Omnivore

Michael Pollan is a writer and an expert foodie. The Omnivore's Dilemma is the lack of knowledge that humans in our society have towards things such as know whether a plant is poisonous or not. This is due to the transformations of our diets from foraging and hunting our food to going to a supermarket like Foods Co and buying processed foods. Pollan compares humans to rats and how they can eat almost anything because we both have the choice to choose what we want to eat. Pollan’s experiences…

It is a general rule of thumb that people love food. Even people who claim to be “picky eaters” will admit that, while they may not eat as large of a variety of food, they still love to eat. Most people can relate to loving food, and therefore, are able to learn a plethora of information from other’s eating habits including the people who pick apart their food. There is a misconceived notion that those who take apart their layered food have something wrong with them, like it is an abnormal tick.…

Hello Mr. Farmer, are you eating me this year for Thanksgiving? Well I will be one of the 45,000,000 turkeys killed in cold blood each year. Do not kill me please I have a wife and kids every year 45,000,000 of my comrades are slaughtered like were at the bottom of the food chain. Humans can’t just eat what us animals eat and let us live in peace instead of killing and eating us. First of all, every year on what you humans call “Thanksgiving” 45,000,000 of my brethren are killed. You humans…

I believe the decrease of wild hogs is necessary for three reasons. The first reason being they carry, and spread disease. The second reason is because they are overpopulated and breed up to three times a year having 12-15 offspring each time. The final reason is they destroy our crops, fields, and the equipment used to maintain them. When hogs are able to roam freely they can spread diseases. Although these infectious diseases may not be harmful to people, they are very dangerous for pets…

We could live without having to eat meat and yet we choose to kill animals.Most of us don't know how our meats got into the grocery store or even how we treated the animals before they were slaughtered so is there a problem with this? Humane treatment animal welfare is being neglected every time we slaughter animals and put them in factory farms which is why there are acts for it. According to Robert Grillo in the article Humane slaughter? He says, “Raising an animal in the market just to…

Turkeys are beaten abused and mistreated by animal slaughters. Their beaks are broken off with no pain killers. They are stepped on and they are killed with no pain killers. (huffington post) Every year millions of turkey are killed for thanksgiving alone. I am going to give you two strong reasons why you shouldn't eat turkeys anymore for thanksgiving. One Turkey are treated horribly, two turkey are not sterile. One, according to P.E.T.A turkeys are handled improperly and are abused. When they…

The kangaroo without a pouch Little KengaRo sat under a thick baobab tree and feel himself very sad. His mother, KangaRoo, went on a journey for the young leaves of acacia. Those beautiful trees grew close to the Croco Lake. KengaRo really wanted to travel with his mother - there near the lake was so interesting! But he couldn’t - his mother didn’t have a pouch for her little joey. All KengaRoo’s friends have the pouches - the traveler RaKenga has got, the mighty Ryu has got, the jumping…

Health and nutrition have been an essential part of life since the beginning of time, but more recently these topics are shared and examined more frequently than ever, especially in America. In Michael Pollan’s article “Our National Eating Disorder,” Claudia Kalb’s “Food News Blues,” and Karin Kratina’s “The Right Thing to Do?” it is made apparent that how we eat may be just as important as what we eat. These three authors make very valid points about American’s obsession with health fads and…

Endangered Species Summary Polar Bear Jaksen Perrin, Kelsie Pierce, and James Ryburn Ursus maritimus, otherwise called Polar bears, are essentially large white bears with large, flat, webbed feet used for swimming and roaming on ice. They live in regions between the arctic circle and the North Pole where there is a lot of water and ice, a habitat they have evolved to live in over time. Unlike most bear species, Polar bears are considered to be “marine mammals” meaning they are categorized…

WATKINS GLEN (WENY) - On October 10, the Farm Sanctuary, rescued more than 130 starving and dying animals from a farm in the Hudson Valley area alongside the Hudson Valley SPCA. Roughly 50 of those animals were sent to the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen for recovery. As Tara Hess, the Senior Shelter Manager at the Farm Sanctuary, walks into a barn, she kneels downs next to Mouse. A pig who oddly enough looks like a mouse but is constantly slouching because his back left leg is limp. Hess…