...Change December 15. 2013 Change Food Politics: the political aspects of production, control, regulation, inspection and distribution of food. The politics can be affected by the ethical, cultural, medical and environmental disputes concerning proper farming, agriculture and retailing methods and regulations. Food politics is something most college students know nothing about. But without it, one bite from that burger you love from McDonalds could kill you. Do you ever stop and think about who controls what we eat, what can and cannot go into our food, or who even produces our food? Probably not. All college kids want to know is how well it tastes, the cost of it, and how much they can get in one sitting. Our food system is in place to make sure production, control, regulation, inspection, and distribution of food is met to the highest of standards. But as our world changes, so does our need for a changing food system. The American food system needs to change because it’s causing world hunger in other nations, there is a blurred line in the quality of organic food, and lastly Americans don’t even know where their food has come from. We’ve all seen those informational commercials where they ask us to donate around 20 cents a week to help the hungry in a third world country. Have you ever thought about how that country got to the state it’s in or why they can’t get out of that state? Believe it or not, the “Green Revolution” isn’t as great as most think. The revolution brought...
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...| Everyone should buy organic food | General purpose: | To persuade | Specific purpose: | To persuade my audience to buy organic food | Central idea: | Organic food is the best food for consumers instead of conventional food | Organizational pattern: | Problem, problem, problem | I. INTRODUCTION | A. Open with impact/ Attention getter: | Let’s imagine. One day you are in a supermarket and you decided to buy vegetables. Well, they are all looking the same but they are actually different. You saw the usual vegetables and the organic vegetables. The question is which one do you prefer? Usual vegetables or organic? However, the stigma is that, whenever you saw the price of organically produce food, you will definitely not going to buy it. It is understandable that it is a little pricey but people should know the reason behind it because everyone should buy organic food. | i. Tie to the audience/ reason to listen | Everyone should have the understanding on why we need to choose more organic food rather than conventional food. | ii. Credibility statement/ material | Therefore, I want to urge all of you to choose and buy organic food instead of risking your life due to the long term exposure of chemicals from conventional food. | iii. Preview of main points/ central idea | As for today, I will try to change your perspective of view towards organic food based on three main points: i. Organic food: what is it? ii. Why organic food more nutritious that conventional...
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...Organic food has become very popular. But navigating the maze of organic food labels, benefits, and claims can be confusing. Is organic food really healthier? Do GMOs and pesticides cause cancer and other diseases? What do all the labels mean? This guide can help you make better choices about which organic foods are healthier for you and better for the environment, and how you can afford to incorporate more organic food into your diet. ------------------------------------------------- What is organic food? Making a commitment to healthy eating is a great start towards a healthier life. Beyond eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and good fats, however, there is the question of food safety, nutrition, and sustainability. How foods are grown or raised can impact both your health and the environment. This brings up the questions: What is the difference between organic foods and conventionally grown foods? Is “organic” always best? Are GMOs safe? What about locally grown foods? What does “organic” mean? The term “organic” refers to the way agricultural products are grown and processed. Specific requirements must be met and maintained in order for products to be labeled as "organic." Organic crops must be grown in safe soil, have no modifications, and must remain separate from conventional products. Farmers are not allowed to use synthetic pesticides, bioengineered genes (GMOs), petroleum-based fertilizers, and sewage sludge-based fertilizers. Organic livestock must...
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...ORGANIC FOOD IN GROCERY SHOP Final Report On Organic Food in Grocery Shop Course name: Business Communication Course code: MBA 310 Sec-02 Submitted To: Nafees Ahmed Imtiazuddin Senior Lecturer University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) Submitted By: Date of Submission: 22/12/2014 Letter of Transmittal 22 December, 2014 Nafees Ahmed Imtiazuddin Senior Lecturer University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh Subject: Submission of final report on “Organic Food in Grocery Shop.” Dear Sir, Here is the final report on “Organic Food in Grocery Shop” that you asked us to prepare as a part of our study (course MBA 310) The preparation of the final report was a real exciting one and I enjoyed every moment of it. I tried to follow the instruction you have given and fulfil all the requirements necessary. I have tried my best to gather all necessary information relevant to the areas of my chosen project. There may be some mistakes or lack of relevant information. But I hope that this report will provide the necessary information on the chosen topics. If there is any mistake or lack of information in this report, I hope you will consider that and inform me about the mistake. If you should need any assistance in interpretation this report, please call on me. I will be grateful to you if you help me overcome the lacking and to know more about this final report. Sincerely, …………………………………………………… Name: ID: ULAB Acknowledgement At first we desire to express our deepest sense of...
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...Organic foods have become very popular through out the United States. There are many different things that make organic food better, but there are bad things about it as well. I will be telling mostly about the good in organic food. Organic must pass a certain standard to be labeled organic. The food must pass a test given by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Crops have to be grown natural meaning not using any pesticides, artificial fertilizers and irradiation. As for animals they must be on an organic farm and eat organically grown food, they also must have space to be freely and not always stuck in a barn. The biggest thing that animals cannot have is antibiotics or synthetic grown hormones. I choose to talk about why organic is the best option because of many different reasons. Even though organic foods cost more money it is still a good option. There is a lot more you have to do with organic foods and that's why it cost more money. The first being labor cost rising because they are not using chemicals the crops need more care and attention. The workers have to spend more time at work doing harder labor, so they are paying more money for labor then conventional farms. The second reason is the demand of organic food has highly increased since 1997. They can't produce organic food as fast as other foods. If they can't produce organic food fast enough then their is a shortage, instead they have to work harder and longer to meet the demands of organic...
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...Lodgepole Creek Certified Organic Foods Market Research Plan For Dr. Bensen Prepared by: Stephanie Disney 1 Executive Summary of research and findings Lodgepole Creek Certifies Organic Foods would like to know who they should be marketing to, in order to receive the best results for their company's success. They would also like to know how to best appeal to this marketing mix to gain their loyalty and to compete within the market. Three research objectives are identified: who should Lodgepole Creek's marketing mix consist of; research should be done to see how Lodgepole Creek can gain their loyalty. Researching and understanding what consumers want from organic sprouting companies will also help in solving the problem of competing within the market. Lodgepole Creek is the only organic sprouting company in the Nebraska Panhandle that offers its customers with a wide variety of products to include: alfalfa, sunflower, clover, bean and pea mix, lentils, wheat grass, and a "hot mix" of radish, cabbage, and mustard sprouts. Sprouts are one of the most complete and nutritional of all foods that exist. Adults between the ages of 20-40 years old who are single, single with children, married, and married with children should be the focus of Lodgepole Creek's advertising, keeping in mind that women do most of the household and grocery shopping. Single adults are trying to look their best, while older adults are wanting to feel...
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...The simple word “organic” has a lot of meaning behind it. Organic food is food that comes straight from the ground usually by farmed by a famer which takes close look at what he is growing. It also pertains to healthy animals that live their lives without being injected with anything. The farmer does not use any pesticides, chemical fertilizers or GMO’s. The food is 100% organic without any artificial growth aid. This means that al plants and animals that are on the farm are healthy and do not come into any contact with chemicals such as pesticides, hormones, or GMO’s. Organic is all about keeping plants and animals healthy but also the environment we live in healthy. There are many ways to have good soil without chemicals and some ways are composting your food. It is free and very affective. There are a lot of debates whether people should by organic or not. Some are that buying organic is more expenses because you as the consumer have to pay more for the famer that grows it. Another is if organic food has more nutrients and healthy then other foods. According to the Organic valley website, organic food is not only beneficial for people but it makes our animals, soil and planet a whole lot healthier. Organic food blocks away toxins that your body may pick up when you buy food that was processed in factories and grown with pesticides. From first hand experience I have tasted organic food and I have noticed that it is a lot more flavorful then non-organic food. Your body is your...
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...Advantages of Organic Food You Are What You Eat Do you really know what goes into your food? Discover the advantages of organic food on this site and see exactly what producers have been adding to your fruit and vegetables to make it less healthy than a few years ago. In the rush to produce more and more crops to satisfy growing demand producers have had to resort to using a lethal cocktail of pesticides to control disease and insect attack. Good news for their bank balances perhaps but not good news for your health, this is why you need to be informed of the advantages of organic food. Did you know that if you consumed an average apple you would be eating over 30 pesticides, even after you have washed it? The quality of food has definitely gone down since the second world war. For instance, the levels of vitamin C in today's fruit bear no resemblance to the levels found in wartime fruit. Organic food is known to contain 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed. Read more about this here. You will have to eat more fruit nowadays to make up the deficiency, but unfortunately that means eating more chemicals, more detrimental affects on your health eating something that should be good for you! Also don't forget about the cocktail of anti-biotics and hormones that cattle and poultry are force fed. What happens to those chemicals when the animal dies? Digested and stored in human bodies is the answer, have you seen pictures...
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...your Food Imagine the chicken you are about to eat running around on a farm free and happy, right before it was murdered and put through the food processing business. Well this chicken you’re imagining is far from happy and free, it’s actually the opposite. This chicken was cramped up in a dark crowded house with thousands of other chickens. No light and no space for these poor chickens. However the real issue here is how cheap processed food is the only thing low income families can afford. These families are not getting the nutrients they need. But since they cannot afford healthy organic food they are put in a situation where there is really one option, and that’s to eat the unhealthy processed food. In the movie it showed a farmer who grows organically; he is not working for a bigger company. They interviewed people who come and buy his food and all of them travel a long way just to come get this organic food. Low income families cannot make this trip mostly because they don’t have money for gas or even the food he’s selling. This farmer doesn’t want to be bought out by a big business because he knows his food won’t be organic anymore. These big businesses come into small farms like his and make an offer hard to turn down, and then they will run the farm their way, which would be processing all of it. This means, they lose the nutrients in the food and fill it with artificial flavor that’s mostly likely high in sugar or some other ingredient that isn’t good for you. The...
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...WHY ORGANIC PRODUCTS? A healthy outside starts from the inside. Hence, making a commitment to healthy eating is a great start towards a healthier life. Beyond eating more fruits, vegetables, and good fats, however, there is the question of food safety, nutrition, and sustainability. How foods are grown or raised can impact both your health and the environment. This brings up the question: Is “organic” always best? It is all very well to go organic when we’re eating, but what about skincare? If we do not intent to put in harmful chemicals inside our body, should we really be putting chemicals on our skin? With researchers estimating that women put over 500 chemicals on their face daily, should this raise concern amongst us? The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) establishes the regulations and standards in the United States regarding the manufacture of drugs & food. The problem is that they don’t pay as much attention to skin care and make-up as they should, thereby allowing some very harmful chemicals to be used in creating almost every product that is mass marketed. Taking care of our skin is essential, as after all it is the body’s largest living organ. However, many of the personal care products available in the market contain toxins and chemicals that suffocate the skin. Many main-stream products contain chemicals that are easily absorbed into the skin and can enter the blood stream. Most of these compounds are absorbed easily by the skin, which inhibit the skin’s...
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...When thinking about agriculture and where our food comes from, the famous farmer’s red barn comes to mind. There is an image, of a farmer raising healthy animals, with acres of land and freedom for the animals to roam. Whenever we buy and prepare our food, especially our meat, we do not usually consider where exactly the food comes from. Several people are not educated about the reality of the severe conditions that our meat is put through, and blindly trust what is given and said to us. The majority of animals, which are raised for food, live inhumanely in large, overcrowded warehouses called factory farms. Animals in these warehouses, mainly chickens, pigs, and cows, are also exploited to dangerous chemicals in order to progress aging and size. Regrettably, these chemicals do not only affect the animals in the long term. Obesity is an ever growing epidemic in America. It has become so severe that 1 in 3 Americans born after 2000 will develop early onset diabetes. There are numerous reasons as to why this is: lack of exercise, stress, and poverty to name a few, and of course what we put into our bodies. The animals in these factory farms are forced into such diseased and cruel situations that companies are compelled to use chemicals and antibiotics in the animal’s food in order to compensate for the unsanitary and tight conditions that they are raised in. An estimated 70 percent of antibiotics in the U.S. are sold and fed to animals in factory farms. They are crammed so closely...
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...Organic vs. Inorganic Foods Our world today is infested and becoming way more dangerous with all these chemicals. In an effort to increase productivity and confine bigger market shares, the use of fertilizers, pesticides, food additives such as dyes and additives has become so common that artificial ingredients are now outnumbering natural ingredients on many food content labels, and it is the opinion of many experts that this forever increasing use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides, and chemical additives has a direct connection to the alarming rise in cancer rates and other health problems. (Aldrich, P. 1) Organic foods are quickly becoming recognized as a reasonable alternative in this chemical loaded world. The focus on environmentally sound agricultural methods and prolonging agriculture is getting the attention of many who are now concerned about what they're eating as well as the environment. Organic foods are what is happening. They are becoming a part of many traditional diets, and are viewed as an important and essential part of a healthy diet plan. They are also viewed as a reliable and safe alternative to the issues regarding conventionally grown, processed, and packaged foods. Many organic followers believe that once you've tasted organic foods you can't go back to typically grown foods the taste is unbelievable. People are now looking for good food with real nutrition and quality and they're finding it in organic foods. The realization of a need for...
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...WHOLE FOODS Questions: 1. What about related products? The products that offers Whole Foods are natural and organic food offering customers a wide variety of products. This means food that is free of growth hormones or antibiotics and food conforms to the standards as defined by the U.S Department of Agriculture in October 2002. Product categories at Whole Foods include: produce, seafood, grocery, meat and poultry, bakery, prepared foods and Catering, Speciality( Beer, Wine and Cheese), Whole Body (nutritional suplements, vitamins, body care, and educational products such as books), floral, pet products and householdsd products. 2. What of the general environment segments and which factors therein are most relevant to WFM? To WFM one of the most relevant could be about population because in the last years, consumers have made a gradual move toward the use of fresher, healthier foods in their everydays diets. There are a segment that prefer expend more money in gourmet shops with a high quality in their products. But low prices and convenience continue to be the dominant factors driving consumers to supermarkets today. That is other factors the competitive environment, unless Whole Food Market was one of the first natural an organic products shop, when it open only were another 6 shops like this in USA in the next years a lot of grocery are flourishing. As well the supermarkets and shops are introducing new products to sell similar to the WFM...
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...Organic Produce is a Choice Organic Produce is a Choice Imagining a world where there are no chemicals used on the food we eat, making them less harmful to the body and better for the environment that this generation wants to be protected for future generations is hard; therefore most people do not even try; however, if the public were more aware of the benefits of organic produce vs. conventionally grown produce, maybe they will want to make an impact on the environment sooner than later; for later could be too late. Though the health benefits are minimal (Baker, Benbrook, Groth, & Benbrook, 2002), the environmental effects can be limitless, and there is nothing better than getting the full flavor of one’s produce while knowing where it came from, how it was processed, and they are getting nutrients from their produce, not chemical residue or wax (“whfoods.org”, 2013.). Just one of these benefits is enough to make one eat organic, so considering them all, the price should be worth it; like the saying you get what you pay for. Would it not be nice eating food that will not only have health benefits, but also taste better while knowing that with each bite taken, it is playing a part in preserving the environment for future generations? Maybe people do not try organic produce for fear of change, lack of availability, it is too “pricey”, or they are just unaware. Even though organic produce is so similar some cannot tell them apart by eye, they really are very different...
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...Customer service is high • Small overhead • Menu Flexibility Weaknesses • Restaurant is not established and new – no market presence or reputation • Cash flow issues in early stages Opportunities • Food conscious – healthier choices • Working with local farmers to supply organics products • Little competition in market Threats • Operating costs • High turnover rates for employees • Changing customer demands • Perception of product Trends • Healthy, organic food Introduction A restaurant owner who fails to plan plans to fail. Most restaurants will succeed, provided that their owners are determined, stubborn, and willing to take control of those variables that can be controlled. Changes in markets, competition, products, and customer perceptions are inevitable. Restaurants that can adapt to such changes because of foresight and careful planning will profit. A written business plan is helpful in so many ways that the time and effort to write and update it are trifling in comparison to the benefits it gives. Concept Organics is a unique concept. It will very easily fit into the marketplace. This health conscious concept is very desirable. Organics Salad and Sandwich Shop will be a low priced restaurant, featuring prompt service in a relaxing atmosphere. Location The location selected is in the heart of a major University and downtown corporate area....
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