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http://www.iamnotobese.com/benefits-of-eating-meat.php Kristina Wiltjer   With this site it shows the benefits to eating meat in comparison to vegetarians. It shows example of why are body’s need meat, and comparing it to the different eating habits. But they came up with counter argument that if elephants are strong enough to survive on plants and fruit why can’t we, and the same thing with gorillas. It’s also continues with the question “are there problems with eating meat”? I found this interesting to see how they compared being a “meat eater” to a “vegetarians”, by giving examples that made you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2diPZOtty0
Jessica Furtado
This video is a clip from the film "Supersize Me" that gives a taste of what the documentary is about in its entirety.  Morgan Spurlock, director and human experiment for the film, shares some of his experiences from the first few days of his consuming an all fast-food diet from McDonald's. His girlfriend says that his new diet consists of "meat, meat, sugar, and fat". Spurlock says that his body "officially hates him" as the levels of necessary nutrients plummet and the levels of other things, such as cholesterol, rise and place his health in danger. The film in its entirety is incredibly interesting, for those who have not had the chance to see it. This clip on the "McDiet" is just a small glimpse at the many issues that Spurlock exposes based on his own personal experiences with food that has found a common place in the American diet.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1917458,00.html
Zachary Conroy
I read "Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food" from Time. It talks about how the food we eat is cheap, but it causes massive amounts of environmental damage and is only possible because of government subsidies. Due to these subsidies, Americans are spending less and less money on food - ten percent, down from almost twenty percent less than fifty years ago. Unfortunately, the foods that are cheapest are often the worst for you - one part of this article I thought was very interesting was the fact that "a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of potato chips or 875 calories of soda but just 250 calories of vegetables or 170 calories of fresh fruit". Cheap food also results in widespread environmental problems. A small farm is practically self-contained as every part of the land naturally works together, but CAFOs require a source of food for animals and a way to dispose of their waste. As a result, CAFO-raised animals are less healthy for us due to their diet of corn and dead zones caused by contamination from CAFOs are becoming more and more common.  I think we have to re-assess the foods we eat as well as how our government subsidizes unsustainable monocultures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YkNkscBEp0&feature=channel

or

http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat.html

(this one kept freezing but the youtube one is cut short at the end...) 

Alicia Robillon  This video is a TED talk with Mark Bittman, a New York Times food writer and chef who talks about what is wrong with what we eat and how to change our way of thinking about food. He gives a brief history of food in America, and how we have gotten to a point of eating highly processed, low-nutrition food containing less vegetables and more animal products. He also talks about the environmental effects of our agriculture practices and promotes adopting at least a semi-vegetarian diet (he is a semi-vegetarian). He is humorous and sarcastic, expressing his own frustrations with the food industry today, and why we need to change our food psychology. He also says that eating organic does not solve the problem, because organic food has its own issues associated with it. I liked his talk because it was not overly depressing but it still conveyed a serious message that we need to change our ways. He was easy to follow and presented good information on the issues that the homework articles discussed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfO4TwrUqZM  

"Moving Beyond Fast Food Nation"

Christina Petrone  This is a video of a presentation of Peter Singer and Eric Schlosser in which they explore food related ethics regarding fast food, the environment, proper portions, and healthy eating choices. Quite interesting.
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100828/NEWS/100829700   Heather McAtamney
This is a short article about a meeting held at Colorado State University, where 2,000 ranchers attended. These rancher felt that small family ranches would once again start to thrive if they were given some kind of promise. They blame the smaller family ranches disappearing on the raise of the bigger meat packers. Many felt if the few big ones were replaced by mid-sized meat packers, then smaller farms would once again be on the rise, giving more people job options.
http://www.salon.com/food/feature/2010/07/01/food_gendering  Asma Hussin  The article, “Men eat meat, women eat chocolate: How food gets gendered”, by Riddhi Shah discusses the gender differences amongst men and women regarding food choices. Shah illustrates the various explanations posited by a sensory psychologist, a director of Yale’s Prevention Research Center, a researcher at the University College in London, and director of Cornell University's. Each researcher has a theory as to why there are distinctive eating habits between the sexes. Their theories range from genetics and evolution to culture and socialization. According to Shah’s research, in the United States, more men eat meat while more women crave chocolate. However, she found that studies vary in other regions of the world. She says, “And when I took my work home, I realized that my husband and I — both of us grew up in India — have eating habits that fly in the face of all these studies. My husband has an insatiable sweet tooth, can't go to bed without his nightly Mars bar, and diligently spends hours in the fruit aisle. I, on the other hand, am a complete dairy fiend, love my protein, adore a good whisky, and wouldn't notice if Ben & Jerry's stopped producing Cherry Garcia tomorrow (my husband would react with some emotion).” I would agree with the theory relating to culture/socialization (if there is a real gender food distinction ) and I think that most of the time the foods/recipes we were brought up with in the past is reflected in the food choices we make today. Of course, that isn’t always the case. I hardly eat meat while everyone else in my family doesn’t consider a meal—a real meal—without meat (but I still love Arab food). 
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?_r=1  Benjamin Chapman We discussed in class on Tuesday a little bit about how we are "eating oil and spewing greenhouse gases."  I didn't realize however that it now takes 10 calories of fossil-fuel energy in order to produce one single calorie of food.  This is absolutley staggering considering the foods we commonly intake are grown by photosynthesis which takes no fossil-fuel calories to achieve.  Clearly it is in the processing and transportation of these foods where we see the fossil-fuel calorie intake.  By bringing small farmers back into the picture I believe that we can solve these problems by processing food less and growing it locally in order to reduce transportation costs.
http://www.disinfo.com/2010/08/rising-numbers-of-radioactive-wild-boars-in-german-forests/
kevin bowers
This is a rather amusing article i found on Disinformation.com. The article is about how dangerous effects of the meltdown at Chernobyl are still having an effect on the wild boar populations of eastern Europe and Germany. there have been warning about radioactive wild boars that become radioactive because they eat contaminated  mushrooms and truffles, a public health concern has been raised about the levels of radioactivity in wild boar meat.

http://sify.com/news/vegetarians-at-risk-of-brain-disorders-news-national-kk2aaqiajab.html

 

Denise Belmonte
This article is about one of the downsides to being a vegetarian or vegan. If not closely monitered, a vegetarian or vegan diet can sometimes be deficient in essential nutrients, such as iron, calcium, or protein. This article discusses the link between vegetarianism and Alzheimer's. This is due to the fact that often times, vitamin B-12 is not prominent in vegetarian or vegan diets. A study was done in India, where a large percentage of the population are vegetarians, that showed that the onset of dementia not only more prominently, but at an earlier age. I found this article interesting and relevant to me because I am a vegetarian and my grandmother had Alzheimer's. Therefore, I will be a little more observant with my B-12 intake.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2
Aaron Widell
The article I read was the NY Times article by Michael Pollan and is addressed to the winner of the presidential election of 2008. He manages to relate the food issue of America to the more publicized issues that were mentioned during the presidential campaign. What he reminds us is, without attention to the food issue, other issues such as healthcare cannot be solved. He explains that the food issue is what's leading to a major part of the America's overall unhealthy lifestyle. He further mentions that the second highest source of pollution in our atmosphere is from agriculture and solar farming would greatly help reduce the pollution. He also reminds us that our source of fossil fuel is running low. The article successfully brings to our attention an important issue that many of us never heard the presidential candidates address on television. 

"Calories Data to Be Posted at Most Chains"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/business/24menu.html  

Jenna David  This article talks about a small piece of the recently passed Health Care Reform Bill that will require most restaurants to post the nutritional information of its products directly on their menus. This sort of measure has already been introduced in places like New York City. I remember traveling to NYC in 2008 and seeing the number of calories posted on baked goods at a Dunkin Donuts. A national policy that will require the posting of nutritional information has to be developed by the FDA and passed through the legislature first. It may be several years until we see these changes. These types of policies are created for a public health benefit. The idea with this particular policy is that if people see what they really are eating in terms of calories, fat, sodium, etc. they will make healthier choices. I like this approach better than banning certain products or ingredients. I think most people, myself included don’t always realize what we are eating and in some cases don’t want to know. This policy will inform consumers and still allow the final choice of what they eat to be theirs.   
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUgj9xZO7E Matthew Flynn  This link is a video from PETA suggesting reasons on why to be a vegetarian.  Just warning everyone that it can be a little graphic.  PETA's main message here seemed to be that if you eat meat your a murderer.  I found their arguement in this video was weak.  It seems like they are showing graphic clips of animals being killed just to try and scare people into becoming vegetarians.
http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/02/spoiled-organic-and-local-so-2008
Sarah Chaulk

I read “Spoiled: Organic and Local is so 2008” and found it very interesting. I spent most of my summer at farmers markets thinking that I was helping the environment along with local agriculture. I didn’t know that the carbon footprint for local farming is actually greater than that of supplying supermarkets. However, I agree that sustainable food is more important than the label of “organic” but the two go hand in hand. Consumers need to be made aware of the problems from agribusiness and push to fix it. The way we farm now and our desire for cheap food is destroying the world and our bodies. Sustainable agriculture could be the next big thing if we wanted it to be. We underestimate ourselves as consumers and what we are capable of. I wish people would be willing to spend more money on their food and truly put their money where their mouth is.


http://www.consumercide.com/js/index.php/food-supply/39-necessarily-vegetarian/379-how-to-win-an-argument-with-a-meat-eater.html

 

Sam Erickson  This website is a bit strange depending on how you look at it.  But it had some compelling stats on it at the same time.  I found some of it to be very interesting and it presents some valid points for the support of eating a more vegetarian diet than one of meat. 
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/07/23/food-and-class-julie-powells-attack-on-the-organic-food-movement/
Hali Vik
This is about issues concerning class with the organic and slow food movements. They on one had a critic is pointing out that only rich food snobs can afford to have a "organic" diet, and it's less about health and more about purity of food. The writer suggests that this isn't the point of the movement, it's about bringing health and putting in the environment first- for people that actually believe in and practice the ethics. The article is kind of an criticism of a criticism, but from the perspective of a food expert. It's interesting, and brings a good point to mind. So, I guess the question at the end of the day, is how do we get people to be interested in organic, vegetarianism and veganism while not coming off like middle class food snobs?
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/07/on-antibiotic-resistance-in-food-animals/  Jennifer Hader  Many farmers are giving their animals low dosages of anitobiotics, which in turn has lead to their development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.  This anitibiotice resitent bacteria can have a very negative affect on our health.  The FDA is working tio combat this issue.  Anitibotic use should be limited to treating sick animals,not giving them to healthy animals to promote growth and strength.  Farmers are mainly concerned with turning a profit and are no longer worrying about the safety of the public or their animals.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltS6z85Hhgc Shannon Nelligan  This animated video takes a look at the true costs incurred by the way our meat and produce reaches us. The video calls attention to factory farms and monocroppers and the use (and waste) of oil, water, grain, etc. The video also brings to light deforestation, pollution and waste, the emission of green house gases, and contamination of ground water. The video was released by the Sierra Club National Consumption Committee in hopes of encouraging Americans to promote sustainable food choices.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101027092201.htm

"Large Scale Fish Farm Production Offsets Environmental Gains, Assessment Finds" 

kelley irving  This article talks about the problems with environmental problems with large scale fish farming. These farms are becoming more popular since the wild fish sources are depleating. However, its all about scale. Anything on a large scale is going to have a large impact. These fish farms are also becoming a problem in Asian countries because of their already lax environmental policies and massive production.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130826464&ft=1&f=3   Nick Bouchard

Since the 2008 milk scare in China, organic farming which was nearly non existent has popped up in the country to provide consumers with a much safer and reliable source of food. Many people in the country will not even shop at supermarkets because they do not trust the products in the store. This is because simply the Chinese government does not have strict enough regulations to truly provide it's citizens with proper food. Until China raises it's regulations on food then issues with children getting poisoned from powdered milk and other things, people will continue to get sick and nothing will improve.


 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100527213818.htm

Maghda Amrani

 

 
http://www.mcdonalds.ie/our-food/food-policies-animal-welfare.aspx  Samantha Ruminski   

http://www.farmgate.illinois.edu/archive/2010/09/a_cheap_food_po.html

 

Ben Anderson
This article talks about the growing amount of cheap food in this country, whose fault it is, and how its affecting people. He talks about things like how cheap food takes money away from the farmers growing it, and how people have begun to eat more and more food do to the cheap prices. he also goes on to talk about how it affects other industies such as biofuels with corn as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay0cpdYkMtA Daniel Gougian
Talks about shrimp farming and the problems with it. It a bit one sided but a good movie. A lot of the problems they metion can be traced back to most forms of farming in one way or another. For example they mention the problems with anti biotics, this is seen in fish as well.
  Mario Boiardi  These two links are to 1. the actual press release regarding the desired suspension of cloning for food and 2. the website of the commission in the European Union that oversees the food market, and is responsible for the press release. It is interesting that cloned animal meat is considered a "novel food" and subject to different regulations than food commonly eaten in the EU prior to  

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/docs/20101019_ip_ec_cloning_en.pdf

 

http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211902019540.htm  

Mario Boiardi  These two links lead to 1. the recent press release given by the European Food Safety Authority, which oversees EU food standards, seeking to suspend animal cloning for food and 2. the website for that commission. What is interesting is that cloned animal food is considered a "novel" food and subject to different regulations than food commonly eaten in the EU prior to 1997.  
http://www.nobeliefs.com/comments9.htm   Theresa James
This article is about the Omnivore vs. Vegetarian argument. It talks about the advantages and disadvantages of eating "flesh" and the ethical issues behind it.  
     
     
     

 

 

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