Response to Brian Walsh’s “ Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food”
In Brian Walsh article “Getting Real about the High Price of Cheap Food” Walsh is trying to capture the attention of many unaware Americans and inform them on how our food supply is being made and processed. Many Americans have this image that our crops and meats come from a happy farm like Walsh says, when in reality it is being produced from places Walsh describes as “horrific”. In the article Walsh begins with describing the life of a pig, how and where they are maintained. Walsh describes how the pigs are kept in an overcrowded area, where they are filled with corn and antibiotics that will help them reach their five months of life so then they can go on to feed Americans their cheap food. Walsh also explains to us how many rivers have been contaminated due to the waste that is produced by these animals. Walsh then goes on to talk about the …show more content…
I too use to be one of those Americans who was not aware of where or how our food was being produced. In the article Walsh says something that really stuck to me, "... it simply costs too much to be thin." It had me questioning if that statement was really true. In the long run the foods we consume can eventually cause some health risk. Even more if we do not know about what is being put in our food. In the article Walsh tells us about the antibiotics that are given to the animals, and us as the consumers of those same animals we are also consuming those antibiotics. Once you consume a certain amount of antibiotic you eventually become immune to it, so how healthy could that be for us? We all know how expensive it can get going to the doctors. Maybe it's more important to spend a few more dollars trying to eat healthy food and become more aware of what we are consuming, than settling for the unaware and dealing with health complications later
In Brian Walsh article “Getting Real about the High Price of Cheap Food” Walsh is trying to capture the attention of many unaware Americans and inform them on how our food supply is being made and processed. Many Americans have this image that our crops and meats come from a happy farm like Walsh says, when in reality it is being produced from places Walsh describes as “horrific”. In the article Walsh begins with describing the life of a pig, how and where they are maintained. Walsh describes how the pigs are kept in an overcrowded area, where they are filled with corn and antibiotics that will help them reach their five months of life so then they can go on to feed Americans their cheap food. Walsh also explains to us how many rivers have been contaminated due to the waste that is produced by these animals. Walsh then goes on to talk about the …show more content…
I too use to be one of those Americans who was not aware of where or how our food was being produced. In the article Walsh says something that really stuck to me, "... it simply costs too much to be thin." It had me questioning if that statement was really true. In the long run the foods we consume can eventually cause some health risk. Even more if we do not know about what is being put in our food. In the article Walsh tells us about the antibiotics that are given to the animals, and us as the consumers of those same animals we are also consuming those antibiotics. Once you consume a certain amount of antibiotic you eventually become immune to it, so how healthy could that be for us? We all know how expensive it can get going to the doctors. Maybe it's more important to spend a few more dollars trying to eat healthy food and become more aware of what we are consuming, than settling for the unaware and dealing with health complications later