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  1. Jan 2016
    1. Salmonella may also be found in the feces of some pets, especially those with diarrhea. You can become infected if you do not wash your hands after contact with these feces

      One prevention is to be CLEAN!

    2. Food may be contaminated during food processing or food handling.

      This occurs in the factories.

  2. Dec 2015
    1. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    2. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    3. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    4. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    5. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    6. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    7. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    8. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    9. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    10. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    11. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    12. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    13. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    14. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    15. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    16. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    17. Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.”

      Many kids will not eat food at school

    18. As of Sept. 3, seven states put in orders to the USDA for about 2 million pounds of beef that may contain the controversial product for the meals they serve in the 2013-14 school year. At this time last year there were only three states — Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota — that had put in orders for beef that may contain lean finely textured beef.

      Around the time of September 3 last year few school put in order for "pink slime"; this year, around the same time, seven schools put in an order for two-million pounds of "pink slime".

    19. But new government data show schools in four more states have since put aside concerns and resumed buying the controversial product.

      Four states went back to using the produvct that brought alot of bad media

    20. But new government data show schools in four more states have since put aside concerns and resumed buying the controversial product.

      The schools obviously don't care about the danger they are putting on the children.

    21. But new government data show schools in four more states have since put aside concerns and resumed buying the controversial product.

      These schools clearly don't understand the danger of serving ammonia-treated beef and don't care of the consequences that follow. The safety and well-being of children should not be over looked nor forgotten because the school officials want to save a little cash.

    22. Pink slime

      "Pink Slime" is another name for beef that contains ammonia.

    23. But new government data show schools in four more states have since put aside concerns and resumed buying the controversial produc

      other states the have forgotten about the meat that contained the ammonia treated beef and are now buying the controversial product.

  3. Nov 2015
    1. hese are ordinary, middle-income folks who have become really engaged in food and really care about where their food comes from.” It’s a movement that is gradually reshaping the business of growing

      middle class people got involved.

    2. Bush has threatened to veto the bill, but it passed with enough votes to sustain an override. Predictably, the overwhelming bulk of its $290 billion would still go to powerful agribusiness interests in the form of subsidies for growing corn, soybeans, and cotton.

      Bush was anti-locavores

    3. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said the bill “invests in the health and nutrition of American children . . . by expanding their access to farmer’s markets and organic produce.

      Senator Tom Harkin believes the bill helps with the health and nutrition of American children by expanding their access to farmers markets and organic produce.

    4. The local food movement has already accomplished something that almost no one would have thought possible a few years back: a revival of small farms.

      the locavore movement grown over the years

    5. These are ordinary, middle-income folks who have become really engaged in food and really care about where their food comes from.”

      Middle class people are involved in the movement.

    6. Bush has threatened to veto the bill, but it passed with enough votes to sustain an override.

      Bus was again't loacvores movement

    7. It’s a movement that is gradually reshaping the business of growing and supplying food to Americans.

      The Locavore Movement is starting to attract attention by reshaping the business industry of growing and supplying food.

    8. environmental sense for a Londoner to buy lamb shipped from New Zealand than to buy lamb raised in the U.K. This finding is counterintuitive —

      It is unhealthy to purchase a lamb shipped from New Zealand and raised in the UK because of the unnatural and conditions they are under.

    9. Small farmers will be able to get up to 75% of their organic certification costs reimbursed, and some of them can obtain crop insurance

      Farmers are able to get their costs reimbursed and receive crop insurance. This shows strong support for the locavore movement

    10. Predictably, the overwhelming bulk of its $290 billion would still go to powerful agribusiness interests in the form of subsidies for growing corn, soybeans, and cotton. But $2.3 billion was set aside this year for specialty crops, such as the eggplants, strawberries, or salad greens that are grown by exactly these small, mostly organic farmers. That’s a big bump-up from the $100 million that was earmarked for such things in the previous legislation

      Because of the dramatic shift in american tastes the government is now recognizing that some of the money that goes to the powerful agribusiness should be put into the small, mostly organic farms. This movement is gradually reshaping the business of growing and supplying food.

    11. Small farmers will be able to get up to 75% of their organic certification costs reimbursed, and some of them can obtain crop insurance.

      This statement is strong evidence to support locavores

    12. Fruit and vegetables that travel shorter distances are therefore likely to be closer to a maximum of nutrition.

      Produce in the community is better than produce that is in the community because it is fresher and its a less chance than it can get contaminated .

    13. some areas might find it fairly easy to eat locally (in Washington State, for example, I’m less than fifty miles from industrial quantities of fresh produce, corn, wheat, beef, and milk), people in other parts of the country and the world would have to look farther afield

      Some areas can eat locally easily, but eating locally could hurt other communities.

    14. The rise of farmers’ markets — in city centers, college towns, and rural squares — is testament to a dramatic shift in American tastes. Consumers increasingly are seeking out the flavors of fresh, vine-ripened foods grown on local farms rather than those trucked to supermarkets from faraway lands. “This is not a fringe foodie culture,” says [Anthony] Flaccavento. “These are ordinary, middle-income folks who have become really engaged in food and really care about where their food comes from.

      middle class citizens are becoming more involved in the Locavore movement. they are starting to take notice of their food.

    15. I agree

    16. Carefully read the following seven sources, including the introductory information for each source.

      As you read each of these 7 sources you need to annotate each so that your essay is based in fact and not in opinion. Having annotations gives you something to go back to when you need to find support for your argument. The following are types of annotations you could make: Circle unfamiliar words or references. Mark passages with symbols like question or exclamation marks. Highlight important lines or sections. Connect parts of the text to other parts with arrows. Note emotional reactions. Post questions. Make connections to other texts or to their own lives. Summarize difficult concepts. Add related images. Add links to related information. Note how the piece is structured, or how the author uses language in interesting ways. React to the content over all. Note patterns, themes and motifs.

    17. You may cite the sources as Source A, Source B, etc., or by using the descriptions in parentheses.

      How is the writer expected to cite his or her sources.

    18. Make sure that your argument is central

      Clarification that the writing task is argumentative and not simply informational.

    19. synthesize information from at least three of the sources and incorporate it into a coherent, well-developed essay that identifies the key issues associated with the locavore movement and examines their implications for the community.

      Description of the task that needs to be done using three of the seven sources.

    20. Locavores are people who have decided to eat locally grown or produced products as much as possible. With an eye to nutrition as well as sustainability

      This text gives the reader a brief understanding of what the basis of the locavore movement is.