The Modern Food Systems is interesting and I love it. You can get any food you want delivered to your door, or you can go out to a fancy restaurant and get a nice juicy steak. But everything good thing comes with it’s benefits and comes with it’s negatives.
I’ve never really thought about how my favorite foods are made, and I’ve never really been one to look at nutrition facts. For example, when people tell me how McDonald’s make their chicken nuggets, it doesn’t really bother me because I like the way they taste. Which probably isn’t the best thing for me to do, but it’s just the way I was brought up.
But I would like to share with you the ecological footprint of my favorite type of beef, steak. Experts have said if you give up beef it will reduce your carbon footprint more than a car. The agriculture has been a significant force for increasing global warming, as most beef plants use industrial equipment to produce their meat. But giving up meat isn’t something that everyone isn’t going to do, so this really isn’t that realistic. But if the bigger companies reduce their production and they way they raise their beef, maybe then we can reduce some of the carbon footprint.
Carrington, Damian. “Giving up Beef Will Reduce Carbon Footprint More than Cars, Says Expert.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 21 July 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/21/giving-up-beef-reduce-carbon-footprint-more-than-cars.
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