Reform Crops and Animal Subsidies - FINAL.

Pg. 326-328


$35 billion was given to factory farms for cheap foods such as corn and soy. Which doesn't include paying off pollution such as animal wastes. Instead of giving money to the CAFOS for, more money should be given towards organic foods and pastures, as well as management-based conservation practices. The  CAFOS will be forced to clean up after themselves.


EQIP - Environmental Incentives Program - provide cost share and incentives programs for farmers in conservation practices.


See Danny K's blog for more info.

Study tips - Final.

ANTIMONOPOLY REGULATIONS (pg 319-320)

 Second paragraph –

Congress enacted the Packers and Stockyards act to prevent monopolies in the livestock industries because it was causing negative competition between companies and "competitive harm" towards farmers.


- 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA) ; "undue & unreasonable preferences" used to prove how negative companies use competition against one another.


See Danny B's blog for more info on the first paragraph.

Bibliography Citations

"As a part of its "Eat Smart, be Active" initiative launched last year, McDonalds has begun phasing our Supersize Fries and drinks in its more than 13,000 U.S. restaurants and will stop altogether by year's end except in promotions, says a recent article by the Associates Press". ("McDonald's Trims Supersized Portions." 11-11)

 "McDonald's Trims Supersized Portions." PT: Magazine of Physical Therapy; Apr2004, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p11-11, 1/6p.

Extended piece of the first essay: Fast Food Nation. This piece of information is relevant for my extension of my first essay, which means McDonald's cut down on supersized food portions.

CAFO - Making connections using keywords

Krystalee Pg 89 - cows implanted with growth hormones in the foods they are given. key words - sickness and diseases.

Camille ; Pg 90 - pollution of animal waste causing destruction to our communities ; key words: destruction, sacrifice, and pollution.

Carol Pg 47 ; Mechanical farming makes life easier to produce at a faster rate. Technology improves on efficiency. Key words: Mechanical

Connections: mechanical farming is the reason why animals are given growth hormones in order to grow bigger in a shorter period of time as well as a main reason of pollution to the environment. Which leads to sicknesses and diseases. CAFO's are a mass production of "life". Nothing is produced naturally anymore.
 

Blog #5 - The CAFO system ; Essay #3 Draft

Factory farming has taken over the organizations of food all throughout the United States. The concentrated animal feeding operations, or better known as the CAFO's is the world's most produce of meat, milk, eggs, and seafood and is what's becoming one of the biggest issues to the killing of animals. The practice of animal husbandry has now been replaced by a working industry that focuses primarily on efficiency and productivity. To the CAFO's, animals and humans are both limited to their resources, which shows those who run the food companies do not care for our health. Animals are kept in crammed, unsanitary environmental conditions and are beaten brutally by the workers. Animals that live in these environments tend to get sick and carry diseases due the foods they are given. The diseases of these animals are causing a huge impact on individuals of the U.S. by also spreading more and more diseases each year. However, the organization of the CAFO’s dehumanizes workers as well by manipulating their minds into by making reasonable prices on the foods we consume. Most individuals are not aware of the goals the CAFO systems. Although CAFO's are classified as a farming enterprise and not factory farms, they sure do share the same conditions and treatments as one.

Blog #4 - From Farm To Fridge

First off, I couldn't finish watching the video. As soon as it started it went straight to the killing and brutal beating of chickens. The vieo "From Farm To Fridge" explains in a very detailed manner the disasters that happen in slaughterhouses. Today, very few are oblivious and don't know the horrifying treatments animals go through in factory farms. Animals such as chickens are brutally beat by food company workers, ways in which they are slammed into the ground, their bodies ripped apart, and put into crammed cages resting in their own waste. This all happens while the animals are still alive and conscious. In the video, it shows the living conditions of the animals, which were hens, chicks, cows, an pigs. They barely have any space to move around, some are starved or over fed, and as I said before, they rest in their own waste which causes them to be severely ill.
     This video is very helpful for our LIB110 video projects. Being able to see the conditions animals face in factory farms gives a whole different outlook rather than reading about it. This video can help me collect ideas based on how the animals are treated and what are in the foods that we eat and to inform people the truth behind our meat consumptions. Most people need to be able to see the way the factory farms regulate in order to get a "feel" of how the animals are treated. Reading can be helpful, but may not cause much of an impact. As for myself, after watching this video changed my whole perspective on how I think of the foods I eat.

Blog #3 - The End of Over Eating

    Over the years our body cravings have changed in many ways, ways in which our bodies naturally crave salt, sugar, and fat. Today, most of our foods consist of nothing but sugar, fat, and salt causing many individuals as young as 4 to be severely sick. The population of New York state has roughly reached its peek of individuals being over weight, yet alone the U.S. Many American citizens aren't aware too much sugar can kill you and it can cause diabetes at any age. Salty and fatty foods are just as bad as sugary foods, but all three combined can lead to a dead end.
    In chapter 6 of The End of Over Eating, by David A. Kessler, MD, he explains how salt, sugar, and fat are reinforcing to our desires. This means foods that consist of those ingredients keep us coming back for more. Like drugs, food can be just as addictive due to the combination of sugar and fat. "Animals are willing to work even harder for foods that are high in sugar and fat" (pg. 31, Kessler) This shows foods that are high in both sugar an fat can effect both humans and animals because our bodies are automatically stimulated when eating foods that consist of those ingredients.Certain foods motivate our mood or behavior and create desires which lead up to habits of eating food that contain sugar, fat, and salt. Since our bodies are already immune to these type of foods, we constantly eat with out thinking of the consequences.