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FOOD RELATED RESPONSE WRITING

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FOOD RELATED RESPONSE WRITING
How Food Systems are affected by Climate Change, Cause & Effect Feedback Loop
The food industry has experienced a significant change in structures over the years. Farming has been left to a few people who own large farms making the individuals very powerful and influential. The change in climate has compromised the food quality and which explains why there are many challenges to food safety consumed by people today. For example, animals are no longer fed on grass as their regular foods but on corn. Farmers resort to this to boost their yield and bring down the costs. The implication of this is that infectious forms and pathogens that are highly resilient to drugs like E-coli have come up. Also, antibiotics are extensively used in animal farming. These pathogens are effortlessly channeled to humans when they consume such products. Thus, it does affect their health negatively.
Renewable, Renewable but exhaustible, or Non-renewable Foods
Kenner highlights some foods whose quality are compromised in his movie. Renewables foods include food plants and animals that are growing. For example, the cow or plants like the corn. The moment the corn or animal’s genetic system are genetically modified, the no longer become renewable. Water is also categorized under renewable. Non-renewable foods include genetically modified beef, goat’s meat, and other animal meats. Thus, to the consumers, they are unhealthy foods, but to the manufacturers and producers, this is a profit making venture. Non-renewable foods can run out when used by consumers. Animals’ products are sometimes renewable but exhaustible. Their continuity is cut off after sometimes.
Natural or Synthetic Foods
Most foods in the industry are genetically engineered, but there are others that are not genetically engineered. The non-genetically engineered foods remain to be the natural foods. For example, the non-genetically engineered soya beans or other food plants are natural. Genetically engineered soya beans and trans-fats and high fructose corn syrup are synthetic foods presented to consumers. They are synthetic foods because their genetic components have been manipulated. The synthetic foods have formed the fast food nation.

Tragedy of the commons in Food Inc. Draw a diagram to illustrate this.
One of the major tragedies is the letdown of the United States Department of Agriculture to prevent the food plants that produce food products of low quality. Foods that have tested for E. coli has continuously been channeled to the consumers....

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Date:   06/14/2017

Category:   Sociology

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