Purple Group!!! Bersabel

Environment -17% fossil fuel= feed our self compare it to 18% personal transportation -Food is very important part of energy problem and climate crises -4 tons of Carbon every year -because of high meet and highly processed food consumption. -More and more food in the supermarket is traveling further and further miles

Pollution Pesticides 80 million acres of corn field in the country - ASTROZINE Which is a very toxic chemical Fertilizers - Nitrogen -Travel and at Golf of Mexico created a dead zone which is the size of NJ

Health Not keeping the population healthy -Epidemic of obesity and for the first time in American history children have shorter life span their parents. (diabetes, other chronic diseases) -So many calories from same kind of plants- processed corn or soy - Soda>milk - micro nutrient deficiency

Money It turn out that it is more expensive-25 billon a year to subsidize this food industry.

Food security -Concentrated food system-raise vulnerability contamination E-coli -One thing goes wrong many people are going to be sick

Depends on Ignorance -If people know how the food was made they will lose appetite -More people are gaining awareness- Whole food and farmers market( double last year) - Both are growing very fast.

Alternative Organic food 1% when the book was wrote, now at 3% growing fast Organic food industry is repeating the industrial food chain 1) Becoming monoculture - Chickens- feed organic food, no chemicals used however they do not let the chickens out for the first 5 weeks and they live for 7 weeks. 2) Organic food started traveling to. DC-California - DC Walmart is organic- strawberry from china, blueberry form Canada….etc - Do we want to do this? Better to take care of land closer

More sustainable -Polyculture -6 species-pork, turkey key rabbit etc. In symbiosis system- Each species contribute to the ecosystem. Based on the natural relationship of animals. Biodiversity Sell locally Favor local food economy The Market for Vegetarian Foods -More and more people are aware of how standard American fare not only hurts our health but also harms the environment and supports cruelty to animals. -It's easier to eat vegetarian or vegan now than ever.

The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) From the table vegetarian number is increasing at a very fast rate Survey results... indicate that vegetarians feel even more strongly than non- vegetarian groups that food is an important part of their lives. 66% 33% Cultivate Research identified that 7 percent of respondents were willing to give up meat (all forms) entirely. The Vegetarian Times survey revealed that, of the non- vegetarians surveyed, 5.2 percent were "definitely interested" in following a vegetarian-based diet in the future. These results suggest another potential 11.5 to 15.5 million meat-free consumers. VRG found that 0.8 percent of adults, or approximately 1.8 million people, are vegan -people who also avoid dairy, egg, honey, and other animal ingredients. (This number is a subset of the 7.5 million estimated vegetarians.)

Another 1.3 percent, or 2.9 million people, are vegans - they consume honey. Who eats plant-based foods Women ages were more likely to be vegetarian than any other gender-age group, Lower-income households, younger people, and individuals of color are more likely to use meat alternatives Cultivate Research and Vegetarian Times both found a more even split for health and animal concerns among vegetarians