In today 's society, new ideas for growing, and cultivating the land in new ways for food to be developed are spreading rampantly. With new technological processes, such as General Electric supported Vertical Farming, the future of food is a mystery, as well as how healthy this food will be to consume. However, according to Technomic’s recently released report, “Healthy Eating Consumer Trend Report”, stated that “eating healthy is a very much do-it-yourself concept for today’s American consumer.” According to this data, it shows increasing trends towards the healthy side, such as having a full serving of vegetables is being adopted by 80-90% of the population 18-35+ years of age. With new technology, comes many new problems, but if everyone
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Throughout this article, Erway opens the reader 's eye in many ways, especially to the terrors of unhealthy food that we are open to consume every day. In her second of nine points, Erway points out that “One-third of America’s garbage is comprised of packaging; bags boxes, and other things that come with the purchase that are not meant to be kept,” (Erway 2). This statistic alone was astonishing, showing that as Americans, if we collectively cooked, grew or raised our food at home, we could save the environment from nearly a third of the waste we contribute each year. Further along in her 9 reasons, she breaks the idea of self improvement up to show how much cooking at home can benefit life, from your own health, and choosing to what goes in your mouth, to tapping your personal creativity while cooking, even to the extent of dinner parties. Her 4th reason was that “Dinner parties are contagious” as she continues to explain how the idea of going out can almost be replicated, and the atmosphere is always more nice, having a home-like feel. Erway’s outlook with her 9 reasons showed how we can not only stop bad habits, such as going out to eat every week, but also begin new good habits, such as growing food at home, and cooking for friends and …show more content…
With this information, readers now can avoid 9 different vegetables, once learning how to farm indoors, especially for the fact that these 9 vegetables can be grown year round. A gained benefit of growing your own vegetables as well, is that you know what they were grown with, as opposed to just trusting companies to take an organic approach. This will eliminate many health concerns for an educated eater, such as whether or not their fruits and vegetables have been exposed to
Throughout this article, Erway opens the reader 's eye in many ways, especially to the terrors of unhealthy food that we are open to consume every day. In her second of nine points, Erway points out that “One-third of America’s garbage is comprised of packaging; bags boxes, and other things that come with the purchase that are not meant to be kept,” (Erway 2). This statistic alone was astonishing, showing that as Americans, if we collectively cooked, grew or raised our food at home, we could save the environment from nearly a third of the waste we contribute each year. Further along in her 9 reasons, she breaks the idea of self improvement up to show how much cooking at home can benefit life, from your own health, and choosing to what goes in your mouth, to tapping your personal creativity while cooking, even to the extent of dinner parties. Her 4th reason was that “Dinner parties are contagious” as she continues to explain how the idea of going out can almost be replicated, and the atmosphere is always more nice, having a home-like feel. Erway’s outlook with her 9 reasons showed how we can not only stop bad habits, such as going out to eat every week, but also begin new good habits, such as growing food at home, and cooking for friends and …show more content…
With this information, readers now can avoid 9 different vegetables, once learning how to farm indoors, especially for the fact that these 9 vegetables can be grown year round. A gained benefit of growing your own vegetables as well, is that you know what they were grown with, as opposed to just trusting companies to take an organic approach. This will eliminate many health concerns for an educated eater, such as whether or not their fruits and vegetables have been exposed to