My topic is organic seeds and hunger
Some of my question will focus on, how does organic seeds contribute to hunger?
What roll does politics play in the law of organic seeds?
Can organic seeds create jobs and prevent hunger?
Here are some links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/organic_certification
http://www.southafrica.info/trends/empowerment/zoar-220904.htm
http://www.grain.org/briefing_fileses/organic_seeds_2007.
Food, inc. pp65 to 78.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Food and Education.Draft
Dear school chancellor,
How are you. I hope you're doing fine. The reason I'm writing you this letter is because over the last decade the quality of the food in our school has diminish, moreover educating our kids about what they eat is none existence.I would like to share with you some ways to improve the food and food education in our schools. The first way to improve the food and food education in our school is to make it mandatory that all children attend a food education class. Secondly,create a garden and finally we as parents are demanding you put label on unhealthy food . Our children are our future and I'm concern that because of a lack of knowledge of our food system our school children will grow up eating whatever they are given to them thus making them assessable to all kind of disease.We as parents want to make sure that our children live an healthy live so that their future will be secure.
In many schools nowadays you can find a vending medicine that sells soda, snack or candy that is bad for our children. Sometimes even the food that the school cafeteria Serve is way too high collieries and sugar. According to the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE the reason why most children are hyperactive today compare to a decade ago is because of the sugary substance in most food products.
In order to make our children understand what they're eating we must start educating them at an early age, that why we should make it mandatory that all children in elementary school attend a nutrition class. In this class they should be thought about the good and bad about nutrition.They should be thought that food like soda, candy, burgers etc are bad for them because food like these doesn't put nutrients or vitamins in their body these food just taste good, instead it causes them to develop sickness like diabetes,stroke, high cholesterol, atherosclerosis, etc.While food like vegetable salad, yogurt,crackers and beverages like low fat milk,smoothies and water give them more vitamin and nutrition which intern energizes them and make their body fight diseases. If children learn about nutrition from an early age it will help them to make good decision about what to eat.
Too often in this country we sit back and make excuse about how we don't have any control about the food we are eating or we don't have any space to plant a garden. In many developing countries school children are thought how to grow a garden on the school ground at an early age. They learn how deep in the earth a plant should go or how much water should be pour on the plants, they also learn the importance of manure and sunlight on plants. By these children having there own garden they learn at an early age the importance of what they eat. If children are thought how to garden in this country, they can use the plants from the garden to make food in the cafeteria. By them having a better understanding about the process of growing food and knowing where the food come from will help them and others live an healthier lifestyle.
In today society children are easily influence by what they see and here as a parent i try to limit the things i know that can influence my children but i can't be with them every where.
As parent i want my children to live an healthy and productive life so i make sure they eat healthy food at home. At school i know they don't eat healthy and it's very frustrating. Research has shown that children who eats healthy food at home are willing to eat unhealthy food when they are away from their parents.This is why we as parents are demanding that you put label on unhealthy food. By labeling food children will be able to distinguish whats bad for their health.We as parents can only do so much in making sure our kids live an healthy and productive life.
I would like to thank you for this opportunity to express my opinion.I hope that you agree with me that in order improve the food and food education for our kids we must start by mandating they attend a food education class, creating a garden and by demanding that unhealthy food be label, after all doesn't our kids deserve a healthy lifestyle?
Yours Sincerely
Marvis Usher.
How are you. I hope you're doing fine. The reason I'm writing you this letter is because over the last decade the quality of the food in our school has diminish, moreover educating our kids about what they eat is none existence.I would like to share with you some ways to improve the food and food education in our schools. The first way to improve the food and food education in our school is to make it mandatory that all children attend a food education class. Secondly,create a garden and finally we as parents are demanding you put label on unhealthy food . Our children are our future and I'm concern that because of a lack of knowledge of our food system our school children will grow up eating whatever they are given to them thus making them assessable to all kind of disease.We as parents want to make sure that our children live an healthy live so that their future will be secure.
In many schools nowadays you can find a vending medicine that sells soda, snack or candy that is bad for our children. Sometimes even the food that the school cafeteria Serve is way too high collieries and sugar. According to the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE the reason why most children are hyperactive today compare to a decade ago is because of the sugary substance in most food products.
In order to make our children understand what they're eating we must start educating them at an early age, that why we should make it mandatory that all children in elementary school attend a nutrition class. In this class they should be thought about the good and bad about nutrition.They should be thought that food like soda, candy, burgers etc are bad for them because food like these doesn't put nutrients or vitamins in their body these food just taste good, instead it causes them to develop sickness like diabetes,stroke, high cholesterol, atherosclerosis, etc.While food like vegetable salad, yogurt,crackers and beverages like low fat milk,smoothies and water give them more vitamin and nutrition which intern energizes them and make their body fight diseases. If children learn about nutrition from an early age it will help them to make good decision about what to eat.
Too often in this country we sit back and make excuse about how we don't have any control about the food we are eating or we don't have any space to plant a garden. In many developing countries school children are thought how to grow a garden on the school ground at an early age. They learn how deep in the earth a plant should go or how much water should be pour on the plants, they also learn the importance of manure and sunlight on plants. By these children having there own garden they learn at an early age the importance of what they eat. If children are thought how to garden in this country, they can use the plants from the garden to make food in the cafeteria. By them having a better understanding about the process of growing food and knowing where the food come from will help them and others live an healthier lifestyle.
In today society children are easily influence by what they see and here as a parent i try to limit the things i know that can influence my children but i can't be with them every where.
As parent i want my children to live an healthy and productive life so i make sure they eat healthy food at home. At school i know they don't eat healthy and it's very frustrating. Research has shown that children who eats healthy food at home are willing to eat unhealthy food when they are away from their parents.This is why we as parents are demanding that you put label on unhealthy food. By labeling food children will be able to distinguish whats bad for their health.We as parents can only do so much in making sure our kids live an healthy and productive life.
I would like to thank you for this opportunity to express my opinion.I hope that you agree with me that in order improve the food and food education for our kids we must start by mandating they attend a food education class, creating a garden and by demanding that unhealthy food be label, after all doesn't our kids deserve a healthy lifestyle?
Yours Sincerely
Marvis Usher.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Tainted Food
I use to think of myself as a very healthy eater because of where I'm from and how i was brought up, but since i saw the movie FOOD INC, my perception of what i eat have change. I always thought the meat, chicken etc that we eat were from healthy animals that were being taken care of properly especially since these food companies always advertise that their products are the best. I never knew that these animals were being treated so terrible, like cows standing in ankle deep manure all day long to be Slater, which can make the meat become tainted and cause ecoli. Chickens are given antibiotics to grow fast and become overweight that their organs are undeveloped .Chickens are grown in 49days and never see sun light. It's a shame that most of us don't know what we're eating and how these four big companies controls and manipulate the food industry all because of a profit. In my neighbourhood of east new york where most of the people are minority and low income, they are more fast food stores like Burger King, McDonald and White Castle then supermarkets and groceries stores, you might be lucky to find organic food on store shelve.People in my neighbourhood could relate to the family in the movie who could buy hamburgers for $99cents but can't buy broccoli for that price, because they have to choose between eating or buying medication. The same way the big fast food stores controls the fast food it's the same way these big companies control what we eat, that is why in minority and low income neighbourhood like mine, there are more people with diabetes and other sicknesses than in the suburbs. It's sad that the government and elected official know that all this is going on and does nothing about it. How can these official be on the food companies payroll and represent the public at the same time? Because they all are benefiting from this. I think it's time the public put a stop to this practice by educating them self and others. It's time we reconnect our self with what we eat by letting these companies know that we know what they are doing and we're not buying their products.
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