FOOD: HISTORY AND CULTURE IN THE WEST Institute of European Studies and EU Center of Excellence 2010 Food Symposium K-14 Educational Resource Materials As part of its public outreach activities‚ the Institute of European Studies (IES) at the University of California‚ Berkeley has developed curricular resource materials for K-14 educators‚ adapted from the proceedings of two IES events in 2010 that explored food cultures and histories. We hope these materials will serve as a point of departure for
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Book Review - In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto In the book‚ In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto‚ author Michael Pollan commences his tale with a few straightforward words: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants”. In his introduction‚ An Eater’s Manifesto‚ Pollan discusses how the dietetic wisdom that was passed down from older generations has been heavily tainted by “nutritional science and food industry marketing” (Pollan‚ 2008). The first volume of the book entitled‚ The Age of
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ABU DHABI FOOD CONTROL AUTHORITY YOUR GUARDS TO SAFE FOOD UAE FOOD SECURITY PROJECT Food Security Definition: «Access to sufficient food by all people at all times for an active and healthy life” The UAE food security definition is to design short and long term strategies around the Food and Agriculture Organization>s (FAO) recommended three dimensions: Availability‚ Affordability and Accessibility. Availability – Whether sufficient supplies are available either from domestic production
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Supermarkets vs. local shops To many‚ supermarkets are an integral part of modern-life‚ but should their expansion be at the cost of local stores? TheSite.org looks at the pros and cons of supermarket shopping. For Time savers: Let’s be honest‚ life without supermarkets would be total hell. Gone are the days of trawling the high street all day long‚ and now we can fit shopping into our busy schedules. We’re not even restricted by opening hours‚ with many supermarkets now open 24 hours. Choice:
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price range. Foreign and local brands are occupying the local market competitively. Customers’ preferences for both brands differ in some ways and one of it is the brand personality. Aaker‚ 1996 mentions that customers’ preferences are subject to the emphasis of brand personality. For example‚ consumers are much more exposed to international brands as these products are intensely advertised globally to make them more recognizable worldwide (Hsieh‚ 2004). As compared to local labels; which only limited
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Summary of “On Buying Local” by Katherine Spriggs Having the luxury of eating any fruit or vegetable at any time is amazing but it can come at a cost to our bodies and our environment. Buying local is a way we can counteract this because local farms are more sustainable and overall better for the environment. The United States play a huge part in global warming. But this is an international problem and many companies are putting billions of pounds of pesticides and chemicals into our water‚ air
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Purpose: To persuade our audience to buy and eat organic local meats and produce not only for their health and protection from chemically and genetically enhanced foods but also to sustain and help our local community and economy. Attention Grabber: Today I would like to speak on a topic that is very close to all of our hearts‚..That being our pockets and our stomachs‚ you may ask yourself what do I mean by this? I’m talking about your health‚ Food and $. Tied together these things help to sustain our
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Synthesis Essay: Locavore Movement Over the last decade the increase in consumer concerns regarding food origin‚ have changed the landscape of consumer purchasing decisions and contributed to the growing demand for local produce and products. The locavore movements are people and environments who have decided to eat locally grown or produced products; in fact it has become widespread over this past decade. Communities have considered whether a locavore movement is beneficial in changing a population’s
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walk down the block to a local market where they can stock up on fresh‚ local produce like apples‚ potatoes and healthy greens. However‚ for many unfortunate people the only accessible markets are small corner stores‚ liquor shops‚ and convenience stores that predominantly sell processed‚ fringe- foods that offer insufficient nutrients‚ and sell little-to-no fresh produce or dairy products. These areas that are void of fresh produce are often called “food deserts.” A food desert is described as a
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The locavore movement‚ a diet where people try to eat locally grown foods when possible‚ has become increasingly popular over the past decade. It has generally been viewed as an environmentally friendly movement‚ which contrasts the reality that locally grown foods are actually less environmentally friendly compared to their mass produced counterparts. However‚ the locavore movement has been able to spur on local economies‚ keeping money within communities that would have otherwise been spent externally
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