In No Happy Cows: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Food Revolution, John Robbins seeks to educate anyone he can reach on the injustices, myths, and facts in regards to the food industries. Robbins begins his manuscript with an introduction that focuses on the layers of corruption surrounding big-ticket items such as Monsanto’s politicking and manipulation of the industry for profits. From here he moves on to discuss the inhumane treatment of food sourced animals and how it affects humans and the environment. Robbins’ next section focuses on myth-busting the war on soy and continues to cover a variety of hot topics in his section What We Put Into Our Bodies. In the second half of No Happy Cows, he covers issues like false advertising, marketing
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The Non-GMO Project verifies the absence of GMOs in individual consumer products so that people know what is or isn’t in their food. Their mission, like Robbins, is to inform the public of the truth of what exactly they are putting in their bodies. They believe that people deserve “…an informed choice about whether or not to consume genetically modified organisms” (Mission). The Non-GMO Project would be an exceptional partner for Robbins to collaborate with as they have similar goals and believes about the food system of the US. The Non-GMO Project is doing for the public what the government has not, given us the ability to consent to exactly what we are …show more content…
GMOs directly affect our economy and environment too. A whole new book could be written on just GMOs. I think a few chapters though, just to get some awareness out into the world on key points, would be a tremendous fit for No Happy Cows. Robbins already mentions GMOs and Monsanto in his introduction. It would be so easy for him to move right into the first few chapters or first section of his book to be about GMOs and the power hungry company that is Monsanto. A chapter on what GMOs are and their health risks; a chapter on how they affect the environment and the food industry; and a chapter on how they affect the economy, government regulations, and a few examples of countries that have banned them. These chapters on GMOs could easily lead into how cows in feedlots are fed GM grain, or in his What We Put Into Our Bodies section, especially near to his chapters about soy, since 90% of all soy is Round Up® Ready.
Overall, it is clear that No Happy Cows is a perfect stage to address many areas of concern in the food industry, but especially GMOs. Even if it was small and only covered a few big topics, it would at least create a starting point for people to do more research and find more information for themselves. You can see that Robbins’ biggest concern isn’t any one issue mentioned in his book, his main focus is to bring awareness to allow consumers to make the most informed choices for themselves. Why not include more on
The Non-GMO Project verifies the absence of GMOs in individual consumer products so that people know what is or isn’t in their food. Their mission, like Robbins, is to inform the public of the truth of what exactly they are putting in their bodies. They believe that people deserve “…an informed choice about whether or not to consume genetically modified organisms” (Mission). The Non-GMO Project would be an exceptional partner for Robbins to collaborate with as they have similar goals and believes about the food system of the US. The Non-GMO Project is doing for the public what the government has not, given us the ability to consent to exactly what we are …show more content…
GMOs directly affect our economy and environment too. A whole new book could be written on just GMOs. I think a few chapters though, just to get some awareness out into the world on key points, would be a tremendous fit for No Happy Cows. Robbins already mentions GMOs and Monsanto in his introduction. It would be so easy for him to move right into the first few chapters or first section of his book to be about GMOs and the power hungry company that is Monsanto. A chapter on what GMOs are and their health risks; a chapter on how they affect the environment and the food industry; and a chapter on how they affect the economy, government regulations, and a few examples of countries that have banned them. These chapters on GMOs could easily lead into how cows in feedlots are fed GM grain, or in his What We Put Into Our Bodies section, especially near to his chapters about soy, since 90% of all soy is Round Up® Ready.
Overall, it is clear that No Happy Cows is a perfect stage to address many areas of concern in the food industry, but especially GMOs. Even if it was small and only covered a few big topics, it would at least create a starting point for people to do more research and find more information for themselves. You can see that Robbins’ biggest concern isn’t any one issue mentioned in his book, his main focus is to bring awareness to allow consumers to make the most informed choices for themselves. Why not include more on