HW 12 - Final Food Project Two: Outline

Thesis: An individual living in our culture must recognize and respond to the nightmarish industrial atrocities at the root of dominant social practices in order to live a morally satisfactory life.

Major Claim: By not knowing or questioning where our food comes from, what conditions it comes from or whom it comes from we will continue to live in a world of illusion.

Supporting Claim One: Don't judge a book by it's cover, especially when it comes to food. People in the United States for the most part have decided if it looks "normal", tastes "normal" then it probably is "normal." However in order to fully understand how far from "normal" our food is we must find the root of where it is first brought into the world.

Evidence: A large amount of our food has had hormones injected and been covered in pesticides. (1,2,3)

Evidence: No longer are animals raised in farms for the most part, the new term is a feed lot. (1,2,3)

Evidence: The farmers growing the food are in debt and not treated equally. (2)

Evidence: Many products that claim they are better for you are actually owned by companies we associate to be unhealthy. (2,6)

Evidence: Major leaders and politicians in our countries government have some linkage to big food corporations. (2,5)

Supporting Claim Two: Many individuals have recognized the problem in our food system and found alternative ways of living and leading a healthier lifestyle. Instead of altering evolution they have decided to live by natural evolution.

Evidence: Polyface Farms. (1,2)

Evidence: Farmer's Markets. (1)

Evidence: Gathering and hunting your own food. (1)

Evidence: Instead of constantly eating at fast food restaurants, cooking food at home, knowing what is in your food. (1)

Evidence: Kevin's Law (2)

Evidence: Becoming vegetarian or vegan. (1,2)

Citations:

1. Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: a Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.

2. Food Inc. 2008. Film.

3. Our Daily Bread. 2005. Film. Geyrhalter .

4. Dargis, By Manohla. "Movie Review - Our Daily Bread - What’s for Dinner? You Don’t Want to Know - NYTimes.com." Movie Reviews, Showtimes and Trailers - Movies - New York Times - The New York Times. 24 Nov. 2006. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. .

5. "Monsanto Buys ‘Terminator’ Seeds Company." GlobalResearch.ca - Centre for Research on Globalization. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. .

6. "Stonyfield Farm." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. .