It has been over seven months since I last ate a hamburger, eight months since I purchased a chicken salad for lunch, and nine months since I ate pizza without my five year old brother asking me why I would take out the pepperonis and sausages. This Thanksgiving will be the first year I substitute turkey for tofu and tempeh. Coming from a deeply rooted, meat-eating family, my transition to a vegetarian diet was met with many disapproving stares and comments at family gatherings. Through the course of my experience, however, I began to realize how much control I had on typical family decisions: I got the say in what restaurant we would go to, what groceries we ate, and whether or not chicken was added to grandma’s traditional pasta dinner;
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Once consumers begin to demand healthier alternatives, the corporation has no choice but to satisfy their needs with healthier products in order to continue corporation success. The agricultural system is designed to prioritize efficiency above all else. Finding people and animals to consume the excess amounts of inexpensive corn produced in industrial farming and creating the cars to the burn fossil fuel, and finding nations to import it has become the principal task of the industrial corporations since the supply of corn exceeds the demand” (Pollan 62). Without consumers purchasing the corporation’s products, the government wouldn’t be able to proceed with this vicious cycle. This phenomenon will act as a wake up call to large food industries engaging in practices that contribute to our nation’s health epidemics and environmental issues. The reason the fast food corporations are the most preferred choice of meals is because of the nation’s preference towards these options. The achievement of the industrial food system has been to get us to rely on their products because of its convenience (Pollan 259). Without the support and preference coming from the community, the industry would not have the buyers that power its success. When eaters see the alteration in food corporations they will begin to see the authority and control they have on their diet and lifestyle. The flaws of the fast food industries will begin to be revealed as consumers begin to draw a line between industrial and organically-grown food. Consumers will gradually begin to cut out processed, fast-food out of their diets and substitute them for more natural, nutritious alternatives. This change will lead to our community realizing how our diets have diverged into ingredients and foods we were not designed to consume.
Once consumers begin to demand healthier alternatives, the corporation has no choice but to satisfy their needs with healthier products in order to continue corporation success. The agricultural system is designed to prioritize efficiency above all else. Finding people and animals to consume the excess amounts of inexpensive corn produced in industrial farming and creating the cars to the burn fossil fuel, and finding nations to import it has become the principal task of the industrial corporations since the supply of corn exceeds the demand” (Pollan 62). Without consumers purchasing the corporation’s products, the government wouldn’t be able to proceed with this vicious cycle. This phenomenon will act as a wake up call to large food industries engaging in practices that contribute to our nation’s health epidemics and environmental issues. The reason the fast food corporations are the most preferred choice of meals is because of the nation’s preference towards these options. The achievement of the industrial food system has been to get us to rely on their products because of its convenience (Pollan 259). Without the support and preference coming from the community, the industry would not have the buyers that power its success. When eaters see the alteration in food corporations they will begin to see the authority and control they have on their diet and lifestyle. The flaws of the fast food industries will begin to be revealed as consumers begin to draw a line between industrial and organically-grown food. Consumers will gradually begin to cut out processed, fast-food out of their diets and substitute them for more natural, nutritious alternatives. This change will lead to our community realizing how our diets have diverged into ingredients and foods we were not designed to consume.