Featured prominently in the documentary film Food, Inc is a story of the heartbreaking loss of Kevin Kowalcyk from tainted hamburger meat on August 11, 2001. In the film, this story is told by his mother, Barbara, who has spent the decade since that day working to reduce (if not ELIMINATE) the incidence of foodborne [...]
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Do we still need Kevin’s Law?
Posted in Content Discussion, tagged CFI, Food, Foodborne Illness, industry, Kevin's Law, Regulation, Society, United States on October 3, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Food, Inc: Where to go from here?
Posted in Content Discussion, tagged Business, Eating, Eric Schlosser, farming, fast food, Fast Food Nation, Food, food production, Inc, industry, Joel Salatin, Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma, Robert Kenner, Sustainable, United States on October 1, 2011 | 27 Comments »
There are a number of issues raised in this film Food, Inc. I think that Robert Kenner has created a clear and demonstrative film that cast a sharp light on both the practical challenges and the associated pleasure principles of smart, ethical eating. Experts such as Eric Schlosser (author of Fast Food Nation) and Michael [...]
Ecological Footprints and Pollution
Posted in Content Discussion on September 4, 2011 | 47 Comments »
Today in class we talked about several things, but the most constant idea was that of Footprint. The idea that each individual has this “invisible” space around them of resource use… Why is it that we think of this as invisible I wonder? Do we just not think of the resources that go into our [...]
Problems, Causes and Sustainability.
Posted in Content Discussion, tagged Society, Status Quo, Sustainability on August 24, 2011 | 32 Comments »
What is the nature of “sustainable”? When you hear someone say that a process is sustainable, or if you hear about the sustainability of a particular enterprise — what comes to your mind? What exactly do those words mean for you? Does they refer to the ability of a plant or animal population to regenerate [...]
