Ron Finley's TED talk was both moving as well as inspiring. He discusses life in the inner city, showing how deprived the city is of fresh foods, but a large abundance of fast food chains. South Central has the most vacant lots per square mile in America. He puts this into perspective by stating that there are enough vacant lots in South Central to fill 20 Central Parks. His proposal is to build gardens around the city and to teach children about eating fresh fruits and vegetables. This will not only educate the young ones, but will also lower obesity rates, give the people of the city a therapeutic hobby, and will give the people of the city fresh produce, which they have no access to.
I found Ron Finley's piece to be deeply inspiring. In fact, his TED talk makes me want to grow a garden of my own. I agree that everyone should try their hand at gardening and feel as though everyone should have their own garden. Like Finley so eloquently states, "growing your own food is like growing your own money."
David Biello's "will organic feed the world," discusses the potential solutions to restrain environmental issues and increase the production of whole foods. Studies were conducted to show the difference between organic yields and synthetic yields, indicating that organic yields are lower than its' counterpart. This raises the issue of whether or not organic will be able to feed our ever-growing world. I found this article to be interesting due to it bringing to light an ugly truth: that our world is growing faster than our demands, making it hard for the food industry to keep up. I agree with Biello's solution in that we should asses, "many alternative management systems, including conventional, organic, other agro-ecological, and possibly hybrid systems to identify the best options to improve the way we produce our food." (Biello 235)
In "Biotechnology isn't the key to feeding the world," Frances Moore Lappe discusses the issue of food access in America. The hungry people across the nation do not allow their voices to be heard, and the author points out that democracy is needed in order to sustain food security. It disturbs me that capitalism is part of the reason for these big fast food chains taking over, and I believe another green revolution is needed.
I never thought of it that way to help young ones out and lower obesity rate which is very true in what Ron Finley is doing. I also agree that everyone should try their own gardening as it could not hurt anything at all, it can only help you out. You will save money as you eat better and healthier. I can not say I agree with the article being very interesting to me but I do feel like it made a lot of great points.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you on Mr. Finley's speech. He brings a plethora of information to the table and convinces others that this is one of the best ways to help those in need. He also brought to my attention about food deserts. Also, I think conventional foods may be the most helpful, world wide and economically, but they are lacking in support.
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