In Mark Bittman’s article, Bad Food? Tax it, and Subsidize Vegetables, Bittman
informs his readers about the importance of eating healthy, how the government
promoting unhealthy foods, and how to stop it. Bittman’s main points is when he
talks about what to to fix this problem. Bittman exclaims, “Simply put: taxes would
reduce consumption of unhealthful foods and generate billions of dollars annually”
(Bittman 7). This is crucial to our society because our world is filled with people who
praise unhealthy foods, and Bittman is informing us that there should be an end to this.
This articleties in with food politics because of the clashing of the government and the
food production companies.
informs his readers about the importance of eating healthy, how the government
promoting unhealthy foods, and how to stop it. Bittman’s main points is when he
talks about what to to fix this problem. Bittman exclaims, “Simply put: taxes would
reduce consumption of unhealthful foods and generate billions of dollars annually”
(Bittman 7). This is crucial to our society because our world is filled with people who
praise unhealthy foods, and Bittman is informing us that there should be an end to this.
This articleties in with food politics because of the clashing of the government and the
food production companies.
In Alice Waters and Katrina Heron, No Lunch Left Behind, these authors speak up about
the school lunch system and how its not really helping Americans children get healthy.
Waters and Heron talks about the possible ideas into helping the school lunch programs
into helping the children at school. Waters and Heron proclaims, “We need to scrap the
current system and start from scratch. Washington needs to give schools enough money
to cook and serve unprocessed foods that are produced without pesticides or chemical
fertilizers” (Waters/Heron 6). This is important because its true! Instead of the focusing
what chemicals to put in our food, we should focus on what healthy options to serve the
children in school. This ties in with food politics because the food system has a big role
in our government.
the school lunch system and how its not really helping Americans children get healthy.
Waters and Heron talks about the possible ideas into helping the school lunch programs
into helping the children at school. Waters and Heron proclaims, “We need to scrap the
current system and start from scratch. Washington needs to give schools enough money
to cook and serve unprocessed foods that are produced without pesticides or chemical
fertilizers” (Waters/Heron 6). This is important because its true! Instead of the focusing
what chemicals to put in our food, we should focus on what healthy options to serve the
children in school. This ties in with food politics because the food system has a big role
in our government.
One resource that I found very informational is a video on the hygiene in a food factory.
It is important to keep the factory where our future food is coming from clean.
It is important to keep the factory where our future food is coming from clean.
i love how you said we shouldn't be focusing on what chemicals we put into our food because people need to understand that there's a bunch of foods we can eat without having to worry what type of diseases can occur. We should focus more on eating the healthy stuff we already know wont cause any harm to us.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Darien about how you said chemicals shouldn't be a focus. It shouldn't be a focus at all. In fact, this reminds me of what Muddy Fletcher said about the chemicals and weird long-worded ingredients on a food label. She said if she can't make it in her kitchen, then why would she want to put it in her body?... I completely agree. We don't know of half the things on a food label, especially the junk food. A bunch of chemicals and fat causing diseases. So yes, we should be able to eat our food and not have to worry about cancer and diabetes and obesity.
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