To me some of the most important ideas in Fresh was the way the industry wants these farmers to raise their animals just to get the food out there faster. They don't care about the care of the animals or even the quality of the meat, they just care about the quantity. To prove this there was the guy who raised pigs and he was putting antibiotics in the feed so the pigs would grow bigger faster. Well he got injured by one of the pigs and came to find out that the pig had a disease that he had gotten by getting injured by this pig. He almost lost his life due to it. So that was when he decided to exterminate all the pigs in that herd and start out with a new one and not put antibiotics in these pig's feed. If I were to review this film I would focus on the pros and cons of organic feed vs non organic feed and what it does to the animals. The one guy sais that worms in soil is better for the plants than Miracle Grow and other farmers in the film talked about how they switched to organic feeding. You never see the other side of the story so if I were to do a review on this I would focus on the other side. I also think that's a weakness to this film. They don't have anything from the other side so you don't know the other side of the story. I think they should of added some stuff from the industrialization side so you could compare and contrast and see which is the better side, By them just telling the organic side and having all the evidence they do it automatically convinces you that the organic feed and organic food is the way to go. However I think the film did a wonderful job describing their side. They gave the pros and cons to organic feeding and they even talked about how much it costs the farmer and talked about how much it costs the customer in the stores. The thing I most relate to from the film is the cost of the organic food. Healthy food is very expensive and it is cheaper to go to fast food resturauts and just get food from there. Being a college student I'm on a very tight budget and it's cheaper for me to go to McDonalds and get a cheeseburger for a dollar compared to going to Walmart and getting a salad for like 4. It's sad the food industry has to be that way.
My question is how harmful is it to the animals and to us when there is drugs put in the animals feed? So I found that it's a lot more dangerous than people would imagine. It causes the animal to get sick and if the animal shows no sign of being sick before it is slaughtered then the disease that animal had is transferred into the meat we eat which then causes the disease in us and can then cause hospitalization. There is also the assumption that putting antibiotics in the feed of animals is causing obesity in the human population. The antibiotics are put in the feed to increase fat so the animals can grow faster but it seems to be having the same effect on humans.
http://us.yhs4.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=iry&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_003&type=md1202¶m1=1¶m2=cd%3D2XzuyEtN2Y1L1QzuyBzz0EtA0ByDyBtByDyCyCyEtBtDyCyCtN0D0Tzu0CyBtBtDtN1L2XzutBtFtBtFtCyEtFtCtAyBzytN1L1CzutCyD1B1P1R%26cr%3D16936448%26a%3Dmd1202%26f%3D4%26cat%3Dweb%26sid%3Dc3fe08c7a5342f2970bf4774f767f648%26sesid%3D1f0a9152cc2f13c11f9a968bf358d5ad%26ip%3D98.143.57.50%26b%3DIE%26bv%3D11.0%26os%3DWindows%2B7%26pa%3Dmysearchdial&p=drugs+in+animals+feed
http://www.udel.edu/chem/C465/senior/fall97/feed/present.html
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Exploration 4: Brian Hageman
Brian Hageman Exploration 4: "Fresh" response.
1. The most important thing that I took out from this film is that large scale industrial farms are not always as efficient as smaller farms, even though industrial farms are almost solely based on optimal output and efficiency. I was shocked to hear this because prior to this film, I believed that small farms were the ones losing and tracking behind because of conventional methods, but I was wrong. If I were to review this film, I would focus on the main theme, "New thinking about what we're eating". The film explains why fresh food is become increasingly hard to obtain, and stresses viewers to buy and consume locally grown fresh food from smaller markets. I think the film did a great job of persuading viewers to change what they eat and buy. It made me want to only consume fresh foods. I think a weakness was that it did not go into detail about what processed food does to your body. It mentioned that it was bad, but I think that showing concrete evidence proving that consuming processed foods has a negative impact your body would have been appropriate in this film. I relate to this film because my uncle and great uncle both run small farms, just like the ones shown in "Fresh".
2. I wanted to see how and why smaller farms are more efficient than large, industrial farms. John Ikerd says that "Medium sized, organic farming" is the most efficient way to grow. The reason for this is because large, industrial farms tend to monoculture, which is planting a single crop in a field. Smaller farms plants crop mixers, which is an array of crop and animals in a field. In monocultures, there are rows of just one crop with bare dirt in between them. Weeds occupy this empty space, and farmers must use machines and herbicides in order to exterminate the weeds. Small farmers use the empty space to plant different types of crops, which benefits them in many ways. They do not have to use machines to spray herbicides on their crops. Small farmers save money, time, and labor by doing this. According to Peter Rosset, the executive director of the Oakland, California-based Institute for Food and Development Policy, "...smaller farms in the U.S. produce more than 10 times more value of output per unit area than large farms." This is fascinating to me as I previously believed that the opposite was true.
Sources:
https://ukiahcommunityblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/john-ikerd-the-industrialization-of-agriculture-has-been-an-absolute-failure-i-believe-in-the-future-of-sustainable-farming/
https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/Organic/smallfarmsbetter.php
1. The most important thing that I took out from this film is that large scale industrial farms are not always as efficient as smaller farms, even though industrial farms are almost solely based on optimal output and efficiency. I was shocked to hear this because prior to this film, I believed that small farms were the ones losing and tracking behind because of conventional methods, but I was wrong. If I were to review this film, I would focus on the main theme, "New thinking about what we're eating". The film explains why fresh food is become increasingly hard to obtain, and stresses viewers to buy and consume locally grown fresh food from smaller markets. I think the film did a great job of persuading viewers to change what they eat and buy. It made me want to only consume fresh foods. I think a weakness was that it did not go into detail about what processed food does to your body. It mentioned that it was bad, but I think that showing concrete evidence proving that consuming processed foods has a negative impact your body would have been appropriate in this film. I relate to this film because my uncle and great uncle both run small farms, just like the ones shown in "Fresh".
2. I wanted to see how and why smaller farms are more efficient than large, industrial farms. John Ikerd says that "Medium sized, organic farming" is the most efficient way to grow. The reason for this is because large, industrial farms tend to monoculture, which is planting a single crop in a field. Smaller farms plants crop mixers, which is an array of crop and animals in a field. In monocultures, there are rows of just one crop with bare dirt in between them. Weeds occupy this empty space, and farmers must use machines and herbicides in order to exterminate the weeds. Small farmers use the empty space to plant different types of crops, which benefits them in many ways. They do not have to use machines to spray herbicides on their crops. Small farmers save money, time, and labor by doing this. According to Peter Rosset, the executive director of the Oakland, California-based Institute for Food and Development Policy, "...smaller farms in the U.S. produce more than 10 times more value of output per unit area than large farms." This is fascinating to me as I previously believed that the opposite was true.
Sources:
https://ukiahcommunityblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/john-ikerd-the-industrialization-of-agriculture-has-been-an-absolute-failure-i-believe-in-the-future-of-sustainable-farming/
https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/Organic/smallfarmsbetter.php
Dixon Shapiro: Exploration 4 - Response to Fresh
Response to Fresh
Dixon Shapiro
I thought that the most important idea in the movie was that mono-culture doesn't occur naturally in nature. Mono-culture would be a great thing to focus on for a review for this movie. This is because it not only talks about how modern farming practices is not very good, it describes how doing what nature does is the best way to get the best food for a great price. In the movie, Michael Pollan said, “Monocultures are very dangerous things… Nature doesn’t have
monocultures. When you grow too much of the same thing, you end up with too many of the
pests of those things. The only reason you can grow vast amounts of species of animal in close
confinement is because you can use antibiotics to keep them alive." Going along with what Mr. Pollan said about using antibiotics, about 25 million pounds of antibiotics are used each year.
The question I have decided to research about was whether or not pigs actually sweat. I originally believed that pigs were not able to sweat, and that was why they roll around in mud and water to cool themselves down on hot days. However, after some research, I have found that pigs do have sweat glands, but are not enough to effectively cool down their bodies. They roll around in mud in water because it has the same effect as sweating when it starts to evaporate. I have also found that the reason why pigs never developed better sweat glands is because their species have always like to wallow in water.
Here are my resources:
http://www.freshthemovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/FRESH_study_guide_final.pdf
http://io9.com/5797423/pigs-loved-the-mud-too-much-to-bother-evolving-sweat-glands
The question I have decided to research about was whether or not pigs actually sweat. I originally believed that pigs were not able to sweat, and that was why they roll around in mud and water to cool themselves down on hot days. However, after some research, I have found that pigs do have sweat glands, but are not enough to effectively cool down their bodies. They roll around in mud in water because it has the same effect as sweating when it starts to evaporate. I have also found that the reason why pigs never developed better sweat glands is because their species have always like to wallow in water.
Here are my resources:
http://www.freshthemovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/FRESH_study_guide_final.pdf
http://io9.com/5797423/pigs-loved-the-mud-too-much-to-bother-evolving-sweat-glands
Fresh Response: Exploration 4 Amanda Chirico
One of the most important ideas
that I took away from the movie Fresh was the part when someone said “cheaper
(meaning food) isn’t always cheaper you still pay for it in some way, if that’s
your health playing for it or the environment taking it your still paying for
it in someway its just not right up front. It also surprised me when one guy I
think his name was Russ Cramer said he saved 14,000 dollars in one year by
cutting antibiotics all together on his pigs. If I was going to review this
movie I would focus most on what are the industries that have kind of taken
over and I would look at the real numbers comparing industrial farms to
non-industrial farms. I think the movie does a great job giving a lot of facts
and good information on farming they have a lot of really good sources but I
feel it was all a little one sided when giving its facts and information. I
really can’t relate much to the movie in that I never grew up on or around
farms but when I go grocery shopping at Kroger’s there produce section always
sells locally grown and harvested fruits and vegetables so I try and buy as many
of those knowing that they are better for you and to support the local business.
The question I looked up was do pigs sweat? I never really thought about that question till I watched this movie. The information I found was surprising it said that Pigs do have a few sweat glands, but they're not very useful for temperature adjustment. When the temperature rises on the farm, pigs tend to cool off in cool water or mud, which has the same evaporation effect as sweating.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Response to "Fresh" From Charlie
I liked the viewing of the documentary of Fresh. I think that the strongest idea offered was that "we can transform the food industry" through education and hard work. The evidence behind this is the "old fashion gardening" way of doing things and practical application of know how. Will Allen's wonderful use of space and ecosystems in a contained area is a good poster child for this concept. Big things, either ideals, constructs, or movements, start out small and in infancy. An old Chinese proverb says "When someone shares something of value with you, and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others." I think this is the driving ideal behind the presenters in this documentary. Many mentioned that their consciences wouldn't allow them to continue in their former path.
If I were to review the film, I would have to re-watch it to pick a finer subject to focus on. For the moment I'll choose externalize costs of "cheap" food. What costs are being forward on nature as
well as the consumed and consumers. The strength of the film is the heart and mind of the film. These people live what they say. A weakness is the low amount of emotion shown, beyond obvious fear on the Fox's account. Don't take me wrong, I'm not looking for tears.
I relate most to the film that organic or non antibiotic grown food and meat is the best for us in general. Why would I say this? I know how I feel after eating certain type of foods, processed and unprocessed. I also know that my asthma takes more kindly to the unprocessed way.
I wanted to explore the commentary made by Joel Saltone from the documentary "Fresh"; that by feeding dead cows to living cows we have caused the outbreak of what is known as Mad Cow Disease (AKA bovine spongiform encephalopathy). I know that humans, if cannibalistic, run the risk of catching a form of prion disease mainly due to eating brain tissue. My thoughts are that if any particular flesh type was consuming it's own flesh type then prions would most likely be present and harmful. Or at the very least found in a few of the population. My findings found the original comment to be true. Backed up by research done by the government organization FDA and by Independent research as well there are quite a few websites dedicated to the subject. Some with scary statistics of cases found in the UK in their herds. One of the scarier notes is that the prion is not noticed by the organism, and it doesn't matter what the species is, as being foreign or abnormal making it impossible to fight off the disease.
These are my resources:
http://www.cdc.gov/prions/
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/mad_cow_disease_and_variant_creutzfeldt-jakob/article_em.htm
http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/ResourcesforYou/AnimalHealthLiteracy/ucm136222.htm
Cow with Mad Cow Disease
If I were to review the film, I would have to re-watch it to pick a finer subject to focus on. For the moment I'll choose externalize costs of "cheap" food. What costs are being forward on nature as
well as the consumed and consumers. The strength of the film is the heart and mind of the film. These people live what they say. A weakness is the low amount of emotion shown, beyond obvious fear on the Fox's account. Don't take me wrong, I'm not looking for tears.
I relate most to the film that organic or non antibiotic grown food and meat is the best for us in general. Why would I say this? I know how I feel after eating certain type of foods, processed and unprocessed. I also know that my asthma takes more kindly to the unprocessed way.
I wanted to explore the commentary made by Joel Saltone from the documentary "Fresh"; that by feeding dead cows to living cows we have caused the outbreak of what is known as Mad Cow Disease (AKA bovine spongiform encephalopathy). I know that humans, if cannibalistic, run the risk of catching a form of prion disease mainly due to eating brain tissue. My thoughts are that if any particular flesh type was consuming it's own flesh type then prions would most likely be present and harmful. Or at the very least found in a few of the population. My findings found the original comment to be true. Backed up by research done by the government organization FDA and by Independent research as well there are quite a few websites dedicated to the subject. Some with scary statistics of cases found in the UK in their herds. One of the scarier notes is that the prion is not noticed by the organism, and it doesn't matter what the species is, as being foreign or abnormal making it impossible to fight off the disease.
These are my resources:
http://www.cdc.gov/prions/
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/mad_cow_disease_and_variant_creutzfeldt-jakob/article_em.htm
http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/ResourcesforYou/AnimalHealthLiteracy/ucm136222.htm
Cow with Mad Cow Disease
Share your Essay One Brainstorming. From Mike Lohre
Students, in the Comments section below, please write the BEST of your three Essay One ideas at this point so we can see where we are at.
Let's put them all here so we can see others topics and get an idea of the range of subjects we might be covering.
Let's put them all here so we can see others topics and get an idea of the range of subjects we might be covering.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Exploration Three: Lillie Weber
When I was 14, My mom finally let me get a Facebook account. Everyday I was on the computer searching and posting until 10 pm. One day I decided to comment something on someone's post in a jokingly way. At that time, I did not realize that you can have a tone when typing/ writing. Apparently this girl took it a different way then I meant it and it caused a BIG fight. All over a misunderstanding of my tone. At that point I learned that I need to write in a tone that makes it sound how I really mean it.
Issues of evaluation are questions about whether an event or topic is good or bad, effective or ineffective, or right or wrong, along with many more debatable aspects. A state issue that has become very important lately is Welfare. This is an example of issue of evaluation. Some people believe that it is a waste of time and not helping anyone, and only wasting money while others believe it is a good thing and the right thing to do because helping fellow citizens is the morally correct way to live. It is thought by many that the benefits of welfare are ineffective because it truly does not help - it only makes people not want to get a job.
Issues of evaluation are questions about whether an event or topic is good or bad, effective or ineffective, or right or wrong, along with many more debatable aspects. A state issue that has become very important lately is Welfare. This is an example of issue of evaluation. Some people believe that it is a waste of time and not helping anyone, and only wasting money while others believe it is a good thing and the right thing to do because helping fellow citizens is the morally correct way to live. It is thought by many that the benefits of welfare are ineffective because it truly does not help - it only makes people not want to get a job.
One of many opinions on welfare.
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