Thus, the earlier people recognize the damage fast food is doing to our society, the easier it will be to reverse its harm. There are endless accusations that fast food and its effect on our society is the sole cause of many problems within the U.S. Fingers are pointing at the large fast food companies, but can they be proven guilty? The answer is no, and this can be proven within many lawsuits against companies such as McDonalds and taco bell. They all end up in the same ruling that its the consumers choice to enter a fast food establishment and consume their products.
While those numbers are increasing, the methods of feeding people are raising some serious concerns. Something must be done, but experts cannot agree on what that something is. The global hunger epidemic is not going away anytime soon. Some think re-distribution of the food source rather than creating a new food source is the way to go. On a global scale, numbers show that there is no correlation between the number of the hungry and our ability to produce food.
| | My ethical position for the world hunger is the moral relativism because it offers no moral guidance. It merely tells us that any particular action would be approved by one group, but denounced by another.The world hunger is a very broad and controversial issue but let's start with some questions:What should those of us in affluent nations do to help impoverished countries and individuals, especially those facing episodic or endemic hunger? It just slightly changes it. We should now ask: “Are we obliged to insure that they have adequate food entitlements?” That requires us to ask several derivative questions: do we have obligations to encourage (or coerce) their governments to enhance their entitlements? Are we obligated to establish ongoing trade relations with these countries to enhance their citizens’ entitlements?Do we have obligations to send food or to help distribute food when the country cannot do so on its own?
Many Americans have already begun to realize our industrial food system is unsustainable. The increase of farmers’ markets and organic foods are just a few examples of the steps we have taken towards change. The system we have created has made a hierarchy, with corporations at the top and non-industrialized countries at the bottom. Instead, our food system should become more like a web. By creating more small scale farms, external costs, such as health care and environment impacts, will decrease.
But in reality it is actually quite difficult to stay dedicated to a diet and a healthy life style. Like I stated earlier our fast food industry is ruining out food pyramid. Making healthy foods more expensive and harder to come by just doesn’t make sense in my eyes. It’s the unhealthy stuff that should be expensive such as a “Whooper” or a “Mc-double” compared to a healthy veggie. Staying dedicated to your diet will bring great joy.
Ever since the industrial revolution people have been obsessed with efficiency and quantity made. It seems as though the farmers that prided themselves with producing quality produce and meat was soon sucked into the business end of the spectrum which in turn made them produce goods faster but not necessarily keeping the quality of the service. Since then all of the generations preceding that one were plagued with eating foods that were chemically altered to either become mature sooner or to have a longer shelf live. We are not necessarily responsible for eating these foods when we were young but we are all now mature and responsible for what we eat. I am the first to admit that I never paid any attention to what I ate or more importantly to what inorganic chemicals I was ingesting.
The Effects of Factory Farming Kathleen Zylinski PHI 103 Informal Logic October 8, 2012 The Effects of Factory Farming Society as a whole is becoming more and more concerned about profit. There are always new methods or products that can be developed to get the most out of everyone’s money. This seems to be the biggest concern and mission in every industry across the world. Not only how big of a profit they can make but also how cheap they can produce the goods that we eat. It is one thing when industries cut corners and produce inferior products for a to use, but then it is another thing when that product is something that we eat and that we feed our children.
Genetic Engineering of Food: An Informative and Persuasive Essay By Jose Ordonez Genetically modifying foods has been a very controversial issue for humanity because it involves creating new "versions" of an organism non-existent in nature. However, have you ever wondered how it is that there is so much food to go around? Most of the food we eat today has been genetically modified in some way in order to ensure the survival of crops. In this essay you will read about the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modifying food. I believe genetically modifying foods will help to encourage a new industry in which the goal is the potential to guarantee a continuous food supply that is healthy and nutritious for everyone throughout the entire world.
All of these combine to form relationships between industries and consumers which impacts our culture and everyday lifestyles. Michael Pollan discusses a huge focus on the tension between the logic of nature and the logic of the human industry in his book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. He believes that the ways in which we consume our food form relationships between human beings and the natural world. To Pollan, industrial eating and mass production is ruining these “crucially important ecological relationships and connections” (Pollan). The logic of human industry supports
English 091 19 March 2013 The Effects of Meal Outsourcing Fast-food is more than a quick-easy meal to be inhaled on the way to somewhere more important. Its negative effects touch one physically, emotionally, and financially. It is true that there are healthy choices offered while eating out, meals can be shared even if not cooked at home, and there are low-cost options on fast food menus. Choosing to not cook and eat a family meal at home has negative health consequences, causes a deterioration of the family relationship, and has a higher cost. 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.