Food, Inc. Part 2

The second part of the Food Inc., is very informative on specific facts and statistics which was kind of confusing to me in the beginning. The Ethanol part of the reading was distant to me because I have never heard or cared so much about these issues before. Reading this though, had me realizing how ignorant some of the government plans are, looking at the fact that they would rather spend all the money on turning corn into food for our cars rather than feeding us humans especially the poor people that are out looking for food. Another thing that was a mind opener to me was the exposure to pesticides. I cannot believe that eight industry-leader baby foods reveal the presence of 16 pesticides, including 3 carcinogens (p.103). This is very frightening considering that chemicals are up to 10 times more toxic to children than adults. It also said that children from ages two to four have concentrations of pesticide residues six times higher in conventionally farmed fruits and vegetables compared to those eating organic foods. This is unbelievable to me because a person would think that having a child eat any fruit or vegetable would be good for their health. After reading about this I definitely am interested in the solutions of organic foods. It said that organic farms create healthier soil; converting 10,000 medium-sized farms to organic would store as much carbon in the soil as we would save in emissions if we took one million cars off the road. This is a great statistic to me and makes me wonder why the government is talking about laws to create more organic farms. This is a huge fact to me and should be an eye opener to the government to create some law that would help the global warming issues as well as the health to our people.