The Government controls most of what we do here. Not that they do a good job. One aspect of our lives that they control is food. They are in control of how it is grown, processed, and eaten. Having much of an impact in our lives not many people know how they go about this, what their process is. What’s their “proper role” in all of this? Joel Salatin says in Food Inc. I think it's one of the most important battles for consumers to fight: the right to know what's in their food, and how it was grown. Our food is grown on farms, some small local farms and others are a lot larger and are controlled by the larger companies that manufacture these types of food. The larger farmers are kept in debt by the larger companies, so they have no choice
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Pollan: Corn is the great raw material. You get that big fat kernel of starch and you can break that down and reassemble it. You can make high-fructose corn syrup.
You can make maltodextrin and diglycerides and xanthan gum and ascorbic acid. All those obscure ingredients on the processed food--it's remarkable how many of them can be made from corn. Plus, you can feed it to animals. Roush: Corn is the main component in feed …show more content…
Not everyone is able to purchase food. The government has created SNAP to help those who aren’t able to but foods. Supplying those who are eligible they get about $194 per month to purchase food. This is a decent gesture that the government has created and it helps people, but not enough. With that amount you won’t be able to buy healthy foods and if u do it will only be for the first couple of days and they rest of the month it would have to be junk. The question is it really the government that is in charge of what we eat and how much of it? Or is it the Major companies? They have already made their way into political power. What’s next? These big companies are very scary, not many people know enough information about what is happening. So far I’ve learned a great deal in this class. I believe everyone should have access to this information. The government has a small amount of influence on what we eat. They aren’t able to directly tell us what we can and can’t eat. They are only able to influence
Pollan: Corn is the great raw material. You get that big fat kernel of starch and you can break that down and reassemble it. You can make high-fructose corn syrup.
You can make maltodextrin and diglycerides and xanthan gum and ascorbic acid. All those obscure ingredients on the processed food--it's remarkable how many of them can be made from corn. Plus, you can feed it to animals. Roush: Corn is the main component in feed …show more content…
Not everyone is able to purchase food. The government has created SNAP to help those who aren’t able to but foods. Supplying those who are eligible they get about $194 per month to purchase food. This is a decent gesture that the government has created and it helps people, but not enough. With that amount you won’t be able to buy healthy foods and if u do it will only be for the first couple of days and they rest of the month it would have to be junk. The question is it really the government that is in charge of what we eat and how much of it? Or is it the Major companies? They have already made their way into political power. What’s next? These big companies are very scary, not many people know enough information about what is happening. So far I’ve learned a great deal in this class. I believe everyone should have access to this information. The government has a small amount of influence on what we eat. They aren’t able to directly tell us what we can and can’t eat. They are only able to influence