, then the allocation of efficiency in that particular market may be worsened rather than corrected. This is what is known as government failure. This essay will therefore present a discussion on which is the lesser of the two evils; market failure versus government failure.
McDonald’s has realized the importance of getting their food to the public fast, with that being said this organization has accumulated 1.8 million employees. This is where some of the ethical issues come in to play as a global organization. Child labor laws and the limit of hours that people are able to work vary greatly from country to country. While McDonald’s wants to profit from their service to the public, they do not want to profit at the suffering of their employees working too much or in horrible conditions. In America we have child labor laws in place to ensure that employees under the age of 17 years old are not working too many hours in a row or in an overall week.
Another reason is we have a choice on what we eat on a daily bases. We need to take responsibility by saying that it is truly our fault. We can prepare a nice meal the day before for the next day, or take the time to make a sandwich which is quick to make, healthier than fast food, cheap, and taste great. Along with all these reasons there are more against the consumer. On the consumers side they have plenty of arguments.
A lifetime of belief in separating genders in personal care situations can be a massive blow when faced with having a male or even a female carer for in some situations. Food can be a massive concern for some cultures, not just the choice of meal but also on what day of the week it is eaten. Equality isn’t about just giving everyone the same dinner or watching the same TV channel. It’s about giving them the same choices. Being able to make a decision about what to watch, what to eat, where to go today and then have the same access rights to the same shops and transport systems to get there.
We are intrigued by molecular gastronomy on our forks and by broiled kale on our plates. Once change starts to happen and people get over their initial fear, it is inevitable that more change follows. The economy drove us to change, and it’s as though we discovered some much-needed discomfort to shake up our taste buds. In 2011, we think what's comforting will be less about mashed potatoes and more about roasted root vegetables. In other words, looking for something we haven't tried before, and taking comfort from our new willingness to expand our horizons.
! Also, technology change our taste by making us living a different way. Having a fast meal, between two things to do. We take habits which change our taste days by days.! !
Even with healthier choices, one cannot be aware of exactly what is in the food cooked in restaurants, while families can opt out of the drive-through and go in to sit and eat together at fast-food establishments it isn't as intimate and the time is rushed, low-cost options on fast food menus cost more than cooking a family meal at home. Pollan writes, “The fact is that not cooking may well be deleterious to our health, and there is reason to believe that the outsourcing of food preparation to corporations and 16-year-olds has already taken a toll on our physical and psychological wellbeing” (106). This essay will prove that eating fast-food threatens physical health, weakens the family, and is costly. Physical health is influenced directly by our meal choices. Choosing to order a healthier meal option at a restaurant is not equal to a home cooked meal made with fresh foods.