As we know this isn't the final product and I am eager to hear feedback from my classmates. I love how my group worked together, everyone shared the same work load and I believe our project is strong. This project did open my eyes to a whole new world. The ways that animals are treated, what the workers go through and all the laws that are out there. I still believe more can be done. I found that truly the consumer has the choice. If as the consumer you are ok with the process, then so be it, but if you are not you have to do something about it.

When beginning this project we first had to choose partners. Then we watched Food Inc, to try to get some possible topics. Then as a group we chose what our topic would be. When we chose our topic we then had to come up with a primary question and we had to think about other possible questions that could be looked into. After all the questions were determined as a group we decided to split the research between the three of us. When I got down to researching, it wasn't too difficult to find information on my section. Once I found all my research that I needed, I started to write my section. After many cross outs, I had my section complete. As a group we got together and finalized everything. The only challenging part was putting the pieces together to make it flow nicely. As a group we worked well together and if we found something that would help another group memem

Schlosser, Eric. "Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation: Why the Fries Taste Good (Excerpt)." 26 March 2010. pbs.org. 26 November 2010 <pbs.org/pov/.../fastfoodnation_01.php>.

J.R Simplot one of the richest men in the Nation today is the main focus of Eric Schlossers excerpt Fast Food Nation: Why the Fries Taste Good. Simplot is the sole producer of McDonalds and owns the largest amounts of farm and ranch land. Schlosser interviewed Simplot about his career in potato (French Fries) production. We all know in our society that French Fries are loved and consumed by many people. Schlossers excerpt also discussed how Simplot and his chemist came up with an idea on how to mass produce french fries. That idea has led a young curious boy to a be a very successful adult millionaire. Back in the day who would ever thought that a little curiosity about

Pollan, Michael. "Our National Eating Disorder." Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural  History of Four Meals. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. 1-11.
Pollan, Michael. "The Farm." Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural HIstory of Four  Meals. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. 32-56.

In The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, he discusses the changes in eating habits of humans leading to eating disorders. People have such busy lives that they are always paying attention to what they are eating. People that are so busy may not even eat. In either situation, eating too much or eating too little are both classified as an eating disorder. Food companies keep producing food, even new products to meet the standards and needs of people today. Look at the labels on foods, are the accurate? Or do food companies mislead you with false labeling? Pollen states that when there is a violent change in the cultures eating habits, eating disorders are more likely to happen.

In Pollan's chapter "Vanishing Species he discusses who's responsibility is its for the flushing out of not only plants but animals? Pollan discusses the history of an Iowa farmer. He talked about what animal came first, then what animal came next and then about crops and so on. He classified them in this specific order due to their importance to the farm. What  I found to be interesting was that Pollan mentioned that it wasnt corn that was responsible for remaking the landscape it was the tractor. Now that I think about it, the tractor does has a major impact on farming.  Even with this great invention, food production still needs to be done in a timely manner,

Robbins, John.(2010). What about Grass-fed Beef? Accessed November 22, 2010. http://www.johnrobbins.info/blog/grass-fed-beef.

In the article What about Grass-fed Beef, Robbins discusses the the idea of feeding grain to animals. Robins states that animals are meant to eat grass because their bodies are able to digest it. When an animal is grass fed, it could take up to a years time for the animal to be at the correct weight to be slaughtered. In today's production of meat a years time is too long. Being that a year is too long of a time, farmers have switched their animals from grass to corn, supplements, and antibiotics to make them reach weight faster. Robbins also explains how switching an animal from grass to grain can be detrimental to the animal unless given antibiotics. Not only is this switch harmful to the animals it is harmful to the consumers. From this switch the risks of E. coli 0157:H7 has occurred. In the article Robbins gives statistics on how healthy grass fed beef truly is. Grass fed beef is enriched with many vitamins. Another advantage that is mentioned is that grass fed beef cuts back on the pollution in th

Schneider, Stephen. (2008) Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement. College English 70.4, 384-401.    

Carlo Petrini the founder of Slow foods was Schneider's main focus. He is an avid believe in Petrini's theories. Slow Food movement was used to educate society on the importance of healty food production.  Petrini's focused on issues of quality,sustainability, biodiversity, and social justice, coming from his reconstruction of gastronomy of a women. In that food should be manufactured in a safe environment, where the animals are treated in a humane way. Both Schneider and Petrini believe that society should stand up for their right to eat healthy food.

Kenner, R. (Producer, Director) and Scholsser, E. (Producer). (2008). Food, Inc. [DVD]. Magnolia
 Home Entertainment.   

Food Inc. is a documentary that addresses the process that meat companies use to prepare our foods. Meat companies need a mass quantity of animals, in doing that very inhumane ways are brought upon to these animals. Food Inc. concentrated on the feeding of corn to the animals. Corn is a very inexpensive grain. Being that corn is inexpensive farmers feed it to their animals to speed up the production process. Not only are the animals fed corn, the are given other drugs to speed up the process. With this inhumane treatment, the animals tend to be diseased. If an animal that is diseased gets slaughtered, that then is spread to the consumer who has ingested that particular meat. Food Inc went to many different farms for major meat companies, and the conditions of those farms were horrible. After seeing the conditions of the farms, Food Inc. wanted to interview an employee of the company, and in every situation the company denied an interview. I found that ironic, being that many of the farms are treating their animals inhumane, to mass produce for these companies, they wont speak

Berry, W. (1990). The Pleasures of eating. In What are People for? North Point Press.

Wendell Berry says that people buy what they want, eat what they want, within their limits. Being a consumer of these foods, we really don't pay attention to how the food is processed. Being that people buy within their limits, those limitations lead to only being able to purchase processed foods. Also being that people have such busy schedules leads them to the convenience of fast food restaurants. Being that people tend to lead towards the uses of convenience they do not really pay attention to how unhealthy it is to consume these foods. Consumers do not know where their food comes from, what kind of conditions the farms are in, in which as the consumer we should be more aware of this information. As the consumer we have the choice of what we eat, and what we buy, so in the end we have the choice to know how the food

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While doing these interviews, I learned so much knowledge about two different people. I thought to myself, what would I do if I was faced with this type of situation? Then I realized that you cant really imagine what you would do unless your actually in the situation. From this experience the most rewarding part was listening to them listen to their stories. Listening to them share their experience and hear the strength they had. You could hear it in their voice that they are truely survivors. The largrest struggle for me was coming up with the questions to ask. I didnt want to get to pesonal to the point where the questions would upset them. I knew it would be hard for them to share their stories and I didnt want to ask any questions that would be too difficult for them to answer. My solution to that was telling them in the beginning that at any time they need to stop to let me know. Also I made it clear to them that if the question was too personal that they could tell me that they didnt want to answer the question. I wanted to make them feel as comfortable as possibly. My goal was not to upset them, being that this was a very sensitive topi