What’s Natural about Our Natural Products?
Is Whole Foods Wholesome
The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic
Called Home
In this quote Kingsolver shows that are nation is not educated and have a lack of knowledge in food labeling,we usually focus on the price of the product not the
quality of it.
Putting It Back Together Again: Processed Foods
Faith Leaders for the Win! Labeling is a Moral Issue
Food Industry Leaders for the Win: Yes on 37! ·
- Federman, Sarah. What’s Natural about Our Natural Products? Language Awareness, Bedford /St. Martin’s, 2009
- In the essay for what’s Natural about Our Natural Products? , Sarah Federman explains the use of the word “natural” and the actual meaning behind it.
- Federman used the Language Awareness text book as a medium for her writing and this essay was written for college students and consumers who are interested in reading about what the food products that they are purchasing actually contains.
- This essay came from the Language Awareness text book that means it’s published by a great reputable source because this text book is being used as a tool to for teaching in college classes.
- “The word “natural” has become more a marketing poly than a way to communicate meaningful information about a product.”(Federman 584). Federman’s purpose is to show the readers that the food companies uses the words “naturally and “natural” to manipulate the consumers to buy more of there goods.
- “To me, a “natural” product or service suggests any or all of the following: a healthy alternative, an environmentally friendly product, vegetarian, and or produced without synthetic chemicals.” (Federman 584). Federman’s illustrate these meaning in order, for people to be more alert when it comes to there health and the choices in food that they made.
- “I found nothing that explained the meaning of “naturally baked.” Do you think this means they leave the chips out in the sun to crispen up? Probably not, so why does this process cost more per ounce when it uses less fat?” (Federman 585). in this quote Federman critics “Lays” the potato chips company and how do they use the words “naturally backed” to manipulate there consumers, in order for the company to sale it in a higher price.
- Federman uses researches and personal experiences as an evidence for her writing and those evidences seem to be pretty credible because its common senesce and all consumers should be aware already of what the author is trying to say.
- I strongly agree with Sarah Federman essay “What’s Natural about Our Natural Products?”. Her argument about using the word “naturally” is extremely factual because natural mean something that is not made by a human, so how the food companies does uses it all the time? This essay remained me of an article called “Natural Means "Nothing" – What Does Everything Else Mean?” by McMelker. Both of these articles argues about how large food corporations uses words like “natural”, “pure”, and “fresh” to manipulate the public to consume there products and as a result they increase there amount of money and wealth .
Is Whole Foods Wholesome
- Maloney, Field. Is Whole Foods Wholesome? Language Awareness, Bedford /St. Martin’s, 2009.
- In the article for Is Whole Foods Wholesome? Field Maloney discovers the dark secrets behind and the negative out-comes behind the organic food movement.
- Maloney uses magazines like Slate and newspapers as a medium for his writing and this article was written for consumers who are curious about organic food and the choices they make when they purchase a product.
- This article originally was posted in Slate magazine on March 17, 2006 this shows that this article was published by a great reputable source because Slate is well-known political magazine.
- “Whole Foods pays its workers a solid living wage –its lowest earners average $13.15 an hour-with excellent benefits and health care. No executive make more than 14 times the employee average.” (Maloney 595). In this quote Maloney shows that the “haute-crunchy” supermarket workers are one of the highest paid workers in the US.
- “In January, Whole Foods announced that it had committee to buy a year’s supply of power from a wind-power utility in Wyoming.”(Maloney595). In this quote Maloney shows how much money the wholesome food companies use on their energy.
- “But American populism chafes against the notion of good health for those who can afford it. Charges of elitism-media wags, in otherwise flattering profiles, have called whole Foods “Whole Paycheck” and “Wholesome, healthy for wholesome, wealthy” are the only criticism of whole Foods that seems to have stuck.” (Maloney597). In this quote Maloney demonstrate how not all people can afford buying wholesome products because it’s very expensive because the company uses the money to pay wages and to buy energy.
- Maloney uses researches and personal experiences as an evidence for her writing and this evidence seems to be credible to me because they are true and also they were published in famous magazine originally.
- I agree with Maloney’s article because its common sense making a wholesome food uses more energy and money than the processed food product. This article remind me of another article that I read in this chapter and it’s called “The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic” by Mark Winne because they are both about how organic and wholesome food cost more money than the regular manufactured products.
The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic
- Winne, Mark, The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic. Language Awareness, Bedford /St. Martin’s, 2009
- In the following excerpt from his book, The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic, Mark Winne shows that hunger, obesity and diabetes is high among low income families, and how the healthy diet option is not available for them, because they can’t afford it.
- Winne wrote a book about healthy food options and he used it as a medium for his writing to demonstrate his ideas to minimum wage consumers who are interested in reading about healthy food options.
- This excerpt came from Mark Winne book “Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty” that was published in 2008. In my opinion this excerpt came from a reputable source because the author of the book has a lot of credibility and experience with this issue.
- “While they believed that organic food was preferable to food they described as “processed,” “full of chemicals,” or “toxic,” they said that buying organic food wasn’t even an option, because it was simply not available to them”(Winne 601). This quote shows that low wages consumers knows the difference between processed and organic food but it’s not available for them to buy do to their high prices,
- “And in what might be the biggest breakthrough yet, the national Women, Infant, and Children Program (WIC) will be implementing a new fruit and vegetable program that is potentially worth hundreds of million dollars to lower income consumers and local farmers.” (Winne 602). In this quote Winne shows how nonprofit programs our trying to help low wage consumers those days by providing them with healthy food.
- “These project and polices have inched us closer to bridging the divide between the haves and have-nots, but unless every segment of society rejects the notion that there is one food system for the poor, and one for everyone else, these gains will remain marginal.” (Winne 602). In this quote Winne tries to express his vision of solving the problem of the gap of differences between the rich and poor.
- Winne uses researches and personal experiences as an evidence for his writing and those evidences seem to be pretty credible because he uses a lot of real life examples that me and my family have been through.
- I agree with Winne’s argument because its true low wage consumers can’t afford purchasing organic food but that does not mean that they do not care about their health. This reading remind me of another article that I read in this chapter and it’s called “Is Whole Foods Wholesome?” by Field Maloney because they are both about how organic and wholesome food cost more money than the regular manufactured products.
Called Home
- Kingsolver, Barbara. Called Home. Language Awareness, Bedford /St. Martin’s, 2009
- In the following excerpt from her book, Called Home, Barbara Kingsolver believes that American consumers should give up there bad habits and addiction to manufactured and processed food and go back to eating natural genuine food.
- Kingsolver wrote a book about eating natural food and she used it as a medium to encourage her readers who are made of health curious consumers to eat more whole natural food and less processed artificial junk food.
- This excerpt came from Barbara Kingsolver book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A year of Food Life” that was published in 2007. I think this excerpt came from a reputable source because Barbara Kingsolver is a credible writer and her book Animal Dreams is one of my favorite books.
- Kingsolver uses researches and personal experiences as an evidence for her writing and those evidences seem to be credible because those evidence came from personal experience and from her living in nature and countryside.
- "knowing how foods grow is to know how and when to look for them;such expertise is useful for certain kinds of people,namely, the ones who eat, no matter where they live or grocery shop."(kingsolver 575). In this quote Kingsolver shows that in order for us to make better choices in the food products that we buy, we should first learn about its origin and how does it grow.
In this quote Kingsolver shows that are nation is not educated and have a lack of knowledge in food labeling,we usually focus on the price of the product not the
quality of it.
- I agree with Kingsolver argument because the reason for obesity and diseases those days is that people do not make right choices in food they always chose the manufactured over the organic due to the price different. This reading remind me of another article that I read in this chapter and it’s called “Putting It Back Together Again: Processed Foods” by Michael Pollan because both of these arguments encourages people to go back to the healthy eating habits and skip the junk and artificial products.
Putting It Back Together Again: Processed Foods
- Pollan, Michael. Putting It Back Together Again: Processed Foods. Language Awareness, Bedford /St. Martin’s, 2009
- In the following excerpt from her book, putting it Back Together Again: Processed Foods, Michael Pollan tries to convince people to stay away from the manufactured food and to go back to eating the good old healthy natural food.
- Pollan wrote a book about making healthy food choices and he used it as a medium to express his thoughts about unprocessed food and this book was written for consumers that care about their health and the choices they make in food.
- This excerpt originally came from Michael Pollan book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” that was published on 2006. I think this excerpt came from a reputable source because the author uses many statistics and researches in his writing that make it so credible for any reader.
- Pollan uses researches, statistics and personal experiences as an evidence for his writing and those evidences seem to be credible because the author argument convinced me and encouraged me to read more about this issue.
- I agree with Pollan argument because manufactured and genetically engineered food is bad and have a lot of negative consequences for our health; as a result we should go back to eating healthy and organic.
- This reading remind me of another article that I read in this chapter and it’s called “Called Home” by Barbara Kingsolver because both of these writings encourages people to go back to the healthy eating habits and skip the junk and artificial food products.
Faith Leaders for the Win! Labeling is a Moral Issue
- Malkan, Stacy. Faith Leaders for the Win! Labeling is a Moral Issue. http://www.carighttoknow.org/faith_leaders_for_the_win 2012.
- In the article for Faith Leaders for the Win! Labeling is a Moral Issue, Stacy Malkan shows how different religious groups in California are encouraging consumers to vote yes on prop thirty seven.
- Malkan used the Yes on 37 Right to know website as a medium for her Blog and this article was written for California consumers for the purpose of supporting proposition thirty seven.
- This article was originally written for the Yes on 37 Right to know website and it was published on October 28, 2012. In my opinion this article came from a reputable source because the author has a lot of credibility do to the facts that she used and wrote about.
- “Religious and faith-based groups across California, including the Presbyterian Church, United Methodist Church and California Council of Churches, are urging people to vote Yes on Proposition 37”(Malkan). In this quote Malkan supports her main argument which is the main religious groups are agreeing that GMOs are against nature and God creation, and at least there should be labeling for those products therefore consumers could be aware of it. “The only way we can be sure if food is safe is if there is complete transparency and disclosure about the contents of the food we are about to consume. We are seekers of the truth.” (Malkan). Malkan purpose is to shows that we should know what our food products involve in order for us consumers to trust the large companies that sale our food. “Opposing Proposition 37 are the largest pesticide and junk food companies in the world, which are spending $40 million on deceptive ad campaigns to confuse voters about this simple labeling initiative.” (Malkan). In this quote Malkan is asking why large companies are spending so much money against this proposition, and are they hiding behind all of that?
- Malkan uses researches and quotations from a well-know California directors and Councils from a different churches, hospitals, and health programs as evidences which make her writing pretty credible.
- I personally agree with Malkan argument in the article “Faith Leaders for the Win! Labeling is a Moral Issue” because I’m a Muslim and in my religious I’m not supposed to eat pork, and the church that I go to support Prop 37, because we have the right to know what does our food involve. Also my church support this Prop because we believe that genetically engineered food is against nature and God creation.
Food Industry Leaders for the Win: Yes on 37! ·
- Malkan, Stacy. Food Industry Leaders for the Win: Yes on 37!. http://www.carighttoknow.org/faith_leaders_for_the_win . 2012.
- In this article for Food Industry Leaders for the Win: Yes on 37!, Stacy Malkan shows how some large food companies leaders are agreeing and encouraging people to vote yes on prop thirty seven.
- Malkan used the Yes on 37 Right to know website as a medium for her Blog and this article was written for California consumers for the purpose of supporting proposition thirty seven.
- This article was originally written for the Yes on 37 Right to know website and it was published on October 26, 2012. In my opinion this article came from a reputable source because the author has a lot of credibility do to the facts that she used.
- “These business leaders say Prop 37 is common sense and will give us the right to know what's in our food. Contrary to the claims of the opposition, they say Prop 37 will not raise costs or burden businesses.”(Malkan). In this quote Malkan supports her main argument which is that some of the big company leaders are supporting food labeling and prop thirty seven.“ "As a business person, I don't see any evidence of additional costs in our food system. I believe strongly that this will not add to our distribution costs." - Michael Funk, Chair, UNFI” ( Malkan). In this quote Malkan shows that a business man name Michael Funk is admitting that prop thirty seven will not raise the cost of food.“"Only in America can you consume GMOs without knowing it. In Europe, food costs have not gone up as a result (of GMO labeling)." - Andy Berliner, Co-founder and CEO, Amy's Kitchen” ( Malkan). In this quote Malkan shows that there are more than sixty countries in the world that support food labeling and the cost of food should not be the barrier that is stopping the US from joining them.
- Malkan uses researches and quotations from a well-know California company business leaders from a different companies and stores as evidences which make her writing pretty credible and believable.
- Personally I agree with Malkan argument in the article “Food Industry Leaders for the Win: Yes on 37!” because from this article I read about the business owners reaction and commits about the prices, and I found out that the prices will not go up so there is nothing stopping consumers from voting yes on prop thirty seven.