1. Food Inc
Food, Inc.. Dir. Robert Kenner. Perf. Gary Hirshberg, Barbara Kowalyck, Michael Pollan, etc.. Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2009. DVD.
Food Inc. is a documentary film following the industrialization of food in America. The film covers everything from Fast Food and its success to where the food that is used comes from and the horrifying strides that companies take to rule the food world. It is about the good, the bad, and the ugly. Watch with caution.
Food Inc. is a documentary film following the industrialization of food in America. The film covers everything from Fast Food and its success to where the food that is used comes from and the horrifying strides that companies take to rule the food world. It is about the good, the bad, and the ugly. Watch with caution.
2. The Pleasures of Eating
Berry, Wendell. "The Pleasures of Eating - Wendell Berry | Center for Ecoliteracy." Education for Sustainability | Center for Ecoliteracy. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.ecoliteracy.org/essays/pleasures-eating>.
In Wendell Berry's article, he discusses how the average consumer of food falls victim to big corporations who are attempting to take over the food world. He gives seven tips to "eaters" on how to eat responsibly. 1. Participate in food production. 2. Prepare your own food. 3. Learn where the food comes from. 4. Deal directly with love farmers. 5. Learn about the economy. 6. Learn what is involved in the best farming and gardening. 7. Learn as much as you can of the histories of the food species. Berry's article is more of a manual on how to eat responsibly so we, as America, can put a stop to the agricultural take-over.
In Wendell Berry's article, he discusses how the average consumer of food falls victim to big corporations who are attempting to take over the food world. He gives seven tips to "eaters" on how to eat responsibly. 1. Participate in food production. 2. Prepare your own food. 3. Learn where the food comes from. 4. Deal directly with love farmers. 5. Learn about the economy. 6. Learn what is involved in the best farming and gardening. 7. Learn as much as you can of the histories of the food species. Berry's article is more of a manual on how to eat responsibly so we, as America, can put a stop to the agricultural take-over.
3. Slow Food USA: Budget Cuts
Budget cuts could be a recipe for change or disaster : Slow Food USA. (n.d.). Welcome! : Slow Food USA. Retrieved December 11, 2011, from http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/slow_food/blog_post/budget_cuts_could_be_a_recipe_for_change_or_disaster/
Not only has the "Super Committee" been making cuts in education but now they are coming after our food? Being a future educator I find this to be extremely disconcerting and I am disgusted. This blog gives valid facts about whose “belts are being tightened”: Nutrition, Job Creation, Support for Farmers and Farmland and Food Safety. This is the opposite of what needs to happen. With the question raised as to whether or not the local farmers markets could yield enough produce and meat to support the entire United States of America; this is not possible. If we use this as part of the interviewing process, I feel we could gain enough information to prove a valid point.
Not only has the "Super Committee" been making cuts in education but now they are coming after our food? Being a future educator I find this to be extremely disconcerting and I am disgusted. This blog gives valid facts about whose “belts are being tightened”: Nutrition, Job Creation, Support for Farmers and Farmland and Food Safety. This is the opposite of what needs to happen. With the question raised as to whether or not the local farmers markets could yield enough produce and meat to support the entire United States of America; this is not possible. If we use this as part of the interviewing process, I feel we could gain enough information to prove a valid point.
4. Back to the Start Youtube Video
RandomDetritus. (n.d.). Back to the Start - YouTube . YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . Retrieved December 13, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMfSGt6rHos&feature=player_embedded
This short video is a silent message about how even just one farm and farmer can start the movement back in the right direction and kick the idea of "industrialized farming."
This short video is a silent message about how even just one farm and farmer can start the movement back in the right direction and kick the idea of "industrialized farming."
5. Beyond Factory Farming
Industrial vs. Family Farms Comparison | Beyond Factory Farming. (n.d.). Beyond Factory Farming | Safe food. Heathy communities . Retrieved December 14, 2011, from http://beyondfactoryfarming.org/get-informed/industrial-vs-family-farms-comparison
Beyond Factory Farming is an informative website that gives individual descriptions of what family owned farming does the United States and what industrial farming does. It touches on ever subject from Animal Welfare to Worker Issues.
Beyond Factory Farming is an informative website that gives individual descriptions of what family owned farming does the United States and what industrial farming does. It touches on ever subject from Animal Welfare to Worker Issues.
6. Vegan Peace: Beef and Chicken
Animal Cruelty - Eggs. (n.d.). Vegan Peace. Retrieved December 14, 2011, from http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_cruelty/eggs.htm
Animal Cruelty - Beef. (n.d.). Vegan Peace. Retrieved December 14, 2011, from http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_cruelty/beef.htm
Animal Cruelty is a website that promotes Vegan Peace. The information on the website puts the reader in the front seat of slaughterhouses. The photographs and captions are a step-by-step idea of what really goes on in the process of slaughterhouses and industrialized farming.
Animal Cruelty - Beef. (n.d.). Vegan Peace. Retrieved December 14, 2011, from http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_cruelty/beef.htm
Animal Cruelty is a website that promotes Vegan Peace. The information on the website puts the reader in the front seat of slaughterhouses. The photographs and captions are a step-by-step idea of what really goes on in the process of slaughterhouses and industrialized farming.
7. Duffield's Farm Market
"Duffield's Farm Market | Sewell, NJ 08080." Duffield's Farm Market | Sewell, NJ 08080. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2011. <http://www.duffieldsfarm.com/>.
Duffield's Farm's website provides customers with information regarding the farms products they provide and other services as well. This website provides information about the farm, location, and other links that provide information regarding agriculture.
Duffield's Farm's website provides customers with information regarding the farms products they provide and other services as well. This website provides information about the farm, location, and other links that provide information regarding agriculture.
8. Honey Brook Organic Farm
"Honey Brook Organic Farm." Honey Brook Organic Farm. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2011. <http://honeybrookorganicfarm.com/>.
Honey Brook Organic Farm's website provides information about the farm, products, services, location, hours, and programs. The website is full of information to help join a CSA program along with what produce is harvest throughout the year. Recipes are also included to help customers use the homegrown products in new ways.
Honey Brook Organic Farm's website provides information about the farm, products, services, location, hours, and programs. The website is full of information to help join a CSA program along with what produce is harvest throughout the year. Recipes are also included to help customers use the homegrown products in new ways.
9. Muth's Family Farm
"Muth Family Farm - Organic Produce - Southern New Jersey." Muth Family Farm - Organic Produce - Southern New Jersey. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2011. <http://www.muthfamilyfarm.com/>.
Muth Family Farm's website provides much information regarding their farm, products, programs and many more information. A benefit to this website is the recipes they provide the viewer along with understanding organic farming.Viewers can understand what produce is provided during certain seasons.
Muth Family Farm's website provides much information regarding their farm, products, programs and many more information. A benefit to this website is the recipes they provide the viewer along with understanding organic farming.Viewers can understand what produce is provided during certain seasons.
10. Interview with Derrick Braun
Braun, Derrick. Tape recording interview. 8 Dec. 2011.
Derrick Braun, a 21-year-old student at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, took the time to do a thirty minute interview on local farming. Braun majors in Culinary Nutrition with a focus in Sustainability and Wellness. We chose him for this interview due to his background in organic bio-dynamic farming. He worked and lived on The Anthill Farm in Honesdale, Pennsylvania for a summer with his brother working for Sky Valentine, the farms owner. He is interested in exposing conventional food for what it is. We found him to be a perfect candidate for young people to relate to and express his own personal beliefs and ideas of answering our "big question".
Derrick Braun, a 21-year-old student at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, took the time to do a thirty minute interview on local farming. Braun majors in Culinary Nutrition with a focus in Sustainability and Wellness. We chose him for this interview due to his background in organic bio-dynamic farming. He worked and lived on The Anthill Farm in Honesdale, Pennsylvania for a summer with his brother working for Sky Valentine, the farms owner. He is interested in exposing conventional food for what it is. We found him to be a perfect candidate for young people to relate to and express his own personal beliefs and ideas of answering our "big question".
11. USDA Opening Fact
"Opening Fact." USDA AMS. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2011. <www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/index.jsp>.
The official USDA (United States Department of Agriculture offers information on the Agricultural Marketing Service and information about farms and other current events featured in the "spotlight" section. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service administers programs that facilitate the efficient, fair marketing of U.S. agricultural products, including food, fiber, and specialty crops.
The official USDA (United States Department of Agriculture offers information on the Agricultural Marketing Service and information about farms and other current events featured in the "spotlight" section. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service administers programs that facilitate the efficient, fair marketing of U.S. agricultural products, including food, fiber, and specialty crops.
12. Traditional Farming, Organic Farming, and Buying Local
"Traditional Farming, Organic Farming & Buying Direct from Local Farmers | Middleton Six Sons Farms."Middleton Six Sons Farms. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2011. <http://www.middletonsixsonsfarms.com/traditional-farming-and-organic-farming>.
Middleton Six Sons Farms, LLC is located in Pasco, WA and is a partnership between Bill and Cinda Middleton (father and mother) and Keith and Laura Middleton (son and daughter-in-law). They primarily raise alfalfa, sweet corn, asparagus, and green peas. Bill and Cinda had six sons and no daughters; thus the name of the farm. Their website offers insight to local farming in general as well specifically pertaining to them, but the section we used had basic local farm information that could pertain all across the county.
Middleton Six Sons Farms, LLC is located in Pasco, WA and is a partnership between Bill and Cinda Middleton (father and mother) and Keith and Laura Middleton (son and daughter-in-law). They primarily raise alfalfa, sweet corn, asparagus, and green peas. Bill and Cinda had six sons and no daughters; thus the name of the farm. Their website offers insight to local farming in general as well specifically pertaining to them, but the section we used had basic local farm information that could pertain all across the county.
13. Sustainable Table
Transportation, adding, processing, the fossil fuel, and energy use. "Buy Local, local food is sustainable - The Issues - Sustainable Table." Sustainabletable. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2011. <http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/eatlocal/>.
Sustainable Table is a website that embraces local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through those foods. They help consumers are learning a new way to shop healthier and learning how to work more with local and fresh products. Sustainable Table was created to celebrate this fast-growing, dynamic movement, to educate consumers on food-related issues, and to help build community through food. More improtantly, this gives a bigger look into some of the different dynamics farmer markets and fresh food has to offer other than what can just be seen on the outside.
Sustainable Table is a website that embraces local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through those foods. They help consumers are learning a new way to shop healthier and learning how to work more with local and fresh products. Sustainable Table was created to celebrate this fast-growing, dynamic movement, to educate consumers on food-related issues, and to help build community through food. More improtantly, this gives a bigger look into some of the different dynamics farmer markets and fresh food has to offer other than what can just be seen on the outside.
14. 11 Facts about Animals and Farming
"11 Facts About Animals and Factory Farms | Do Something." Do Something. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2011. <http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-animals-and-factory-farms>.
Do Something.org is a great website of how young teens and adults can get involved and help others. The website covers general terms. They help support clubs, projects, fundraisers, and general awareness of things going on in the world. They had a small page about some basic facts going on with animal cruelty and factory farms, enlightening today's youth about the problems that big corporations don't share with consumers.
Do Something.org is a great website of how young teens and adults can get involved and help others. The website covers general terms. They help support clubs, projects, fundraisers, and general awareness of things going on in the world. They had a small page about some basic facts going on with animal cruelty and factory farms, enlightening today's youth about the problems that big corporations don't share with consumers.