FOOD RELATED RESPONSE WRITING
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How Food Systems are affected by Climate
Change, Cause & Effect Feedback Loop
The food industry has experienced a
significant change in structures over the years. Farming has been left to a few
people who own large farms making the individuals very powerful and
influential. The change in climate has compromised the food quality and which
explains why there are many challenges to food safety consumed by people today.
For example, animals are no longer fed on grass as their regular foods but on
corn. Farmers resort to this to boost
their yield and bring down the costs. The implication of this is that
infectious forms and pathogens that are highly resilient to drugs like E-coli
have come up. Also, antibiotics are extensively used in animal farming. These
pathogens are effortlessly channeled to humans when they consume such products.
Thus, it does affect their health negatively.
Renewable,
Renewable but exhaustible, or Non-renewable Foods
Kenner
highlights some foods whose quality are compromised in his movie. Renewables
foods include food plants and animals that are growing. For example, the cow or
plants like the corn. The moment the corn or animal’s genetic system are
genetically modified, the no longer become renewable. Water is also categorized
under renewable. Non-renewable foods
include genetically modified beef, goat’s meat, and other animal meats. Thus,
to the consumers, they are unhealthy foods, but to the manufacturers and
producers, this is a profit making venture. Non-renewable foods can run out
when used by consumers. Animals’ products are sometimes renewable but
exhaustible. Their continuity is cut off after sometimes.
Natural or Synthetic Foods
Most
foods in the industry are genetically engineered, but there are others that are
not genetically engineered. The non-genetically engineered foods remain to be
the natural foods. For example, the non-genetically engineered soya beans or
other food plants are natural.[1] Genetically engineered soya beans and
trans-fats and high fructose corn syrup are synthetic foods presented to
consumers. They are synthetic foods because their genetic components have been
manipulated. The synthetic foods have formed the fast food nation.
Tragedy of the commons in Food Inc. Draw a diagram to illustrate this.
One of the major tragedies is the
letdown of the United States Department of Agriculture to prevent the food
plants that produce food products of low quality. Foods that have tested for E.
coli has continuously been channeled to the consumers. In the file, a young boy
and his advocate mother die because of taking meat that has poisoned by E.
coli. In fact, there are a lot of
dangers linked to E. coli outbreaks. Another tragedy is consumers being
careless in consuming every food. Consumers are not so keen on which foods are
healthy. Despite the vast sensitization on unhealthy foods or even them
witnessing how what becomes their foods are compromised by farmers, the
consumers still go for their favorite burgers and sausages. 
Conclusion
“Food Inc.” provides a lot of clues
on the actual state of the food industry in the world. The movie showcases the
consumption of foods in a personal way. It reveals the decline in the USDA
oversight and the ever increasing Corporate Agriculture lobbying which are
geared towards making profits at the expenses of consumers’ health. It has made
people conscious of what people have to consume. However, this movie should act
as a foundation and an eye opener for a researcher who would want to explore
this field the more.
Bibliography
Robert, Kenner.
Movie: Food Inc. 2008.
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