Goode Brothers Poultry contacted Cathy and asked him if he wanted to purchase scraps, of boneless skinless chicken. You see the Goodes were producing chicken for an airline company; however they frequently ran into a problem. They had to disregard several pieces of chicken that were to small for the airline. It was these scraps that Cathy realized would make it quick
Food Inc, a documentary by Robert Kenner, is bursting with both shocking and disturbing facts. It was interesting to learn that most of our food comes from the same handful of companies who are so blinded by the need for profit that they comprise on their quality. It was even more disturbing to learn that though we may think we have a great variety of choice that it is just an illusion and in actuality, most of the products we find in the supermarket are some sort of corn. But the most shocking and disturbing truth was the condition and practices in chicken farming. The documentary discloses that, “ birds are now raised and slaughtered in half the time they were 50 years ago, but now they're twice as big.” But this comes at a great cost.
The people of Oakland California see animal as a “food desert”, which basically means it’s a sweet necessity. It has also been said that the homesteaders should raise their own animals, as well as slaughter them on sight. By keeping the slaughter as a weekly chore, it allows the meat to be very fresh. Also, if someone were to make a purchase the animal, it would be slaughtered on sight so the meat would be at its freshest. By having these small “farms” it allows the Locavore movement to take on new heights.
This suggestion is supported by the fact that 36.53% of our trash is the brand Great Value meaning that our household consistently purchases the cheapest brands. Further evidence shows that we consistently buy packaged products (a whopping 62.65% was packaging!) and this is probably because packaged food is easier and quicker to make. Some more factors that place our household among the "average consumer with a limited budget" is that 80.72% of our trash was non-perishable meaning that we regularly purchased items of food that would last longer (i.e. we used more whole wheat pasta instead of bananas and other fresh fruits).
Most of the energy required to produce food happens in the consumer’s kitchen. He made it very apparent that it’s not all about the distance, and that it is fact that distance has very little to do with it. If one did put the distance into account however, one would have to look at the mathematical factual side of things. “a shipper sending a truck with 2000 apples over 2000 miles would consume the same amount of fuel per apple as a local farmer who takes a pickup 50 miles to sell 50 apples…” (Source C) They have the exact same relative effect on the earth, and that’s fact. Being a locavore doesn’t do all the good it is said to.
David Kim AP Lang A, Welch Period 5 October 3, 2014 “California Cracks Down On Farmers Market Cheaters” I. “California Cracks Down on Farmer’s Market Cheaters” written by Dans Charles was published on October 2, 2014. This article describes the fact that there are people who are currently deceiving consumers of the Farmer’s Market by claiming their produce has been grown locally, while in reality, they are selling wholesale goods from different markets labeling them as locally grown produce. II. The author focuses an indicative mood towards how there are farmers that currently label some market-goods as locally farmed produce.
The video then talks about the meat packing industry and how it is the most dangerous job in the world so illegal immigrants have become common. The government has started cracking down on workers not the companies so this is an ongoing process. Jumps back to the honest farmer that does it old fashioned and has him talking about how the whole system of industry will be changed from the excessive demand. The system has become very vicious and consequences for not following regulations have become so severe that the accused farmers are put out of business. The video closes with statements like buy organic and support do good farmers.
Virginia DeJohn Anderson, “King Philip’s Herds: Indians, Colonists and the Problem of livestock in Early New England” In this article Ms. Anderson talks about how livestock (mostly swine) played a critical role toward King Philip’s War of 1675-76. How hostilities, settlers free ranging livestock wandered into native villages and affected them and how the Indians responded to theses encroachments. English colonist imported thousands of cattle, swine, sheep, and horses because they considered livestock essential to their survival. But the animals caused problems to subsistence practices, land use, property rights and political authority. Indians did not want to own domestic animals since livestock husbandry did not fit easily with native practices, the adoption of livestock would alter women’s lives by affecting the traditional division of labor since women were mainly responsible of agriculture production.
** Raw eggs. Many people are concerned about salmonella. While this is always a possible risk, it is quite small. The risk appears to be less than one in 30,000 and that is for non-organic commercial eggs. The risk could be substantially lower for eggs obtained from healthy chickens.
Americans who don’t have much money to spend on food suffer the most, because the cheapest foods are usually the unhealthiest. In ‘You are What You Grow,’ Pollan notes that unhealthy calories are much more cheap than healthy ones. Those foods are usually mostly processed, and they probably claim to be “packed with nutrients.” Our food system sets out rules that regulate what we eat, and they make the most money from the unhealthy dollars we spend on food rather than the healthy ones. The government gives money to farmers and encourages them to produce certain products. Unhealthy calories come from unhealthy farms.