My personal view is on the amounts of corn that is in our food because corn is being used as a sweetener. Also it’s in everything. Nearly 10 percent of the calories Americans consume now come from corn sweeteners, the figure is 20 percent for many children. According to Michael Pollan, manufacturers have switched from sugar to corn sweeteners to put in their foods. My call to action would be to lower the production of corn and to become more responsible consumers on the foods we eat. If we don’t this then kids are going to be obese and/or have diabetes. Since 1980, the number of obese children has more than doubled to 16 percent.
If you are what you eat, and especially if you eat industrial food, as 99% of American do, what you are is ‘’corn’’. …show more content…
We are just overproducing, and subsidizing too much industrial corn. In ‘’When Corn Becomes King’’, Michael Pollan said ‘’taxpayers will pay farmers $4 billion a year to grow more corn, this despite the fact that we struggle to get rid of the surplus the plant already produces’’. Also he said that ‘’We have given it more of our land than any other plant, an area more than twice the size of New York State’’(Pollan). I think this is a bad thing because what are we going to do with all that corn that is leftover? In addition, Michael Pollan said ‘’80 million acres of corn is doing to the health of our environment: serious and lasting damage’’. I believe that this is true because the overproduction of corn has made three-fifths of Americans are …show more content…
Wendell Berry argues that we should ‘’eat responsibly’’, meaning that the individual is responsible. Along with David Barboza notes that big food companies say ‘’despite some promises to offer healthier foods and in some cases to limit marketing in schools, deny that they are to blame for the epidemic of excess weight. They insist that sedentary behavior, a lack of exercise, and poor supervision and eating habits are responsible’’ (Barboza). On the other hand, Michael Pollan blames government policies for the fact that ‘’Our entire food supply has undergone a process of ‘’cornification’’ in recent years, without our even noticing it’’. In my view, I agree with Michael Pollan and Wendell Berry because it’s the government’s fault that our food supply is all corn and also that it’s our fault because we can choose what we eat and that’s mighty factor in health and
If you are what you eat, and especially if you eat industrial food, as 99% of American do, what you are is ‘’corn’’. …show more content…
We are just overproducing, and subsidizing too much industrial corn. In ‘’When Corn Becomes King’’, Michael Pollan said ‘’taxpayers will pay farmers $4 billion a year to grow more corn, this despite the fact that we struggle to get rid of the surplus the plant already produces’’. Also he said that ‘’We have given it more of our land than any other plant, an area more than twice the size of New York State’’(Pollan). I think this is a bad thing because what are we going to do with all that corn that is leftover? In addition, Michael Pollan said ‘’80 million acres of corn is doing to the health of our environment: serious and lasting damage’’. I believe that this is true because the overproduction of corn has made three-fifths of Americans are …show more content…
Wendell Berry argues that we should ‘’eat responsibly’’, meaning that the individual is responsible. Along with David Barboza notes that big food companies say ‘’despite some promises to offer healthier foods and in some cases to limit marketing in schools, deny that they are to blame for the epidemic of excess weight. They insist that sedentary behavior, a lack of exercise, and poor supervision and eating habits are responsible’’ (Barboza). On the other hand, Michael Pollan blames government policies for the fact that ‘’Our entire food supply has undergone a process of ‘’cornification’’ in recent years, without our even noticing it’’. In my view, I agree with Michael Pollan and Wendell Berry because it’s the government’s fault that our food supply is all corn and also that it’s our fault because we can choose what we eat and that’s mighty factor in health and