Friday, March 29, 2013
DeWeerdt, S. (2010). Local Food Is Not Necessarily Better for the Environment. In A. Francis, At Issue. The Local Food Movement. Detroit: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted from World Watch Magazine, 2009, May-June, 22[3], 6-10) Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?
It take more energy, and generates more emissions to grow grain, feed cows and produce milk based products and meat from the cows, than to feed grain directly to humans. The perception of raising animals on the farm, does not resonate with people. However, thinking about the delivery of groceries to the store, and then driving to the store to get them. People can easily relate to that. Therefore, it much easier to believe the problem with emissions is because of the latter. Not the feeding and growing of livestock.
This poses a couple questions. How much co2 does a cow release? How much does a cow eat? These are questions that I do not have the answer to as this time. With the local food movement information is always given about how long it takes for food to get to our table. How long does it take to prepare milk for our tables? That is another great question.
The local food movement has a positive benefits. Taking out the time to know you local farmer, help sustain the local farm, and at the same time enjoy local fruits and vegetables. Which is great, not sure if helping with emissions is one of the benefits.
It take more energy, and generates more emissions to grow grain, feed cows and produce milk based products and meat from the cows, than to feed grain directly to humans. The perception of raising animals on the farm, does not resonate with people. However, thinking about the delivery of groceries to the store, and then driving to the store to get them. People can easily relate to that. Therefore, it much easier to believe the problem with emissions is because of the latter. Not the feeding and growing of livestock.
This poses a couple questions. How much co2 does a cow release? How much does a cow eat? These are questions that I do not have the answer to as this time. With the local food movement information is always given about how long it takes for food to get to our table. How long does it take to prepare milk for our tables? That is another great question.
The local food movement has a positive benefits. Taking out the time to know you local farmer, help sustain the local farm, and at the same time enjoy local fruits and vegetables. Which is great, not sure if helping with emissions is one of the benefits.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Blog #4
I researched this article called "A New Prescription For the Local Food Movement" from Kendra Klein. This was from a website called "The Nation".
The CEO, Rob Casalou and the Chief Clinical Dietitian, Lisa Mcdowell from St Joe's Hospital decided to purchase food locally for the hospital. They started out with green beans. The challenged they received was the green beans were not ready for cooking, that have to be clipped and cleaned. The Chef complaint was he needed additional preparation time. The usual supplier of the green beans are ready to be cooked. This was the challenge, you buy locally, eliminating the middle man the savings were huge, the food was better. But you need more time to prepare the food.(Klein,2012).
The article was reliable. They were reporting results. I was able to find supporting articles on the net about the movement. The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) have announced that 400 hospitals across the country the world have join. This organization encourages the hospital to purchase food locally for their cafeterias (Avila, 2012)
To tell the public that the local food movement is looking to move larger. This is informative and also a selling point. If you support the local food movement, then you may want to visit this particular hospital because they also support the same movement. As a informative article, it is clear that Ms. Klein gives you all the details with purchasing and distributing of food. This seems to be objective point of view. It not political but it could make a big difference on the food industry. In this article they give the food supplier name. He supplies all food and paper products. One stop shopping. The hospital food budget is four million dollars.(Klein,2012).
The Local Food movement is Hurting Farmers by Sierra Tishgart, Grub Street website.http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/03/local-food-movement-farmers.html
This article is stating it makes you feel better to shop from the local farmer's market, but however it is leaving the farmer with little to no money. Because the return on investments for fruits and vegetables are too small. Not profitable use of time. The farmers are surviving because of the school to farm partnerships and selling produce to WalMarts.(Tishgart.2013)
The local food movement is not helping the farmer. This was article from Grub Street website. Very short article there is no supporting evidence. The article is very emotional. Angry tone has been taken, curse words are used. This article can be called teaching and persuasion method used. I was able to find another article to support this particular theory. The intention are clear.
The two articles were different in several ways. The first article was very lengthy, current information was used, I was able to find supporting information. "The Nation" was more credible. The "Grub Street", is reputable website. Its is part of New York Times. The article however, was very short, and did not give supporting information. I was unable to find supporting information about the farmers making no money. Not as credible.
Cited Work
Klein, K. (2012). A new prescription for the local food movement. from http://www.thenation.com/article/170526/new-prescription-local-food-movement#
Avila, L. (2012) .Hospital-join-healthier-food-movement-video-story. from http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20130315/APC03/303150261/Hospitals-join-healthier-food-movement-video-story- written Lary Avila Post-cresecent media
Tishgart, S. (2013).The local movement is hurting farmers. from http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/03/local-food-movement-farmers.html
The CEO, Rob Casalou and the Chief Clinical Dietitian, Lisa Mcdowell from St Joe's Hospital decided to purchase food locally for the hospital. They started out with green beans. The challenged they received was the green beans were not ready for cooking, that have to be clipped and cleaned. The Chef complaint was he needed additional preparation time. The usual supplier of the green beans are ready to be cooked. This was the challenge, you buy locally, eliminating the middle man the savings were huge, the food was better. But you need more time to prepare the food.(Klein,2012).
The article was reliable. They were reporting results. I was able to find supporting articles on the net about the movement. The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) have announced that 400 hospitals across the country the world have join. This organization encourages the hospital to purchase food locally for their cafeterias (Avila, 2012)
To tell the public that the local food movement is looking to move larger. This is informative and also a selling point. If you support the local food movement, then you may want to visit this particular hospital because they also support the same movement. As a informative article, it is clear that Ms. Klein gives you all the details with purchasing and distributing of food. This seems to be objective point of view. It not political but it could make a big difference on the food industry. In this article they give the food supplier name. He supplies all food and paper products. One stop shopping. The hospital food budget is four million dollars.(Klein,2012).
The Local Food movement is Hurting Farmers by Sierra Tishgart, Grub Street website.http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/03/local-food-movement-farmers.html
This article is stating it makes you feel better to shop from the local farmer's market, but however it is leaving the farmer with little to no money. Because the return on investments for fruits and vegetables are too small. Not profitable use of time. The farmers are surviving because of the school to farm partnerships and selling produce to WalMarts.(Tishgart.2013)
The local food movement is not helping the farmer. This was article from Grub Street website. Very short article there is no supporting evidence. The article is very emotional. Angry tone has been taken, curse words are used. This article can be called teaching and persuasion method used. I was able to find another article to support this particular theory. The intention are clear.
The two articles were different in several ways. The first article was very lengthy, current information was used, I was able to find supporting information. "The Nation" was more credible. The "Grub Street", is reputable website. Its is part of New York Times. The article however, was very short, and did not give supporting information. I was unable to find supporting information about the farmers making no money. Not as credible.
Cited Work
Klein, K. (2012). A new prescription for the local food movement. from http://www.thenation.com/article/170526/new-prescription-local-food-movement#
Avila, L. (2012) .Hospital-join-healthier-food-movement-video-story. from http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20130315/APC03/303150261/Hospitals-join-healthier-food-movement-video-story- written Lary Avila Post-cresecent media
Tishgart, S. (2013).The local movement is hurting farmers. from http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/03/local-food-movement-farmers.html
Saturday, March 9, 2013
The Local Food Movement is the movement to purchase and consume locally grown foods. When you purchase food from you local farms or farmers market. Your are helping with the support. When you purchase food locally, you are forced to eat the vegetable or fruit that is in season. It also eliminates the process of shipping the food from warmer climates, these locations are generally far. Use large amounts of fuel, this contributes to air pollutions.
There are studies have found agriculture production accounts for the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions (air pollution). It takes more energy to grow grain, feed cows and produce meat and dairy products for human consumptions. It is a better to change the eating habits of Americans than changing the buying practices of Americans.
The two articles that I chose, directly oppose one another. It was difficult to find opposition of the Local Food Movement. They took out the time to explain why a change is needed in the practice of human purchasing and consuming.
I am a supporter of the local food movement. I directly buy meats from farms, and also use farmer markets. I also have a garden every year. What I did not know however, was the amount of energy goes into raising beef and dairy cattle.
There are studies have found agriculture production accounts for the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions (air pollution). It takes more energy to grow grain, feed cows and produce meat and dairy products for human consumptions. It is a better to change the eating habits of Americans than changing the buying practices of Americans.
The two articles that I chose, directly oppose one another. It was difficult to find opposition of the Local Food Movement. They took out the time to explain why a change is needed in the practice of human purchasing and consuming.
I am a supporter of the local food movement. I directly buy meats from farms, and also use farmer markets. I also have a garden every year. What I did not know however, was the amount of energy goes into raising beef and dairy cattle.
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