He showed some causes of childhood obesity, and he thought that people should care more about the other causes. The aim of this essay is to analyze this article. First of all, the article was written by Pierce Hollingsworth who is the director of Stagnito Communications Inc. This company is a food, beverage, packaging and integrated marketing communications company, so he might give some biases about the food marketing. According to Pierce Hollingsworth (2004), the parents and school should not blame the food marketing for being the main cause of obesity rather than teaching and helping the kids to have good habit of eating.
[…] What are the economic, social and environmental effects of eating animals?” (Foer, pg 12) Before even giving the book a chance I anticipated it would be just another pro-vegetarian polemic that would use each of its 300 pages to shame my eating habits. However, Foer with literary aplomb explains that Eating Animals is not that book. Instead of trying to convert the non-believers, he uses his personal relationships and stories surrounding food as a framework for his research into the agricultural farming industry. I believe he does so quite successfully. Foer begins by challenging the reader to an interesting thought experiment.
She claims that the Prius became a standard for environmentalism because of its low emissions, however the real issue is not vehicle emissions, but it is raising a preparing livestock for food.Freston continues by saying that a large issue is the gases produced, not only carbon dioxide but methane and nitrous oxide and that these gases come primarily from farmed animals. She ends by claiming becoming vegetarian has never been easier due to the immense amount of vegetarian friendly foods that have come about in recent years. The main appeal of the essay is the logical appeal. Freston uses hard evidence from sources such as reports published from the United Nations which concluded, “The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.” (800)This is effective because is shows the reader that the issue of environmental problems is even being noticed by the United Nations. Freston continues by stating “the U.N. report says almost a fifth of global warming emissions come from livestock - that’s more emissions than from all of the world’s transportation combined.” (800) This can be alarming for the reader and is effective
Persuasive Speech Outline Title: Organic Food: Why is better? Topic: Organic and humane alternative food sources and the regulations that the USDA places on them. General Purpose: To inspire my family to chose healthier foods. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to shorten their food supply line and move towards eating healthier, organic and locally raised food. Behavioral Outcome: At the end of my speech, members of the audience will be able to distinguish what specific and relative regulations that the United States Department of Agriculture govern the food industry, to discern fact from fiction about organic and humane alternative foods, and will be persuaded to become more open to shortening their supply line of which they attain their food.
There is no guarantee that raw ground beef or sprouts will be free of certain harmful bacteria. These foods provide a favorable environment for bacterial growth, whereas, the production process does not include a step to reduce these bacteria, such as cooking or pasteurization. For these foods, irradiation provides a bacteria-killing step. However, one association disagrees that the issue and claims that irradiation only covers up problems that the meat and poultry industry should solve, increasing the fecal contamination that results from speeded up slaughter and decreased federal inspection. Per Organic Consumers Association, Irradiation is a ‘magic bullet’ that will enable the company to say that the product was ‘clean’ when it left the packing plant.
FOOD RITUALS AT FUNERALS As an aspect of culture, food is a tool of socialization whether it is teaching cultural and socioeconomic mobility through table manners. The type of food we eat, how we prepare the ingredients to make a certain recipe and ultimately how we consume and share it, is very telling of the actual essence of who we are and where we are from. In China close family members must refrain from eating meat because their immortal gods do not eat meat. One reason is that meat has blood, and blood symbolizes uncleanliness. The exclusion of meat is also a respectful gesture of ‘down grading' the meals; that is, no fancy foods.
This is to keep us healthy so we can track our calories and cholesterol intake because when you reach a certain age, you have to watch your Trans-fat intake. We really need to analysis what foods we eating. When you know how to read a food label it is really good for your health. I have to read all the food labels; do to the things I cannot have or eat. I am not able to have a lot of spices, onions, garlic, and pepper is a no not for me.
However, organic farmers are able to use a copper solution, which never leaves the soil, to fight fungal disease as where the conventional farmer use pesticides that are biodegradable. I think that it is important to inform people about the myths and concepts about organic vs conventional foods and how it more state of mind than anything else. Although most people believe organic food is better for you and the environment, there are many misconceptions. Following your approval, I will continue to research and develop drafts of my final. Working Essay Outline Misconceptions About Organic Food 1.
So corrupt in fact that even as it is seemingly doing the right thing, like promoting healthy foods to be served in schools for example, its wellness initiatives are frequently just marketing ploys. They are always trying to sell us something. Producers of high-selling, major market junk foods have an obligation to their company’s stockholders to maximize profits to the best of their abilities. So they encourage consumers to eat more of their company’s products, not less. Americans are unhealthy and the food industry is doing nothing to change that.
They have wants and needs and thwarting those is not healthy for them or for us. The film posits a humane sort of animal farming as a solution to these problems. Using Polyface farms (familiar to those of you who have read Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma) as the paragon of good farming, the filmmakers make a case that animals can be farmed in a healthy fashion that is good for us and for them. But, they leave out many facts about even this farm. While they are able to