In Chapter 4, he explained why plant and animal domestication were important factors for the ability of Eurasians to produce the technologies that conquered the rest of the world. Diamond mentioned that a population that can produce more food could yield a higher population size. The majority of plant and animal material found on Earth is unpleasant-tasting, bitter, or lethal. When people manage the resources that the land produces, they can determine to breed the plants and animals that are the best available elements of food. Domestic animals like the cow, sheep, and goat are the major sources of fertilizer, meat, milk, and fuel for fires.
First, the food lead to many improvements in health and taste. The food improved the way of life and more people ate the food because of its taste. Some countries in the Old World, like the Irish with their potatoes, went crazy with the new foods and added the foods to their staple crops. You could tell how much new food they were getting because some of the food would look like it didn’t belong in Europe. Since they were getting so much new food, they started cultivating in the New World with plant that’s were hard to grow in the Old World.
The fast food restaurants want a constant supply of meat at a competitive price. In decades pass, the meatpacking industry was driven to change, in response to the increasing demand of the fast food industry. They had to change how beef was produced, where it was produced and processed, and by whom. (Schlosser
MAD COWBOY THE DANGER OF EATING MEAT AND THE SAFE OF ADOPTING A VEGETARIAN DIET Meat is the most important food for our lives. In our world, almost everybody eats meat as daily food to be healthy. As we know, red meat has a lot of proteins; it is also main food in our daily meal. Meanwhile red meat comes from the animals such as beef, pig, chicken and etc. In order to supply the food for our lives, people have to breed the animals and take care of livestock; their jobs were known as cattle rancher.
This meant that each man could also have a lot more children than if he were to only marry one wife; the community would then grow bigger and stronger, for battle and for hunting. Polygamy also meant that every woman had a man to provide for them, and they also had extra help with cleaning and setting up the Tipi after each move, this also means that they could move and set up their camps quicker, so they could keep track of the buffalo. Keeping track of the Buffalo, also played a huge part in the survival of the Indians on the Plains, because the Buffalo were what they needed for everything. So a major factor of how they did this, was the fact that they were travellers, and never settled anywhere. The Indians were incredibly organised when it came to packing and setting up their camps.
We can build more cities and cultivate more crops. And we don’t have to worry for meat also. Since we have killed so many animals, we will be left with ample supply of meat. We can preserve them in large refrigerator or we can all preserve them on the poles where the nature will once again take care of our needs. See!
China, and as people tend to get more disposable income, in terms of food they will tend to consume more meat. This means a lot more wheat and grain is demanded in order to feed these animals, this causes the demand curve to shift to the right causing prices to rise. As indicated in the diagram on the right where P1 moves up to P2 as a result of a shift in demand. Another reason for an increase in the prices of grain and wheat is a rising demand for bio-fuels of which grain and corn are vital components. This combined with the current fuel climate and oil prices result in a lot of demand for bio-fuels which is why 20% of American grown corn goes on bio-fuels.
The great need for food brings forth the importance of the agriculture industry. Science has made many products that allow for food production to be done in a more efficient, cheaper, and faster manner. In the beef industry many types of growth stimulators have been created to increase weight per day of age, shorten finishing time and maximize profit for the producer. More recently, developed products with the common name, beta-agonist, have been developed. Beta-agonists have distinct advantages and disadvantages in terms of animal welfare, meat quality, and profitability when used in production.
Everything is becoming more fast pace, mechanized and technology based. With this in mind, the nutrition status for middle and low-income families have an increase in consumption of animal fat, refined grains and added sugar due to more production of highly processed foods to save time and money for companies (Gortmaker et al., 2011). It is important to stay up-to-date with the trends of obesity, but with the increasing rates is has become a high pubic health priority to prevent obesity (Penman & Johnson, 2009). Policies have been placed that increase taxes for unhealthy food, but this still makes it hard on lower income families who are still not able to afford healthier foods but instead are forced to buy unhealthy alternatives. Necessary alternative include a change in individual behavior and increase in education for people to understand the benefits and risk of obesity and how they can change.
There are many other changes that both companies are doing to stay competitive with not only each other but with McDonald’s. These include adding a new line of salads for Burger King to Wendy’s offering an Angus burger in an effort to appeal to those consumers that want a better burger. Overall, they are doing a total revamp on how they are doing business, the food products that they serve and making a huge effort to hold on to their loyal customer base, while expanding and picking up new customer base from their competitors. To survive in the industry both of the companies need change, on an almost daily basis. The problem that they are going to run into is simple: have they made the changes soon enough to stay competitive with McDonald’s and will these changes bring back the return on the dollars spent to keep the doors open and the company alive.