2nd entry for 4/26/11

10 topics I may choose from for final research paper:

1)Weight Watchers Program & food

2) laws keeping your own livestock and chickens

3) food stamp regulations

4) pet food regulations

5) school breakfast and lunch regulations nationwide

6) hospital food programs

7) senior and adult living facilities food regulations

8) weight loss programs regulations

9) food pantry regulations

10) soup kitchen regulations

Class entry for or against soda being banned from food stamps allowance 4/26/11

I'm in agreement with Tom Laskawy who blogs on food policy for Grist.org and Beyond Green. Mr. Laskawy states, twice in his article," Food stamp benefits should be reserved for whole, nutritious foods - meats, grains, dairy, fresh fruits and vegetables." I am in agreement  for a couple of reasons. One is because of what the words in "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" means. Supplemental means added, extra, and additional. Nutrition means nutritious. Assistance is aid, help, support, relief and accommodation.  Program is a plan of action to accomplish something.  Put together, to me, Food Stamps (SNAP) is a plan of action for additional, nutritious, help for the low income so they can eat wholesome good food.  Where does sugary soft drinks fall under that category? Another reason is because the Food Stamp Act of 1964.  This law was put in effect to provide improved levels of nutrition among low income households.  One of the major provisionsof that law was that you were not allowed to purchase soft drinks with food stamps.  It's no good for you.  It's not about telling you what to do, it's about having something healthy to drink instead.

300 Word Personal Response to the Documentary "Super Size Me" & Chapter 2 from the book "Fast Food Nation"

As an overweight person with a serious addiction to food, especially fast food and soda, the documentary "Super Size Me" knocked me out of my state of denial.  I have many of the health problems they mentioned in the film such as fatty liver, pre-diatbetic/hypoglycemic, kidney stones, etc.that I just haven't dealt with. Due to my issues with being over weight, I have had a hysterectomy in September of 2006 and my gall bladder removed March of 2010.  I got so shaken up by what I saw, I have made up my mind never to go to McDonalds ever again.  I will go back to Weight Watchers  for help and hopefully this time I will stick to the program.  They show a gentlemen having laproscopic surgery for weight loss and that scared me too because I had the same type surgery for my gall bladder removal.  It took me a long time to recover and I don't want to go through that again. When I got home from school Thursday after seeing this film, I cried and thanked God He used this film to wake me up.

With chapter 2 of the book Fast Food Nation, I saw the greedy side of McDonalds.  How they go after the kids to make their empire grow is awful.   Just like it says in chapter 2, they centered everything around the children.  They use toys included in the happy meals, playgrounds located in or right outside of the restaurant, and commercials.  It's all about the money they can fill their pockets with.  Never mind the impact of the french fries, hamburgers, and sugary sodas have on the children's and adults bodies. They just don't care.  I remember growing up in the early 70's with a "Hamburgular" doll and going to McDonalds once a week as a family outing.  I would see the commercials on TV and hold on to my doll and ask my mom could we please go and of course we would. I am so glad I stopped going there.

Peer Review 4/6/11 (Self)

1. The writer states what we will be looking at right away, but one thing the writer looked at was missing in the intro.  The first sentence does need to be shortened and cleaned up.
2. The thesis statement is "We will be looking at how my grandparents back in 1911 got their poultry, eggs, and meat compared to how I get them now in 2011.  Then we will look at how we can change the way we get our food today." The writer needs to put in there "goat milk," it's mentioned in the essay & it's not the same as meat, poultry, and eggs.
3. The writer starts to compare how her grandparents got eggs, chickens, goat milk, and meat in the first part of the essay.  Then she goes into how we can get fresh food today.  The writer needs to go into more detail about how different it is now in 2011 than 1911 the way livestock is farmed.  The conclusion is stated clearly - "We need to go back to and raise farm animals for food like they use to in 1911."
4. The first sentence needs to be cleaned up, it's too long.  The writer uses the word "they" too much, through out the essay, needs to clarify "who" they are talking about.  This is a formal essay.
5. The resources the writer mentioned are her grandparents, New York Animal & Control, and the book "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser.  The writer paraphrases the information but needs to make a list of refrences at the end of the essay.    
6. The writers main ideas in each paragraph are cllear and consise.