To be honest, I did have this knowledge about the food industry 4 years ago. I watched Food, Inc. freshman year in my human geography class, and even though it was still as disturbing as it is now, it really didn't make that big of an impact on my life. After about a week of not eating chicken, I went back to my regular diet.
But this year, after watching the same exact movie, I'm starting to reform the way I think about food and what I eat. Why is it that after being taught the same information twice, I'd only start learning now? And now I realize that it's not the time or the knowledge that is different, but it's me who has changed. I think that a lot of us would agree that as freshman, we couldn't really care less about the food industry. Yet now, we're actually taking in the information instead of pushing it aside. To me, that just shows how much we've grown as people, and how much we've grown to appreciate what's really important.
So basically, if I did go back 4 years ago to having this knowledge of the food industry, I would not have changed. It really only would have affected me right now, as a more thoughtful and a more woke person.
This is kind is honestly true, at a younger age the things we eat isn't something we constantly think about. The thing we most likely think about is yea I like this food or ewww get that away from me. Now that we are older we want to be conscious of what we consume. We actually want to be informed about the world that we live in and what it provides to us. This unit helped all of us see into the masked production of most of our food. It was my first time watching Food Inc. and it was really eye opening for all the areas of the food industry. Overall its funny how with time we consciously choose to learn about all the things that go on in our government and to question things in our society.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you, Serenah. When I watched Food Inc. in 9th grade, I didn't really pay attention to most of it and while I didn't agree with how they treated animals, I still ate meat without a care in the world.
ReplyDeleteYounger kids will eat what they think is tasty. Even now, you can tell someone what's really in the chicken nuggets they're eating and they'll say "I don't care, it tastes good" and it's really disheartening to see that most people don't care what's in their food even when they're presented with all the facts. It's really who you are as a person that will determine what you decide to do with information given to you.
I get exactly what you're saying. I've tried many times to stop eating meat and yet I go right back to it, even after watching Food Inc. I wanted to stop eating fast food and processed foods, but it's difficult when it's round you 24/7. When you're used to eating a certain way your entire life it's hard to make a change. However, I do want to start eating better and changing my eating habits before I leaving for college. I've heard that the "freshman 15" is real. Most college freshman gain weight their first year. I definitely don't want that freshman weight.
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