Ch 12 Book

StudyBlue printing of Ch 12 Book html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, b, u, i, center, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; outline: 0; font-size: 100%; background: transparent; } body { line-height: 1; } blockquote, q { quotes: none; } blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after { content: ''; content: none; } /* remember to define focus styles! */ :focus { outline: 0; } /* remember to highlight inserts somehow! */ ins { text-decoration: none; } del { text-decoration: line-through; } /* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */ table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; } /* end RESET */ .header { min-width:800px; } .logo { padding:6px 20px 2px 20px; margin:0; font-size:25px; font-weight:bold; 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-moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; } .print-button a:hover { background-color:black; } .theNote .content { width: 8.0in !important; margin: 5px auto; padding:20px; background-color:white; } .theNote .header { border-bottom: 1px dashed #C8C8C8; font-size: 17px; padding: 0 0 10px; line-height: 19px; color: #00ADE1; min-width:500px; } .theNote .body { font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 10px 0; } .theNote{ padding:6px 0; clear:both; background-color: rgb(200,200,200); } .theNote h3{ color: rgb(100,100,100); } .theNote h1, .theNote h3{ background-color:white; padding:2px 20px; width:8.0in !important; margin: 0 auto; font-size: 15px; } .theNote h1{ padding-top: 10px; font-size: 15px; } .theNote h1:first-child{ font-size: 20px; } .theNote h3 { font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; } #options { border: 3px double #ccc; padding: 5px 12px; margin: 10px 50px 10px 20px; float: left; } #info { border-top: 1px solid #ccc; padding-top: 5px; font-style: italic; } li { margin: 5px 10px 5px 25px; } ul li { list-style: disc; } ol li { list-style: decimal; } img { border: 0; } table { clear: both; width: 100%; border: 1px solid #c5c5c5; border-width: 1px 0; margin: 0; page-break-after: always; } table#page { page-break-after: auto; } td { text-align: center; font-size: 12px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #c5c5c5; height: 1.75in; width: 50%; padding-left: 15px; } .leftside { border-right: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 0 15px 0 0; } .bottom td { border-bottom: none; } .clearfix { clear:both; line-height:1px; height:1px; } img { max-width:80%; max-height:150px; margin:20px; } @media print {.header { display: none; } .content .header{ display:inherit; } table { border: 1px dashed #bbb; border-width: 1px 0; } .theNote{ background-color:white; } } Consumerism: from farm to table As a food consumer, you influence the behaviors of the farmers, processors, marketers, distributors, and retailers of food industry food industry ultimately controls what products are available marketing market heavily to college-aged and young adults (target audiences) advertising for fruits and vegetables is almost nonexistent most heavily advertised foods are often least nutritious most food comes from small, family-run american farms farm= establishment that produces and sells at least $1000 of agricultural products annually largely concentrated in midwest, great plains, and cali agribusiness = blending of agricultural and business entities that affect how food , as well as clothes and furnishings are developed, processed, distributed, and purchased in us top 3 crops = corn, soybeans, and wheat most of these crops are used not to feed humans-----> animals that will later enter our food supply What animals are raised for food cows, pigs, chickens Americans eat more poultry than either pork or beef Globesity = rapidly growing incidence of obesity worldwide us exports more agricultural products than it imports Food Production outside the US fresh produce most fish and shellfish 32% nuts and fruits vegetable imports have doubled 13% of food comes from outside US import because products year round---> regardless of growing seasons demand for cheap food farming in US is expensive Agriculture affects the environment internal sources= land and water external sources= not used in actual growing of the good----> Fossil fuels release carbon dioxide gas emissions locally grown food requires fewer natural resources locavore = attempts to eat locally grown food whenever possible Hormones, antibiotics, pesticides can improve food production but have environmental consequences Hormones produce more milk increase weight Antibiotics treat animals that are sick pre treat animals before they get sick promote growth by keeping gut intestines healthy gain more weight Pesticides disinfectant chemicals that destroy or mitigate pests needed to control disease-causing organisms and pests that threaten food supply can be chemically or biologically based biopesticides= only curtail a specific pest, not harmful to other things organophosphates= 1/2 all the insecticides used in US 4 part risk assessment hazard identification dose-response assessment exposure assessment risk characterization alternative: integrated pest management Biotechnology produce hardier crops but is not embraced by everyone manipulating genes of food products plant breeding genetically modified ---> bigger, better produce and disease-resistant crops genetic engineering alter genetic makeup of an organism exact gene from DNA of plant are isolated and inserted into DNA of another cell Genetically modified organisms genetically engineered to contain both original and foreign genes first used to reduce amount of pesticides then improve crop's tolerance to herbicides provide consumers w. added nutrition, add to shelf life then promise in pharmaceutical environmental, and industrial arenas insulin some worried for production of plant toxins, changes in nutrient content and substances in foods, and production of unsafe animal feed Food policy can help encourage healthier products some lead to relabeling and reformulating without providing a healthier food product KNOW THE LABEL TERMS THAT INDICATE HOW ANIMAL FOODS ARE PRODUCED certified = USDA has evaluated a meat product for class, grade, or other quality fresh poultry = has never had an internal temp below 26 F free range = must demonstrate that animal has been allowed access to outdoors kosher = meat and poultry products that were prepared under supervision of rabbi natural = contains no artificial ingredients, only minimally processed no hormones (pork, poultry) = not allowed in raising hogs or poultry no hormones (beef) = no hormones in raising animals no antibiotics = animals raised without antibiotics Organic farming without use of some synthetic pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, bio engineering, or irradiation are not free of all pesticides