industrial food system

The Industrial Food System is the production is the production of food. Our food is produced on farms. Most of our fruit and vegetables are produced on farms in different states and are sent to supermarkets all around the country. Most of the meats in the U.S also come from the farm. Our meats such as cows, pigs, and chickens. Before our meats
are delivered to the supermarkets all around, our meats go through a whole process of being killed and then cleaned and packaged.

The farmers and the immigrants that help out on the farm grow fruits and vegetables. The immigrants work for minimum wage and for long hours (10-12 hours) a day. When the time is right, the fruits and vegetables are picked and packaged and are sent to the supermarkets. The Industrial Food System is based on machines and people. They are based on machines and people because people and machines are the main parts to getting the food and sending it out. This is also because the machines makes everything easier for people to work with.

The people that are involved in the Industrial Food System are companies that are in the food business and the government. The companies that are in the food business are involved in the Industrial Food System because they provide everyone with food from all over the states and they try to make a profit off of the food they produced. The government is involved in the Industrial Food System as well because the government gives money to farmers to plant and grow food.

Some experiences with food itself was that I didn't know what was in it because I never bothered to read what was on the ingredients/the label. If it was food, it didn't matter much to me as long as it was something to fill my stomach up. Also if it was given to me on a plate and looked good enough to eat, it was considered as food that I could eat and wouldn't have a problem with. Now after food class, I pay closer attention to the ingredients in the food and what I am really eating.

The Industrial Food System is the primary source of the U.S nutrition because they provide us with food. It is also because that is where most of our food comes from, as well as how we get our food. Some problems that the Industrial Food System can inherent are weight problems, cause in deaths, eating disorders and cruelty towards animals (the ones we eat). The Industrial Food System can inherent these problems because the food we eat comes from all over the place. It comes from farms, restaurants, fast food places and supermarkets. Some of these places is one reason for three of the problems that the Industrial Food System can inherent, which are weight problems, eating disorders and cause in deaths. The essence of the Industrial Food System is deaths. The essence is deaths because of the problems that the Industrial Food System can create or lead to which was discussed earlier. The problems that the Industrial Food System can are just like other world deaths just like cardiovascular disease, smoking, and more.

The Industrial Food System matters because many people eat the food that is produced and sold to them. Also the food that is produced and turned into non-healthy people, it can lead to other problems and issues. The Industrial Food System tells us that we do not pay much attention to what we eat. Also that if food is put in front of us and is edible, we will pretty much just eat it. As long as it looks and smells good enough to eat, we will pretty much just eat it and settle with what it is. By knowing what we eat is of importance because the food we eat affects each and every one of us individually.

what's good for people to eat?

The Mediterranean diet is a modern, traditional diet plan for countries surrounding the Mediterranean basin, Greece and Southern Italy. Being introduced in 1945, the Mediterranean diet failed to gain widespread acknowledgment until the 1990’s. Though there are good and bad qualities to a diet, the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest diets out there. The Mediterranean diet is good for people to eat because of the many health benefits. There are many reasons why it has been supported or proved that the Mediterranean diet is the way to go. This eating style significantly reduces the risk of heart disease, cancer, chronic diseases and also discourages the clogging of the arteries as well as lowering rates of cardiovascular disease.

It has been proven the Mediterranean diet is healthier than Northern European and American diets due to the fact that the Mediterranean diet consists of an increased consumption of grains, such as spaghetti, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and olive oil. A part of the Mediterranean diet contains healthy fats that can be consumed. Some fat sources are olive oil, canola oil, nuts and fish. These healthy fats contain less cholesterol. These healthy fats also contain a beneficial type of mega-3 fatty acid called linolenic acid.

People on the Mediterranean diet is good for health. This is because the people that are on the Mediterranean diet live a much healthier life than others do. Ingredients for the Mediterranean diet are highly accessible because it is available in supermarkets and stores and is easy to find. The Mediterranean diet is a good ethical choice because of all the health benefits.

Olive oil being the great attraction of this diet has many health benefits. Olive oil is used because it does not have the same cholesterol raising effect as saturated fats do. It is also used because it is a good source of antioxidants. Olive oil helps sustain human metabolism such as body growth and bone growth. Olive oil is also a good way to delay aging. Olive oil maintains skin and muscle suppleness, heals abrasions, and soothes burning or drying effects of sun and water. Olive oils main use us also the vitamin supplements distributed. Vitamins associated with olive oil are vitamin A, B-1, B-2, C, D, E, K and iron. In this diet olive oil is also acknowledged for its laxative use.

Another benefit of the Mediterranean diet is eating fish on a daily basis or a few times a week, which can also be seen as harmful, but eating fish benefits the dieter by supplying omega 3 fatty acids. By eating red meat, it can also improve health.

People who eat the Mediterranean diet, they also drink red wine. By drinking red wine, it reduces the risk of heart disease. Drinking red wine helps reduce the blood’s ability to clot the arteries. Women and men above the age of 65 should not drink more than 5-ounces of red wine. Men under the age of 65 years should not drink more than two 5-ounces of red wine. If the intake of red wine is more, it may increase health problems, which includes certain types of cancer.

Nuts are also a part of the Mediterranean diet. The nuts that are contained in the Mediterranean diet are tree nuts. These tree nuts contain walnuts, pecans, almonds and hazel nuts. These tree nuts are low in saturated fats. Other nuts are high in calories. When eating nuts, they should not be eaten in large amounts.

People on the Mediterranean diet live a much healthier life. This shows the Mediterranean diet gives people a healthier life because it reduces the chances of chronic diseases. It also reduces the chances of certain types of cancer and heart disease. Ingredients for the Mediterranean diet can be accessible at supermarkets and stores all around. People do not need to be going on a scavenger hunt to find the ingredient. The Mediterranean diet is a good ethical choice because it is low in fat. Also because in the ingredients, they contain less cholesterol and less calories.

By looking around the world, parts of the world is over weight. This is due to the fast food restaurants that are rapidly being spread across the country and across the world. It is important to know what is good to eat because if you are just eating anything and not really paying attention to what you are eating, you might be putting yourself in danger.

oil & food: a rising security challenge

As the population is increasing, demands on oil are higher because land productivity is raised. Land productivity is raised by using different ways that require using oil. The demands for oil are high due to the vehicles and machines used on farms. The production of oil or energy is broken down into the following percentages: 28% fertilizer manufacturing, 7% irrigation, 34% farm vehicles. Oil is also used for the following: agricultural production (21%), move (14%), process (16%), package (7%), sell (4%) and store the food (32%) that is produced and sent out from the farm to resturants and supermarkets (7%). The more intensive with energy, the transport of food can help provide fresh foods from other countries. Fresh foods require less work and processed foods does because processed foods has to go through many processes of packaging, which uses more oil. On the other hand, fresh foods require less packaging since they are packaged in a larger amount than processed food is.

peak oil primer

As a country that is highly dependent on oil, it is unable to predict if we will go past our oil peak again in the future. The next peak should be in the year 2035. Looking at the statistics, most of the oil we consume goes mainly to transportation (95% of global energy is used for transportation).

re: fast food. doing something in the real world

since i always knew about fast food and it's not the healthiest thing to eat, soi decided to talk about it with my friends and my family about it. i'm pretty sure everyone already knows that it's not healthy, but i want to go more in depth with it. i wanted to share my knowledge on fast food and food in general with them, with already what i know. when i sat down and talked to them, my family memebers didn't reallyhave much of a reaction to eat. i'm guessing thats because they rarely eat fast food so they wouldn't care as much as those who do. from this experience of telling people about fast food, some care and some don't. it's always the ones that really pay attention to what they buy (food) that don't seem to really care about what they're eating cause they buyt he food and know what's in it. compared to those who just buy anything that seems good to eat to them that don't know whats in their food. but back onto talking about letting others know about fast food. my friends were pretty shocked, but they said they would still continue eating fast food because it's cheap and affordable, they just won't eat it as much as they use to. they'll try to resist from eating fast food and watch what they eat. i didn't tell them the whole story about where the food really comes from and how the whole thing works. i think they would have been too disgusted to still have a appetite later on so i didn't tell them the nasty parts. after telling both my family and friends about food and stuff they should know about it, i felt pretty good and accomplished my mission on spreading my knowledge. i feel good because slowly people will soon know where their food comes from and instead, people wouldn't answer "from the supermarket" like in michael pollan's book, omnivore's dilemma, the next time someone asks them where their food is from.

comments

ling wen's essay:
you state good background information in your essay. i like the background information that you put in your essay. it wasn't ust about food itself, you had inserted information about what causes deaths due to the way people are eating.

visit to supermarket - nutritional/medical & economical

Today, we took a trip to Associated Supermarket. I went to look at the yogurt section and the peanut butter section. I compared two brands for both yogurt and peanut butter. The brands that i compared were La Yogurt vs Yoplait yogurt and Skippy vs Jiffy peanut butter. While I was standing in front of all the yogurt, I chose to compare the brands La Yogurt and Yoplait because they were right next to each other just like Skippy and Jiffy. I first took a look at the yogurt and asked myself many questions. So I first took a look at the La Yogurt brand. When I looked at the nutrition facts for the raspberry flavored yogurt, the percentage for vitamin A was 2%. Then I took another look at another flavor, which was mango. The percentage for vitamin A was 4%. The cost of the product, La Yogurt is only $0.79. The price of Yoplait yogurt is only $0.89. Then I walked over to the peanut butter section and I walked over to the Skippy and jiffy brand. I looked at the different types of peanut butter they had: original, chunky, low fat or creamy. The appearance for both look the same for me, except for the nutrition facts. When I looked at the different types of peanut butter for Skippy brand, all the nutrition facts were all the same, which I found weird because for Jiffy, all the nutrition facts for the other types of peanut butter were different. The cost was also close just like the yogurt. The cost of Skippy is $2.49 and Jiffy is $2.59. The nutrition facts on the Jiffy bottles were closely related to each other, they weren't very different liek the nutrition facts on the La Yogurt.

Questions:
- Is this how much yogurt really costs?
- Is yogurt expensive to make?
-Why would the percentage of the same brand yogurt be different? Shouldn't they be the same percentage?
- If the product is the same, what's the point of the brand/company that makes it?
- Which brand is healthier, La Yogurt or Yoplait?
- Should all yogurt & peanut butter brands have the same nutrition facts?
- If both products were made differently, would it cost more or less?
- Is the better or healthier one a bit more expensive than the other?
- Does Jiffy and Yoplait costs more because it costs more to make it?
- If La Yogurt added more ingredients to it, would it make it more healthy or less healthy?

fast food

Today, I had decided to stop by the pizza shop to grab a slice. I went to Frank's Pizza Shop by School of the Future. I just got slice of pizza. I got a plain slice of pizza with nothing on it, which cost $1.75. The slice of pizza is made of dough with tomato sauce and cheese. While I watched the guy cut a slice for me and placed it on a paper plate, I starred at the slice of pizza. As I took the paper plate away from the guy, I was looking at the cheese and tomato sauce on the slice. Then when I sat down to eat my pizza, I fold my pizza in half. As I put the pizza on the tip of my tongue, I felt the pizza was still somewhat warm. It wasn't fresh out of the oven, but it was better than cold pizza. I took a bite and I can taste the tomato sauce. I also tasted little bits of basil in the tomato sauce. As I took another bite, the cheese slid off the pizza and stretched as I pulled my head back. Then I took a look at my pizza and saw that all the oil was in the middle of the pizza. I held my pizza vertically so that all the oil would drip down the pizza and onto the paper plate. I watched as the oil dripped down quickly and the oil went through the paper plate. Parts of the pizza was crunchy because of the bread which was dough when it first started out. As I got closer to the crust, there seemed to be a lot more cheese towards the crust, which made it alittle messy for me since the cheese would slide off the pizza and onto the paper plate or on my chin. When I get to the crust, there is still some of the pizza left, when you look at that specific part, it looks soft and easy to chew. When I take a bite of the crust, it was very crunchy. I could hear myself chewing when I took a bite of the crust. Although I had a slice of pizza, it doesn't really quite fill you up. I was still alittle hungry after the slice.

healthy food

B. Which foods seem healthiest to you? If you had infinite time and infinite skill and infinite money, what would your 3 day menu be?
The types of foods that seem healthiest to me are the ones that give you calcium, protein, iron, vitamins and etc. so that they help your body. Some types of foods that seem healthiest to me are vegetables, meats, drinks, and fruits. If I had infinite time, skill and money, my 3 day menu would be of the following:

day 1:
breakfast: toasted plain bagel with cream cheese, milk with tea
lunch: turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, mayo & cucumbers, snapple fruit punch
dinner: baked ziti with parmesan cheese, salad [iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, croutons with dressing (A Thousand Island)], lipton green tea citrus, mix of melons [cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew]

day 2:
breakfast: Rice Crispies with bananas with milk [fat free milk]
lunch: hamburger with lettuce, tomatoes, onions&pickles with ketchup on all white bread, french fries, water
dinner: steak with a-1 sauce, mash potatoes with garlic, corn, ginger ale, fruit salad [apples, bananas, oranges, peaches, pineapples, grapes, melons, strawberries, raspberries]

day 3:
breakfast: waffles with maple syrup, bowl of mixed berries [strawberries, raspberries, blueberries]
lunch: chicken burrito [flour tortilla, shredded chicken, rice, beans, tomatoes, beans, lettuce, sour cream, cheese], water
dinner: beef stew [chunks of beef, potatoes, carrots, celery, onions], whole wheat bread, vitamin water, fruit salad [apples, bananas, oranges, peaches, pineapples, grapes, melons, strawberries, raspberries]


C. Generalize - What should people eat?
People should eat healthy because then they wouldn't need to worry about having to go on a diet or have to go to a doctor for pills because they're either eating too much or eating too little. So that they end up developing eating problems. They should try to eat as much of the nutritional needs that we need for our bodies to be in good condition along with exercise. People can eat anything they want, as long as they give nutrition to the body as well.

introduction to locally available goat milk cheese

A. What is it?
Goat Milk Cheese is a type of cheese that is made from goats milk. There are a variety of goat cheese made all over the U.S and sold in supermarkets. It is when milk is taken from the goat and is made into cheese. The goats milk is pasteurized at a temperature of 145 degrees farenheit. Pasteurize means that the goats milk is exposed to a certain amount of temperature to kill any germs or bacteria in the milk.

B. Why is it good to eat?
Goat Milk Cheese is good to eat because it helps you stay healthy. Some reasons as to why goat milk cheese is eaten by people is because it is lower in cholesterol and in fat. Dairy products that are made from goat's milk, they help you burn more fat. Some health benefits is that goat milk has a good source of calcium, protein (good for muscles), riboflavin (good for enegery), potassium ( good for your heart) and phosphorus. Goat Cheese is less in calories and it's lower in fat and cholesterol compared to cow's milk products. It is also easier to digest compared to cow products. It is also low in sodium, it may even lower the symptoms of your asthma, eczema and rheumatoid arthritis.

C. Who sells it here?
The people who sell goat milk cheese here in NYC is Lynn Fleming. She sells the goat milk cheese here in NYC at the Farmer's Market in Union Square (14th street). Although the goats are not raised in the city, they are raised in Pine Bush, NY. The cheese is also made in Pine Bush, NY.
Contact Information:
Person: Lynn Fleming
Address: 414 Church Road, Pine Bush, NY 12566
E-Mail: LynnHaven@hvc.rr.com
Phone Number: (845) 744 - 6089
Website: www.lynnhavennubians.com/

D. Basics of how they grow it?
Goats are born and raised in farms. Goats are fed hay and grains. The goats grow each day and are fed daily until they are able to produce milk.

E. Web Links
http://www.drcheese.net/
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=131
http://drinc.ucdavis.edu/goat1.htm

cooking rice

First I took 2 & 3/4 cups of rice from the rice container and placed it in a pot with cold water. I rinsed the rice a couple of times until the water was clear. Then I took some ginger and minced it into tiny pieces and added it to the rice in the pot. Then I took some water and added it into the pot with the rice and ginger. I then placed the pot with water, rice and ginger on the stove and turned the stove on high. After everything was ont eh stove and slowly cooking, I placed the lid on top so that the rice would cook faster. As the pot slowly started to heat up and cook the rice, I noticed there was some steam coming out of the pot. I took the top off and saw foam on top of the rice. The foam was from the rice and water cooking and the rice absorbing the water into it. When I first lift the top off the pot, a whole cloud of steam hit me in the face. It was very hot. Also when I took the lid off, I was able to smell the ginger that I had added in the rice. Then I put the lid back on the pot so the rice could finish cooking and be ready to eat.

what i ate part 2

Today, my brothers and I had decided to have a home cooked meal since it was so cold today. We didn't feel like spenindg money and going out to get take out food. So we decided to make beef with tomatoes, chicken wings with potatoes, fish and choy (chinese vegetable). I will first start off with the beef and tomatoes. The beef in this meal was very chewy. Although it was chewy, it wasn't as chewy as gummy bears. The beef didn't really have a flavor. The beef absorbed a lot of the flavor from the other ingredients in the meal. The beef absorbed a lot of flavor from the tomatoes and onions. The tomatoes were easy to bite through. When I bite the tomato, I felt a tingle on my tongue. I felt the seeds of the tomatoes against my teeth. The seeds were floating around in my mouth. They were hard to bite, but it was easy to swallow down since it was so small. On the otherhand, the onion was a bit crunchy when I bite it. The onions' taste was exactly like the smell of it when you cut it. And now, onto the next dish, chicken with potatoes. The meat on the wings were tender and easy to chew. Although there were a couple of wings that had burnt parts on it (thanks to my brother for not watching the stove), the meat was still tender. As my top and bottom front teeth sank into the potato, I felt a powdery feeling on my tongue as I was chewing the potatoe breaking it down into smaller pieces so that it's easier to swallow. The chicken wings and the potatoes both had a thick sauce/gravy covering it. Moving along to the next dish, FISH! The fish was very soft. It was as soft as tofu. The sauce that the fish was marinated in, the fish really absorbed the flavor. As I let the fish sit in my mouth for flavor, I taste sesame oil from the marinade. The fish was so soft, it felt like there was nothing in my mouth to be chewing on. And the last dish on my menu is the vegetable to be healthy. My dish for vegetable is choy, which is a chinese vegetable. As I bite into the choy, there was a crunchy feeling to it. It was like biting into a Cheeto. I also felt a small fizz when I bite into the choy. As I chewed the choy, my taste buds sensed oyster sauce. Oyster sauce is a bit salty, which I was able to sense in the choy. Also because the oyster sauce was used to flavor the choy. Normally, choy doesn't really have a taste to it, it just has texture and is healthy because it's a vegetable. And you can't forget the RICE! Rice doesn't have a flavor, having these dishes just adds a variety of flavors to the rice. The rice is just there to go with the dishes that were prepared. I felt the small individual grains of rice floating around in my mouth as I chewed on the rice and chunks from my dishes that my brothers and I had prepared for dinner.

what i ate

Since my brother and I were too lazy to cook, we decided to get take out from Chinatown. We had a lot of chinese vegetables that I do not know the english name to. Most of the chinese vegetables were green and the outside was hard, but when I bit into it, it was soft like the tofu. I also had chicken as a part of my meal. As I took a bite out of everything I had on my plate, everything just seemed tasteless to me. Although the texture of everything seemed the same as well. All of the vegetables, the outside was hard and the inside was soft except for the eggplant. The eggplant was overall soft. The skin of the eggplant was a little slippery and the inside was soft and gushy. All the vegetables that I had on my plate seemed tasteless to me. The chicken was tender. The meat of the chicken was just perfect, it wasn't too chewy or too dry, just right. The smell of everything combined was different from how each and everyone of them tasted. Although most of them did not have a taste, it was more what I thought the taste would be like. Then when I ate the rice, I was able to feel the individual pieces of rices as I was chewing my food. When it came to swallowing my food, there was just no taste present. I guess vegetables don't seem to have a flavor in my taste buds, seems like all vegetables are tasteless to me.

what's in my refrigerator?

Milk
Canned Fruits [Pineapple, Peaches & Pear]
Cheese
Butter
Bagels
Chicken
Pork Chops
Grape Jelly
A-1 Steak Sauce
Mayonnaise
Pound Cake
Honey BBQ Sauce
Chicken Broth
Tomato Sauce
Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
Soup
Carnation Milk
Honey
Ketchup
Starbucks Peppermint Syrup
Left over rice
Orange Juice
Apples
Hawaiian Punch
Oranges
Plums
Garlic
Broccoli
Scallions
Sesame Oil
Eggs
Enviga Green Tea
Cranberry Concentrate
Dried Scallops
Mustard
Hershey's Kisses
Onion
Lily Bulb
Jell-O
Oyster Sauce
Dried Scallops