As I was watching the different videos, I realized that I already knew all these things because my family like the 11 year old boy in the youtube video about monsanto corporation, looked into the food we eat. Just a few months ago, my sisters and I watched the Monsanto documentary (which was very lengthy), but i sat through it and learned about different things. Here is the link to Monsanto's documentary, but i must warn you it is very long but, very informative:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYO2k_o16E0
My family already took the step to buy organic milk,eggs,yogurt,butter,oil and much more about 2 years ago. Like the 11 year old boy from one of the youtube video said people think organic food is expensive but in the long run, its paying for organic food or the hospital later in your lifetime. 2 years ago my older sister decided to investigate the food we eat and what she learn she shared with my family. After my dad watched a few videos/ documentaries, he said we would stop supporting these cruel actions towards animals and buy organic foods. Meat on the other hand was more difficult, until my dad found a good farmer that for sure wasn't a supporter of animal cruelty, we were pretty much vegetarians.Then my father found some farmer, which met my his "standards", and now we buy meat from there. I realized my family is very healthy.
The 3 things I learned from these videos were:
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| This is the life chickens have to suffer . |
- I am not a little kid anymore and as much as I still want to believe that the chicken I eat comes from my refrigerator, the truth is disturbing, and I have to realize what the truth is. Animal cruelty happens all over the world. Chickens are crowded into the smallest cage and for their short lived life they never see the sky, touch the ground, run around freely, spread their wings and eat the food they like just so that humans can have the luxury of eating chicken. Some chickens get so irritated that they start pecking at each other and now chickens get their beaks clipped to prevent this. This video that I watched opened my eyes towards animal cruelty, it was life changing and very upsetting: :( http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=from+farm+to+fridge+&aq=f
- Monsanto isn't a very good guy.... and I will support my statement. First of all, the monsanto corporation genetically modify foods so the are either long lasting, grow faster, unaffected by the environment, ect. This may seem good to many farmers like, "oh I can grow food faster", but in reality what the corporation does is goes into the cell of the specific vegetable and alters it to their satisfaction, they change the DNA, by adding DNA of some other organism. For example, tomatoes had DNA of fish injected into the its cells,maybe so it wouldn't be effected by water,( I'm just guessing).While they do that, they effect the vegetable and it isn't as nutritious and can cause health problems. Monsanto should learn to live with what nature gives you and not make a creation of your own to make money out of it.
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| This is the tomato/fish. |
3. I learned that in America hormones are injected into cows and chickens to make them grow faster and produce more milk. When you drink the milk of these cows, the growth hormones gets to your body and can mess up your hormone system, which then causes further health problems.
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| Some dairy farmers inject their cows with the growth hormone rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) to promote milk production. |
The 3 actions that I will make or change as a result of what I learned:
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| My future garden..?Haha I'll be realistic. |
- I have always wanted to grow a garden my mother does every summer and so does my sister, but whenever I do try it doesn't work maybe because after a week I give up, but I realized that if I can grow my own vegetables, why not..? So I decided this up coming summer I will grow vegetables such as cucumbers, salad, and tomatoes,and this time I will stick to it, not give up!:)
2. Slowly moving toward the vegetarian side. This would be very difficult, but I think that if I give it time and I will be able to do it. This however may take me years.
3. The last thing I would like to do is inform as many people about this big issue of animal cruelty, growth hormones and genetically modified foods.My family already eats organic, but I would like as many other people to also do the same.
Reflect on my experience I have had while making these changes.
Throughout my life I would watch my mother sit outside in the sun gardening. At the time I was like what a waste of time, and I would just go play soccer. Last summer, I decided I might sit down and garden with her,but after my vegetable didn't grow I got mad and decided gardening wasn't for me. This summer I will try and stick to it!
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| Happy animals make me happy:) |
