Human Geo Map Test With Lables

SCORE: 45/50

Human Geo Map Test

Practice Test Score

22/100

Food Reflection Essay

I think that this unit was very informative, and I enjoyed learning about all of the foods that I eat. I liked watching the movie because it made me feel more aware. I also learned a lot about how different brands make their meets. I was disappointed of the way that some of the food companies refused to be interviewed. To me, it shows that they know what they are doing is wrong, but they don’t want to face Americans to admit it. Even though the movie was a little gross, it made me feel like I knew more about my diet. It was cruel what they did to the chickens. It makes me want to stop eating certain brands because of the way that the chickens are treated, and also because of the gross and unnatural things that are done to them. I would probably try more organic things, but everything organic is so much more expensive. To me, it would make more sense for the natural foods to be less expensive because they can be grown right in the backyard. The processed foods should be more expensive because of all of the chemicals and hormones that are put into the food.

Making the apple crisp was a good idea because it gives us a view of the distance that imported food has to travel. For example, a sugar used from California was farther away from one that came from Maine. This means that the trip probably costs more, and leaves a larger carbon footprint. By importing foods and using too much gas and oil, we make the environment more polluted. We also found out that the cost would turn out to be more coming from farther away.

I think that my diet will change in many ways. I will probably not eat fast food much anymore. Just looking at what goes into a hamburger bun is enough to make me grossed out. I am puzzled at the fact that people put so many chemicals into a bun. Wouldn’t it just be cheaper to use only a couple real ingredients rather than to use many chemicals and other unnecessary ingredients? I will also be aware of the meats and poultry that I eat. I do not want to be eating beef that was fed corn instead of grass or chicken that were given hormones and chemicals. It makes me feel sorry for the animals as well as all of the people that eat the meat. most Americans have no clue what is in their meat and where it comes from, and I think that we should be able to know everything about what goes into our bodies. Instead of putting pretty and seemingly nice pictures on the outside of processed food, why not put a picture of the factory or farm that it really came from. I am not saying that all of it is fake, but I am just trying to show that not everything we see on the label of a product is real. Now that ive seen where all of this has come from, I feel that I need to pass it on to other people so that one day there will be no more eccoli or processed, unhealthy foods.

The next thing that I would like to talk about is ecoli. So often, we hear about an eccoli breakout, and the lives that are taken from this unfortunate and unnecessary problem. We know the answer to ecoli and how to stop it, but we still fail to fix the problem in order to terminate it.  Eccoli comes from the corn that the animals are being fed. Normally, cows are supposed to eat grass but they are fed corn me become fatter faster. If the cows are fed grass for just five days, the ecolli will go away. This is another thing that puzzles me. If corn seeds need to be bought and grown, then why don’t we just give cows grass which is naturally grown? I do not understand the point of rushing the cows to get fatter, if we can risk them getting ecoli from it. It would make more sense to feed a cow naturally and take longer, but to know that the meat would be ecoli free. The farmers that raised cows naturally would probably make more money because they would have the safest meat. I think that it is very sad the people’s children and relatives have to become severely ill or die for others to understand the importance of this ordeal. Hopefully more people will realize this and how it is affecting others, and they will take a stand against unhealthy food in our country.

Again and again we hear about obesity and the huge problem it is in the United States. People are constantly wondering what they can do to make their food healthier but the answer is right in front of them. They need to stop adding artificial things and chemicals to their food. It doesn’t make any sense to put extra chemicals or hormones in food because it costs more. I am sure that flour, water, and sugar cost a lot less then chemicals, fillers, and artificial sweeteners. For example, a McDonald’s hamburger bun consists of enriched flour, water, salt, wheat gluten, calcium sulfate, soy flour, ammonium sulfate, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, ammonium chloride, baking soda, sorbic acid, deactivated dry yeast, dough conditioners, calcium propionate & sodium propionate (preservatives), and soy lecithin. I think that this is insane. Chemicals should not be used in bread. For example, ammonium sulfate is a type of fertilizer. I do not know about you, but I am puzzled as to why they put fertilizer in a bun. It is confusing that they add all of these expensive chemicals rather than only using cheaper natural ingredients.

In conclusion, I wrote this to inform people of the real story of how our food is made today. I just want people to listen and try to fight back this unfortunate trend. Hopefully in the future, people will try to stop this and make food healthy and safe to eat.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100219202110AAWyHV8
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Ammonium+sulfate&sa=X&ei=Xd-5TPPPMYH-8AbAp-DSDw&sqi=2&ved=0CBUQkAE

Cost and Distance of Food

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106804455194835404298.000492576db03d837a9c7&ll=37.09024,-96.767578&spn=38.365962,79.013672&t=h&z=4

All together, my food traveled 21060 miles. The current pice of gas is $3.07 per gallon. Big rig trucks get about 7 miles per gallon. This means that the cost of the entire trip of my food costed $2936.31 in all. 

Food Journal and Where The Food is From

Emily P.                                                                                                  October 4, 2010- October 7, 2010

Food Journal

Monday- 10/4/10

Dinner: Safeway tilapia (Los Altos, CA U.S.A.), Mahatma White Rice (Houston, TX U.S.A.), Nestea Iced Tea (Atlanta, GA U.S.A.)

Tuesday- 10/5/10

Breakfast: Brown sugar pop tart (Battle Creek, MI U.S.A.), Wellsley Farms Butter (Natick, MA U.S.A.), Minute Maid Lemonade (Atlanta, GA U.S.A.)

Lunch: Minute Maid Lemonade (Atlanta, GA U.S.A.), PBJ; Smucker’s (Orrville, Ohio U.S.A.)/ Jif (Orrville, Ohio U.S.A.), Chez- Its (Elmhurst, IL U.S.A.)

Dinner: Libratore’s Summer Salad (apples, melon, lettuce, cranberries), water (crystal water) (Lancaster, PA U.S.A.)

Snacks: Special K Bar (vanilla) (Battle Creek, MI U.S.A.), orbit gum (Chicago, IL U.S.A.), Dole banana (Thousand Oaks, CA U.S.A.)

Wednesday- 10/6/10

Breakfast: Nothing

Lunch: PBJ; Smucker’s (Orrville, Ohio U.S.A.)/ Jif (Orrville, Ohio U.S.A.), Nestea Iced Tea (Atlanta, GA U.S.A.), Chez- Its (Elmhurst, IL U.S.A.)

Dinner: McDonald’s Fries (Dayton, NJ U.S.A.)*, Sweet Tea*, Apple Pie*

Snacks: Special K Bar (vanilla) (Battle Creek, MI U.S.A.), orbit gum (Chicago, IL U.S.A.)

Thursday- 10/7/10

Breakfast: none

Lunch: PBJ; Smucker’s (Orrville, Ohio U.S.A.)/ Jif (Orrville, Ohio U.S.A.), Chez- Its (Elmhurst, IL U.S.A.), Nestea Iced Tea (Atlanta, GA U.S.A.), cookie (JC Cafeteria)

Dinner: red potatoes (Tower City, PA U.S.A.), Safeway Steak (Los Altos, CA U.S.A.), green giant broccoli (Le Sueur, Minnesota U.S.A.), minute maid lemonade (Atlanta, GA U.S.A.)

Snacks: orbit gum (Chicago, IL U.S.A.)

*McDonald’s is very secretive about where their food is made, therefor I do not know where these foods are located.