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Maddi B. EDA Period 4, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteTopic 6 Hidden Costs
The Best Food Is Neither Cheap Nor Chips
Laura Sanders
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9223511/The-best-food-is-neither-cheap-nor-chips.html
Cheap food is something that we’ve all come to take for granted in Britain. But the world around us is changing at an alarming pace: within a decade, this country may not be a member of the G8; keeping the lights on will be a real challenge; and food that’s as “cheap as chips” will be a thing of the past.
The signs are there already. Last month, food inflation increased to 5.4 per cent, up from 4.2 per cent in February. My constituents frequently raise the issue in the same breath as they complain about the cost of filling up their car or their heating bills. Food is a necessity, rather than a luxury, and it will be the worst off who’ll get hit the hardest.
This has not only cost the consumer, but also the Treasury (ie the taxpayer) – all benefits and pensions have had to be increased by 5.2 per cent, not least due to food inflation. But the truth is that there aren’t that many policy levers for government to pull. Food is not taxed, so there are no opportunities for cuts to relieve the pain. Given that we import 45 per cent of our food, a weak pound that might seem attractive to the manufacturing sector is a lot less amusing at the supermarket check-out. And with the double-whammy of increased global food consumption and climatic impacts on productive land, perhaps it’s time we accepted the inevitable. Food prices are only going in one direction – up.
Maybe we have been deluded by the bountiful years of cheap food. Certainly we have come to regard food as a disposable commodity: research shows that we stock our fridges in a way that replicates the range of choices available on supermarket shelves. After days of “grazing”, we then chuck out those items that we have ignored on previous visits to the fridge, consoled by the fact that they have just reached their sell-by date. I am sure this isn’t how Daily Telegraph readers buy and consume their food, but I have to admit this cycle of behaviour seems all too familiar to me.
But as consumers, we should not be shouldering all the responsibility for food waste, because our food system implicitly promotes it. The business model of supermarkets is constructed around “quantity buying” – the sort of aggressive procurement that results in producers selling for less than cost – combined with rigid aesthetic requirements that lead to the waste of perfectly good food.
Raven Young EDA#4 Pelfrey Topic 6: Hidden Costs
ReplyDeletehttp://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2011/01/20/walmart-launches-major-initiative-to-make-food-healthier-healthier-food-more-affordable This is good article about Walmart making one million dollars to save the world. It has bias, but overall good.
http://www.peakprosperity.com/podcast/79360/joel-salatin-we-are-solution-as-well-as-problem This is a good article about Joel Salatin and his views.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tyson_Foods This is an article on Tyson Company and their food ethnicity, it’s quite interesting.
Maddi B. EDA Period 4, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteCan you be ethical and profitable?
Terry Dean
http://www.mymarketingcoach.com/can-you-be-ethical-and-profitable/
A lot of people wonder about this when they’re first starting out. Because it seems the news is always finding some new cover-up from major corporations. The government is hunting down some new fraud. And many sales consultants constantly advise ethical shortcuts to selling.
So it only makes sense to wonder if it’s even possible to be both ethical and profitable in business today…
The good news is that it is. And with the new power social media gives to customers…it’s finally becoming the MOST profitable way to do business.
A company can only survive so long with their deception…before the news breaks out.
Today we the consumers have more power than ever before. While many companies are trying to figure out how to manipulate social media, one of the best uses of it is providing good products and services to your customers and letting them SHARE the experience they’ve had with you with all those they’re connected to.
The reason we constantly hear about big companies screwing up is because most traditional media lives by the motto, “If it bleeds, it leads.”
They’re constantly on the look-out for bad stories to tell. They’re constantly portraying an image of those “greedy capitalists.”
What they don’t show you are all the companies who are doing good around them, cleaning up the messes of others, and being wildly profitable while they’re at it. That news isn’t sensational…and it doesn’t grab the viewers. But it is exactly what we need as entprereneurs looking for ethical and profitable businesses.
They also rarely feature the small business solopreneur carving out their own little lifestyle business and how they can use it to really bring change to the lives of those around them.
The people I do business with who are happiest, most fulfilled, and yes, most profitable long-term are those who not just run a business. They’re on a MISSION to change lives. Whatever their MESSAGE is, they use it to help others.
For example, perhaps your message is about training dogs. In your mind you’ll see that by helping your customers train their dogs they’ll be less of them given back to shelters (one of reasons dogs end up in shelters is they were never trained correctly). In addition, you can team up with charities they help dogs find homes…both bringing publicity to your business while supplying a share of the profits back to good works.
Maybe your business helps people lose weight. That’s a common theme. So how can you CHANGE their lives while helping them change their weight? It could be as simple as helping them raise their self-esteem. At the same time you can team up with charities who combat anorexia and bulimia.
In my own business I focus heavily on helping others achieve an Internet Lifestyle. I feel finding your purpose of helping others and the fulfillment which comes from this is a vital element often left out of the approach. What good is making all the money and having a dream lifestyle if you constantly feel you’re missing something (the enjoyment of really changing lives for others)?
Remember the internet lifestyle is about more than just money…although the money can be very good also.
Shel Horowitz has recently teamed up with Jay Conrad Levinson, the “father of Guerrilla Marketing,” to package everything they know about green and ethical business practices. It’s called, “Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green: Winning Strategies to Improve Your Profits and Your Planet.”
Andrew G, 6 Carr
ReplyDeleteTopic 6 - Hidden Costs
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10 Mom-And-Pop Environmentalist Brands That Are Actually Owned By Giant Corporations
Patricia Laya
http://www.businessinsider.com/small-brands-owned-by-corporations-2011-5?op=1#ixzz2KolrGaxk
http://www.businessinsider.com/small-brands-owned-by-corporations-2011-5?op=1
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Impact of Globalization on Small Businesses
Leo Sun
http://www.businessdictionary.com/article/583/impact-of-globalization-on-small-businesses/
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Has ‘Organic’ Been Oversized?
Stephanie Strom
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/business/organic-food-purists-worry-about-big-companies-influence.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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Czionne M
ReplyDeletePeriod 1 EDA
Mrs. Carr
Topic #6 Hidden Costs
Getting Real About the High Prices of Cheap Food
by Bryan Walsh
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1917726,00.html
The Advantages of Taking Over Companies
by Maria McCarron
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-taking-over-companies-19047.html
http://www.highbrixgardens.com/what-is-brix/cheap-food-vs-quality-food.html
ReplyDelete-This article explains the good and bad things about cheap food, and quality food.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_26121.cfm
-This article talks about what ‘small’ organic food companies are owned by which large, central companies.
Ben S EDA 3 Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteThe big corporations that own the small companies are looking for the adverage American family. The companies are trying to find the best way to package, process, and ship their products. But yet do it in an inexpensive way. I think it depends on the person. I for one don’t have a strong opinion either way but someone who buys a specific brand because it’s a “Small Business” may react in a more unpleasant fashion.
One thing that is good is that if a small company is bought by a bigger company the small company will have a greater amount of money to spend on health, environment, and efficiency tools to aid them in the processing and shipping aspect of the foods journey to the supermarket. However a con with this particular problem would be that not all companies will follow what should be done for the good of the people and will follow what is best of the company. Although companies have a certain responsibility not all of them have kept the integrity of those responsibilities. Another Pro would be fewer companies would mean less companies to boycott if that is the choice you choose.
Companies who advertize under the name of the small businesses that they bought out is just a way of keeping things familiar to the customer. this practice does not bother me a bit however others may have a problem with it. I do try to keep in mind that most companies label on the back of the products that the company is a product of “This company”.
Walmart is very sensitive to the reputation it puts out. I think that if one person makes a choice to not shop there then that can lead to a boycott. In effect Walmart will have to change.
Even though we are told the food is cheap in fact it would cost farmers a lot more to product the food without government help. The government basically pays farmers to produce certain crops.
In the film food is the main topic. People are upset because of the way the animals are treated, packaged, and processed. The efficiency of producing foods is one of the biggest economical asset we have. Everyone needs food so in return many companies are trying to produce all the cheapest, fastest, and most efficient food out there. this can pose as problem because many corners can be cut.
Some people just choose the companies that they buy from. People trust one company so they stick with that company. people have many choices in that they eat. some people only eat vegetables some only fish others everything. It’s just your choice.
Yes I do because if our economy is in bad shape we will have to change. If there is a chance to make the economy better than take it. I feel if you don’t like a place don’t go there. You have the right to go anywhere you want.
I don’t necessarily agree with him however I don’t disagree. America is a capitalist country so the Big companies are somewhat needed unless we want to change our governmental system.
America eats links Francis.C pelfrey EDA .3
ReplyDeletehttp://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-taking-over-companies-19047.html: This artical takes about the advantages over companies and how they make it better.
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/is-wal-mart-destroying-america-20-facts-about-wal-mart-that-will-absolutely-shock-you: this artical talks about wheather or not walmart is destroying america or helping. It also tells you 18 very interesting facts about wal malmart.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121018735490274425.html: This artical talks abot wheather or not being an ethical company can pay off.
Rivas EDA Period 5 Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteTopic 6: Hidden Cost
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277798/Food-prices-rise-times-faster-wages-cost-living-crisis-continues.html By Becky Barrow
Food prices has raised over the past year continues
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/us-horsemeat-walmart-idUSBRE91D1EA20130214 by Brenda Goh
Horse DNA was found in bolognese sauce and was withdrawn from store
Max W. EDA Period 5
ReplyDelete‘Myth of Sustainable Meat
http://grist.org/sustainable-farming/farmer-responds-to-the-new-york-times-re-sustainable-meat/ByJoel Salatin
This article is telling us how joel only does organic farming.
The Next 20 Years of Organics
http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/01/next-20-years-organics/
By Gary Hirshberg, chairman and co-founder of Stonyfield
This article is just explaining how they started off as not selling organic food and now they have started to sell organic food also they say that they plan on to keep selling it.
Emma M. EDA Period 5 Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteTopic 6 Hidden Costs
Can small farms benefit from walmarts push into local foods: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/04/171051906/can-small-farms-benefit-from-wal-mart-s-push-into-local-foods by Abbie Fentress Swanson. This article was about how Walmart could help local farms and farmers.
Joel Salatin: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/08/12/joel-salatin-pioneers-sustainable-agriculture.aspx by Dr. Joseph Mercola. This article is about how Joel Salatin sees our food industry heading.
Industrial vs. Family Farms Comparison: http://beyondfactoryfarming.org/get-informed/industrial-vs-family-farms-comparison sponsered by Beyond Factory Farming. This article was about the pros and cons of industrial farming versus the organic family farms.
Maddi B. EDA Period 4, Mrs. Carr (PART 1)
ReplyDeleteTopic 6 Hidden Costs
Can You Be Ethical and Profitable?
Terry Dean
http://www.mymarketingcoach.com/can-you-be-ethical-and-profitable/
A lot of people wonder about this when they’re first starting out. Because it seems the news is always finding some new cover-up from major corporations. The government is hunting down some new fraud. And many sales consultants constantly advise ethical shortcuts to selling.
So it only makes sense to wonder if it’s even possible to be both ethical and profitable in business today…
The good news is that it is. And with the new power social media gives to customers…it’s finally becoming the MOST profitable way to do business.
A company can only survive so long with their deception…before the news breaks out.
Today we the consumers have more power than ever before. While many companies are trying to figure out how to manipulate social media, one of the best uses of it is providing good products and services to your customers and letting them SHARE the experience they’ve had with you with all those they’re connected to.
The reason we constantly hear about big companies screwing up is because most traditional media lives by the motto, “If it bleeds, it leads.”
They’re constantly on the look-out for bad stories to tell. They’re constantly portraying an image of those “greedy capitalists.”
What they don’t show you are all the companies who are doing good around them, cleaning up the messes of others, and being wildly profitable while they’re at it. That news isn’t sensational…and it doesn’t grab the viewers. But it is exactly what we need as entprereneurs looking for ethical and profitable businesses.
They also rarely feature the small business solopreneur carving out their own little lifestyle business and how they can use it to really bring change to the lives of those around them.
The people I do business with who are happiest, most fulfilled, and yes, most profitable long-term are those who not just run a business. They’re on a MISSION to change lives. Whatever their MESSAGE is, they use it to help others.
For example, perhaps your message is about training dogs. In your mind you’ll see that by helping your customers train their dogs they’ll be less of them given back to shelters (one of reasons dogs end up in shelters is they were never trained correctly). In addition, you can team up with charities they help dogs find homes…both bringing publicity to your business while supplying a share of the profits back to good works.
Maybe your business helps people lose weight. That’s a common theme. So how can you CHANGE their lives while helping them change their weight? It could be as simple as helping them raise their self-esteem. At the same time you can team up with charities who combat anorexia and bulimia.
In my own business I focus heavily on helping others achieve an Internet Lifestyle. I feel finding your purpose of helping others and the fulfillment which comes from this is a vital element often left out of the approach. What good is making all the money and having a dream lifestyle if you constantly feel you’re missing something (the enjoyment of really changing lives for others)?
Remember the internet lifestyle is about more than just money…although the money can be very good also.
Maddi B. EDA Period 4 Mrs. Carr (PART 2)
ReplyDeleteTopic 6 Hidden Costs
Can You Be Ethical And Profitable?
Terry Dean
http://www.mymarketingcoach.com/can-you-be-ethical-and-profitable/
Shel Horowitz has recently teamed up with Jay Conrad Levinson, the “father of Guerrilla Marketing,” to package everything they know about green and ethical business practices. It’s called, “Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green: Winning Strategies to Improve Your Profits and Your Planet.”
This 236-page book, published this year by John Wiley & Sons, demonstrates that Green values, strong ethics, and a cooperative philosophy are cornerstones of success, and provides a roadmap on how to not only run your business in alignment with these values, but how to creatively harness the marketing advantages of that stance–often in ways that cost little or nothing to implement.
Visit Guerilla Marketing Goes Green to purchase this book from your choice of retailer, with prices starting at $14.93 (list price is $21.95).
No matter where you buy the book (local bookstore, your favorite online retailer, or directly from Shel–which gives you the option of an autographed copy), you’ll want to register your purchase on the bonus page.
Registering on that site qualifies you for a substantial bonus package (currently worth more than $2600 and climbing). And the majority of these aren’t the normal bonuses you see along with every book and launch all over the web. They’re specifically designed to help you create your own ethical online business…with free consultations, copywriting info, internet marketing advice, and more.
Check out Guerilla Marketing Goes Green today.
It’s a great way to tap into and read about all those stories about ethical businesses (both large and small) that the news media constantly fails to talk about.
Rebecca N. EDA Period 5, Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteTopic 6 Hidden Costs
http://www.naturalnews.com/organic_farming.html by John McKiernan
This article is about organic farming and how much better it is compared to the industrial food companies.
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/is-wal-mart-destroying-america-20-facts-about-wal-mart-that-will-absolutely-shock-you by no author
This article talks about whether or not Walmart is good for America.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/article/583/impact-of-globalization-on-small-businesses/ by Leo Sun
This article talks about the effects of large companies taking over smaller companies.
Ashlynn R. Period 4 Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteTopic 6: Hidden Costs
The High Cost of Cheap Food
http://www.meatlessmonday.com/the-secret-cost-of-cheap-food/ Food companies use a lot more items in our food then we think.
Just the Facts: Corporate Foods
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/food-for-everyone/just-the-facts-corporate-food This give percentages of many different things that have to do with the topic, and links to other articles that are related to the topic.
How Flavor Chemists Make Your Food So Addictively Good
http://io9.com/5958880/how-flavor-chemists-make-your-food-so-addictively-good This article talks about how many of the processed foods we eat, are given flavor.
Danny G. Period 4 Carr
ReplyDeleteTopic 6: Hidden Costs
The Hidden Costs of Cheap Food
http://www.naturalgrocers.com/store-info/blog/hidden-costs-cheap-food
The Hidden Costs of Food: Food Prints and Healthy Eating
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/2011/08/10/the-hidden-costs-of-food-food-prints-and-healthy-eating/
Is Cheap Food Really Cheap? The Hidden Costs of Industrial Food
http://agriculturesociety.com/politics-and-food/is-cheap-food-really-cheap-the-hidden-costs-of-industrial-food/
How Farm Subsidies Harm Taxpayers, Consumers, and Farmers, Too
ReplyDeleteBy Brian M. Riedl
June 20, 2007 http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/06/how-farm-subsidies-harm-taxpayers-consumers-and-farmers-too Good article on the free market position. Has an obvious bias.
Don’t End Agricultural Subsidies, Fix Them
By MARK BITTMAN http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/dont-end-agricultural-subsidies-fix-them/ Good article for the opposite position of different farm subsidies.
For a Healthier Country, Overhaul Farm Subsidies
While health officials wage a costly war on obesity and diabetes, taxpayers are subsidizing foods that make us fatter. It's time to rewrite the farm bill
By The Editors
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fresh-fruit-hold-the-insulin Similar to the second article but with some more commentary on the public health aspects of the current food system. Biased
Chloe Y. EDA period 6 Mrs.Carr
ReplyDeleteTopic 6 Hidden Cost
Health Problems That Fast Food Can Cause
By: Contributing Writers
http://www.livestrong.com/article/350570-health-problems-that-fast-food-can-cause/
Fast Food Facts
By:CYWH Staff at Boston Children's Hospital
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/fast_food.html
Eaters, beware: Walmart is taking over
By:Stacy Mitchell
http://grist.org/food/2011-12-30-eaters-beware-walmart-is-taking-over-our-food-system/
The advantages of taking over companies by Maria McCarron
ReplyDeletehttp://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-taking-over-companies-19047.html
Cheap Food vs Quality food by Dr. Arden Anderson http://www.highbrixgardens.com/what-is-brix/cheap-food-vs-quality-food.html
Wal-Mart’s reputation takes another hit by ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/05/12/walmart-reputation
Hannah W EDA 6 Carr
ReplyDeleteStill a Fast-Food Nation: Eric Schlosser Reflects on 10 Years Later
Eric Schlosser
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/12/still-a-fast-food-nation-eric-schlosser-reflects-on-10-years-later.html
How technology gave us cheap food in huge quantities – and why it has to stop
Lauren Maffeo
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/09/23/how-technology-gave-us-cheap-food-huge-quantities-stop/
Local & Organic: Consumers Wary of Mass-Produced Food Turn to Local Growers
Juliana Barbassa
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_3127.cfm
Leah K. EDA Period 1 Pelfrey
ReplyDeletehttp://naturalsociety.com/organic-food-industry-bought-up-by-corporations-like-coca-cola/
This source is about organic companies that have been taken over by large companies and how they are advertised as “phony health companies.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/business/organic-food-purists-worry-about-big-companies-influence.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
This source is about organic foods and the economics behind it. It talks about which organic food are being represented by which companies and its success/lack thereof.
http://paymarcommunications.com/the-united-states-of-wal-mart-and-corporate-social-responsibility/This source is about Walmart and the steps it is taking to have healthier and more organic foods. The article contains many statistics.
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/cheap-healthy-15-nutritious-foods-about-2-dollars
ReplyDeleteGood source for healthy food ideas
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/sparkdining-eatery.asp?id=3
good way around the "unhealthy" aspect for the most part
ReplyDelete’Kira, T EDA Period 5 Ms.Pelfrey Part 1
People who usually buy product from the larger companies can be introduced to these new products from smaller companies. When a larger company takes over a smaller company it could be a good thing because they will make more money and will be more advertised because of the larger corporations. The customers may check the ingredients if the larger companies have changed the ingredients to make it cheaper. Also they might think why would they do this, because if they became part of a larger company they might have almost got out of business or wanted to just get bigger.
It may be good thing that the smaller company is taken over because the company can sell more product and people will be eating more healthier foods. Usually a small company’s brand is just a small portion in the grocery store, but if a larger company buys their brand then they with be in a larger portion of the grocery store. An example of a larger company taking or a smaller one is the yogurt brand called “Stonyfield.” They started off as a seven cow company and slowly got bigger. Now StonyField is the number three yogurt company and is the most profitable. Sometimes when the companies are bigger they can start bargaining with larger retailers such as Walmart. It may be negative because the larger company may change the ingredients to make the product cheaper, this can be a bad thing because it may not be as healthy as before. It will also create a less diversity in the companies.
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When larger companies take over smaller companies they may want to keep their original labels maybe show that the product is better quality or more healthier than other products that they have sold in the past. If the product is really successful there's a chance that customers will buy other products from the larger corporations. I think its a good idea so the small companies remember where they came from and to show people the food is organic and healthier.
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If people don't want to buy ten yogurts when they go to Walmart, Walmart is going to have extra food and nobody is going to buy it mostly if has already expired. If they produce more yogurt than the amount people want, where are the rest of the product going to go? People may not go to Walmart anymore because they don’t have the yogurt they want or maybe because it is more expensive than Vons. Sometimes grocery stores such as Walmart doesn’t want to buy organic yogurt because another yogurt brand as a better price and it is more profitable for Walmart. Instead the customer wanted the organic brand, they are not going to get it, because Walmart doesn’t carry the yogurt. ’
’Kira, T EDA Period 5 Ms.Pelfrey Part 2
ReplyDeleteThe food that the farmers are trying to produce can be good quality, but because people don’t have money they try to feed the animal with the least expensive food and the smallest amount of land to make the produce not as expensive. Joel is trying to say if you feed the animal what they are suppose to be eating the meat can be worth much more, can be more healthy, and taste better. The cost of fuel, seed and fertilizer has raised so the prices of our food rise.
In my opinion putting pesticides on the food so that people can have more food so the insects don't eat them or even cleaning meat in ammonia is completely disgusting. Farmers these days are trying to use technology to try and minimize the amount of land and try to grow the most food they can. ’
I don't think that prices should be the most important force behind the food industry, because if you're a family who doesn't have as much then its harder to afford healthy food so you are probably eating unhealthy and it will affect you health. On the other hand if you have a much higher income than it would be easier to have healthier foods. I think its really unfair for not everyone having the access of healthier food. Our economy is really bad right now but if the food values increase, because its healthier than not a lot of people will be very overweight and be unhealthy.
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Some people don't eat at fast food restaurant because they know it is really bad for you. They realized maybe the meat was not a hundred percent ground beef, or the food is really high in sodium, or how deeping frying food is unhealthy and fattening. Drinking soda and eating chips is high in sugar and fat so when people are trying to lose weight they usually go far an apple instead.
No, in my opinion I think the company should take over a smaller company be because they think the idea will be a good addition to their other products because it is organic and healthier. Economic reasons should be a part of the reason if they want to make their business bigger and more successful.
I agree with him because selling product is good and can save a company from going out of business but I also think that it doesn’t have to be just a big company such as Walmart. In my opinion i think its a good idea to a diversity of grocery stores because they can have different products and also different qualities too.
Kira T. EDA Period 5 Ms. Pelfrey
ReplyDeleteTopic 6 Hidden Costs
http://www.naturalnews.com/035150_organic_farming_feed_the_world_soil.html by Ethan A. Huff. This article describes where the food goes before and after they appear in the market and also talks about genetically modified products.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/business/12organic.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 by Melanie Warner. This article talks about Walmart trying to get more organic produce and which brands in their grocery stores; also why they started selling more organic foods.
http://news.psu.edu/story/147561/2012/08/09/food-prices-drought-affects-farmers-more-consumers by Penn State News. This Article talks about how food prices are affecting the farmers and how expensive their supplies are now.
Adrinna Escobar P.5 Pelfrey
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/31/food-industry-environment This article talks about the life of Joel Salatin and how his contribution to Food Inc. really helped show viewers the whole meaning behind making it.
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/stonyfield-farm-ceo-how-an-organic-yogurt-business-can-scale/3638 In this article the president of Stoneyfields Gary Hirshberg gets asked multiple questions ranging from their relationship with Walmart all the way to what the next big yogurt product will be.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11977666/ This article talks about how Walmart goes organic and the kind of impact it”s having.