industrialized food industry‚ it is very difficult to find good quality food that has not been processed or manipulated in terms of bulk production. More so‚ animals are treated inhumanely by placing them in cages or brutally killing them in a meatpacking factory. For instance‚ many ethical concerns about the treatment of animals in these brutal conditions is part of my choice to only eat “free-range” animals that live on small organic farms. Pollan
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Dialectical Journal – Fast Food Nation 1. “Hundreds of millions of people buy fast food every day without giving it much thought‚ unaware of the subtle and not so subtle ramifications of their purchases. They rarely consider where this food came from‚ how it was made‚ what it is doing to the community around them. They just grab their tray off the counter‚ find a table‚ take a seat‚ unwrap the paper‚ and dig in” (Schlosser 10). In this passage from the introduction‚ Eric Schlosser directly states
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population at 11.7 million people. (U.S. Census) With the influx of Latinos immigrating to America‚ the populations of rural regions like Iowa have held steady in the changing landscape of the 2000s. These Latino immigrants often come to work in the meatpacking plants‚ construction‚ and agricultural labor. Communities across the state‚ such as Dennison‚ have also seen their dying main streets flourish with Latino-owned businesses run by young and old Latino immigrants alike. (Des Moines
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the fast food industry‚ the detrimental impact‚ comprehensive condition of the goods‚ and hazardous working conditions are still alive today with inadequate improvement since the shovel-scraping-meat-off-the-floor days of the early 20th century meatpacking business‚ affecting the millions of oblivious consumers piling into their local fast food restaurants
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million acres of public land. Another act he created was the “Meat Inspection Act” and this act came about due to the novel “ The Jungle” which detailed the unsanitary conditions of meatpacking. Roosevelt disgusted by these findings sought to find a change and released the “Meat Inspection Act” to sanitize the meatpacking industry. He later released the “Pure Food and Drug Act” which was to stop manufacturers from adding dangerous preservatives to food in order to extend it’s shelf life. They would
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Matt Furman Coach Mutz History Block G 20 November 2014 Chapter 9 Reading Assignment Section 1: The Origins of Progressivism Four Goals of Progressivism • What was the progressive movement and what did it aim to do? Protecting Social Welfare • Who was Florence Kelley and what did she advocate for? Promoting Moral Improvement • What was the Prohibition and what led up to it? Creating Economic Reform • What were muckrakers? Fostering Efficiency • Who coined the scientific management
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PENGUIN BOOKS FAST FOOD NATION ‘What makes Fast Food Nation different is that it is not the predictable anti-meat‚ anti-fat‚ anti-additives‚ anti-non-dairy creamer‚ anti-have-any-fun rant against McDonald’s… it is meticulously researched and powerfully argued’ Observer ‘Schlosser could do for the fast food industry what Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring did for producers of pesticides’ The Times ‘Eric Schlosser may be the Upton Sinclair for this age of mad cow disease… [He has] a flair for dazzling
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many things that we don’t know about behind the scenes. III. Supporting Paragraph 2 1.Meatpacking is now the most dangerous job in the United States. 2.Lacerations are the most common injuries suffered by meatpackers‚ who often stab themselves or stab someone working nearby. Tendinitis and cumulative trauma disorders are also quite common. 3.The rate of these cumulative trauma injuries in the meatpacking industry is far higher than the rate in any other American industry. It is roughly thirty-three
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A brief glance at United States history will provide miniscule details of the reality of the American society‚ and will instead present the United States as a utopia of sorts. Upon through examination‚ one will find an America that nearly fits the dictionary definition of a dystopia: "an imaginary place where people are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated fairly." ("Dystopia") The one difference being‚ it is actually a reality‚ not a fantasy‚ for the majority of the populace.
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Turn-of-the century Chicago Immigrants . Most immigrants worked in dangerous jobs such as “slaughterhouses” as the James R. Barrett stated in his article Life and work for Turn-of-the century Chicago Immigrants. The immigrants working in the meatpacking industry earned 15-20 cents an hour which in present dollars will be $3.00 an hour. However their wages wasn’t enough to support their families
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