While it may be true that much of today’s food is produced more similarly to a factory than it is on a happy farm that we have always heard stories of as little kids with gleeful animals and amber waves of grain reaching towards the sun, it is not necessarily true that all of today’s agricultural products are produced in this fashion. There still exist smaller farms that on which people grow , the same way crops were meant to be grown and the way that cows never needed medicine from being fed nothing but corn. I will base the healthiness of food based on what it has been grown with, such as whether it was grown using pesticides, or in the case of animals, what they were fed and whether they were given antibiotics. My goal would to be to create
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For myself and my family I would make my aim to focus on purchasing organic fruits and vegetables from farmers markets or well known sources for the same reason Wendell Berry, author of “The Pleasures of Eating” suggests doing so: “Learn the origins of the food you buy, and buy the food that is produced closest to your …show more content…
That’s because, unlike in Mexico, where a corn-based diet has been the norm for centuries, in the United States most of the corn we consume is invisible, having been heavily processed or passed through food animals before it reaches us.” Despite Pollan’s warnings, a little high fructose corn syrup isn’t deadly, in response to Pollan, Kate Kilpatrick states, “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 34% of Americans 20 years of age and older were considered obese in 2008. Is this statistic disturbing? Absolutely, however the use of high fructose corn syrup is not to blame. While it is certainly made almost too accessible by the soft drink and snack manufacturers, Americans have the freedom to eat and drink whatever they want. It’s just as easy to order a bottle of water instead of a 32 ounce Coke from the McDrive Thru.” In order to produce a healthy and tasty meal, I would have to prepare these meals myself from scratch, using organic fruits and vegetables as well as meats grown on free range pastures focusing on
For myself and my family I would make my aim to focus on purchasing organic fruits and vegetables from farmers markets or well known sources for the same reason Wendell Berry, author of “The Pleasures of Eating” suggests doing so: “Learn the origins of the food you buy, and buy the food that is produced closest to your …show more content…
That’s because, unlike in Mexico, where a corn-based diet has been the norm for centuries, in the United States most of the corn we consume is invisible, having been heavily processed or passed through food animals before it reaches us.” Despite Pollan’s warnings, a little high fructose corn syrup isn’t deadly, in response to Pollan, Kate Kilpatrick states, “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 34% of Americans 20 years of age and older were considered obese in 2008. Is this statistic disturbing? Absolutely, however the use of high fructose corn syrup is not to blame. While it is certainly made almost too accessible by the soft drink and snack manufacturers, Americans have the freedom to eat and drink whatever they want. It’s just as easy to order a bottle of water instead of a 32 ounce Coke from the McDrive Thru.” In order to produce a healthy and tasty meal, I would have to prepare these meals myself from scratch, using organic fruits and vegetables as well as meats grown on free range pastures focusing on