Food Issue essay : Do people have a right to know what is in their food ?

Diana Laura Pimentel
Nov 20 , 2012
Period 2

                                    Do people have a right to know what’s in their food ?

The people have to know what they’re eating but some people don’t worry about the type of
food , they only care about the price they are not forced to buy any particular food in us but in
us they love the fast food and they don’t care if the food are unhealthy or have many calories  
because sometimes they don’t have time so they go for fast food .

In the other hand some people don’t like to eat fast food and they worry about what kind of food they’re eating because the food comes from a bad place or farms and because the food have many calories and others people like to eat in their houses because they eat healthy food or they eat organic food , they’re doing right because they are taking care of their body and the world 
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People have a right to know what’s in their food because is more healthy safe and better to the environment and they’re taking care of their body and health i wish all the people thinks like that because is better to everyone .

Should We Consider Who Produces and Processes our Food?

Dane Cross  p.2     11-20-2012

         Personally, I believe that we should definitely consider who is producing and processing our food.  As I see it there are two types of farmers; the "honest" farmer, who lets the cows eat grass free-range and butchers their animals humanely and in a sanitary manner, while the "dishonest" farmers are really not farmers at all.  They are scientists who genetically modify their food and slaughter them without being humane or any sanitation standards.
         The "honest" farmers let their cows graze free-range, which is a sustainable food source because their manure helps the grass regrow.  The "dishonest" farmers feed their cows corn because it's cheaper, even though it can make the cows produce e. coli.  The "honest" farmers also butcher their animals that is more humane and more sanitary than the meat processing plants that treat the animals the same as the humans (which are illegal immigrants) run by the "dishonest" "farmers."
         Some people might say that food is food no matter how it was treated and killed, but the only difference is that the dishonest farmers' food is cheaper. I would agree, except that what you save by buying the cheaper food is more than paid for in insulin needed for people with type 2 diabetes and death by e.coli poisoning.
         All in all, paying attention to who produces your food and paying a few extra bucks for the honest farmers' product is an imperative part in leading a healthy lifestyle.