FL post 2

So I’m not going to lie, before reading Food, Inc I didn’t really know that much about global warming. I knew that it was happening mainly from human causations like increased emissions being released from cars, airplanes, trains etc. but I did not realize livestock play a large role in global warming as well. Food, Inc. reports, “The global system produces and distributes food that accounts for roughly one-third of the human caused global warming effect. According to the United Nation’s seminal report, Livestock long Shadow, the livestock sector alone is responsible for eighteen percent of the world’s total global warming effect” (p. 106). I was never aware of the critical problem of livestock due that causes overgrazing and many other factors. Agriculture is responsible the release of nitrogen and methane which makes up for 70 percent of human-caused global warming effects. These gases are being overlooked by the government which is devastating because the effects these gases are causing are more substantial to our planet than mass production of meat, just so that American’s can be happy when they purchase there one dollar burger through the drive through that takes them no effort to receive.

The least thing a consumer can do to change their habits is go to local farmers markets and purchase fruits, vegetables and meat from local sellers. This would decrease mass production while helping your local community out. Living here this summer, I made a point to go to the local farmers market on east state and buy some fruits there. After buying those fruits, I never wanted to go to Kroger’s again. I realized how much better locally grown crops are because they are fresh and you know exactly where they came from.