Exploration Four- Jenny Kitzler

One of the most important ideas that stood out to me from the film "Fresh" was that we pay so little money for out industrialized foods now, but in the long run we will end up paying more do to poor health. Not only will we end up paying more but so do the industrialized farmers. In the film the pig farmer stated that when he switched to natural farming from industrialized farming he saved $14,000 within the first year. He switched to natural farming once he realized the damage the drugs were doing to the animals and our bodies as well. 

I enjoyed seeing how the natural farmers allowed you to see their farms and the passion that they have for what they do. I feel as though we could have gotten into depth more about how nasty and brutal these industrialized farms have become. Like a look into the actual factories themselves.

One of the men in the film stated "If you want to feed the world, don't industrialize." This stood out to me because you always hear bigger is better. In this case no it's not. Stay small, stay local, stay healthy. If you notice how much of an issue unhealthy eating habits have become it corresponds greatly with how big the industrialized farms have become. 

According to the information that I found on the Natural Resources Defense Council website " 80% of all antibiotics sold in the United States are for use on livestock and poultry who may not even be sick or be in need of the antibiotics." When our food is getting injected with these antibiotics the drugs go into the consumers body system, after so long our bodies are use to it an become immune to it. Not only that but industrialized farms are feeding meat to our cows, pigs, and chickens who are actually herbivores. So if our bodies become resistant to the drug theirs do as well. This website also talks about how the NRDC sued the FDA in hopes that the FDA would mandate its distributors to no longer disperse the unnecessary use of drugs to their livestock. 

    http://www.nrdc.org/food/saving-antibiotics.asp