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Mr. Reidy

"Eating the Past: Why and How To Study Food History" by Dr. Megan J. Elias - YouTube - 0 views

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Food and Agriculture

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  • Mr. Reidy on 04 Mar 15
     
    Interesting seminar on Food History.  Excited to begin CH10.
Alexia Ometz

Industry Awakens to Threat of Climate Change - NYTimes.com - 4 views

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  • Both Nike and Coke are responding internally: Coke uses water-conservation technologies and Nike is using more synthetic material that is less dependent on weather conditions. At Davos and in global capitals, the companies are also lobbying governments to enact environmentally friendly policies.
  • Coke’s vice president for environment and water resources, listing the problems that he said were also disrupting the company’s supply of sugar cane and sugar beets, as well as citrus for its fruit juices.
  • global warming as a force that contributes to lower gross domestic products, higher food and commodity costs, broken supply chains and increased financial risk. Their position is at striking odds with the longstanding argument, advanced by the coal industry and others, that policies to curb carbon emissions are more economically harmful than the impact of climate change.
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  • ven the most conservative estimates peg the social benefit of carbon-based fuels as 50 times greater than its supposed social cost.”
  • n Europe, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Paris-based club of 34 industrialized nations, has begun to warn of the steep costs of increased carbon pollution.
  • Nike, which has more than 700 factories in 49 countries, many in Southeast Asia, is also speaking out because of extreme weather that is disrupting its supply chain. In 2008, floods temporarily shut down four Nike factories in Thailand, and the company remains concerned about rising droughts in regions that produce cotton, which the company uses in its athletic clothes.
    • Alexia Ometz
      Alexia Ometz on 09 Apr 14
       
      Why is the cheaper electricity helping to raise so many people out of poverty? And why in China and Inda?
  • as high energy costs, declining industrial competitiveness and a recognition that the economy is unlikely to rebound soon caused European policy makers to question the short-term economic trade-offs of climate policy.
  • “There will be agriculture and economic effects — it’s inescapable.” He added, “I’d be shocked if people supported anything other than a carbon tax — that’s how economists think about it.”
    • Alexia Ometz
      Alexia Ometz on 09 Apr 14
       
      I find it interesting and surprising that high energy costs are causing declining competitiveness between industries because it just doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. It maybe causes different companies to go broke or stop manufacturing different things because of the high costs of producing them. 
    • Alexia Ometz
      Alexia Ometz on 09 Apr 14
       
      This part shows how this article is related to industry. Nike has different factories, which is part of industry. Also, it talks about how different factors would cause factories to shut down, such as droughts. Many people would go out of jobs because of this happening for a certain length of time, which we have talked about in the industry and service chapters. 
    • Alexia Ometz
      Alexia Ometz on 09 Apr 14
       
      This section talks about globalization and nature-culture. It shows globalization because of the different factories that Nike owns, and even with most in the same place, Southeast Asia, they sell to the entire world. It shows nature-culture with the different factories having to close because of floods. 
    • Alexia Ometz
      Alexia Ometz on 09 Apr 14
       
      http://environment.about.com/od/waterpollution/a/groundwater_ind.htm This article connects because the beginning of this article talks about how Coca-Cola is using up water and creating droughts to produce its drinks. 
  • jared snell on 10 Apr 14
     
    Just an idea in all, but if this so-called carbon tax is passed wouldn't it raise the price of goods? But then again, I guess companies have to make up the deficient somehow.
  • Elina Wright on 10 Apr 14
     
    It's crazy to think that a company has so much power that even though it is depleting water supplies and causing pollution it is still not shut down. This is probably due to lack of knowledge consumers have and the mass of money that the company has.
Nicole Weenink

Current Events #9- Maquiladoras - 1 views

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  • The anthropologist said that women are also organizing unions and becoming labor activists to improve working conditions in both the border-town maquiladoras and in Sinaloa's shrimp fisheries
  • research on the relationship between adequate fishing resources and food security in northwestern Mexico – where she has discovered that women in particular play a critical role.
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      Nicole Weenink on 03 Apr 14
       
      I found it interesting that Maria Cruz was able to switch from beaming a doctor to become person who studied the environment and the effect it has on people. Also it was cool that she was able to use what she learned in medical school and apply it to her new course of study. 
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      Nicole Weenink on 03 Apr 14
       
      This relates to what we are studying in class because the maquiladoras are working for very low incomes. This is not very much but it is a site factor for the United States. They would rather transport materials across the border and have cheap labor. The problem is that the people that work in the factories are in very bad conditions and have to ban to gather to form unions to get better labor conditions. 
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      Mr. Reidy on 17 Apr 14
       
      What are some cons to unions?
    • Nicole Weenink
      Nicole Weenink on 03 Apr 14
       
      This relates to cultural landscape because the humans are modifying the landscape with the shrimp. There is pollution which modifies the environment and people are working to overcome this pollution and keep their families safe.
    • Nicole Weenink
      Nicole Weenink on 03 Apr 14
       
      What kind of things are the women doing in order to try to get better wages and working conditions?
    • Nicole Weenink
      Nicole Weenink on 03 Apr 14
       
      http://allafrica.com/stories/201403290105.html Relates to the article because it says that women make up the majority of maquiladoras. 
  • The anthropologist said that women are also organizing unions and becoming labor activists to improve working conditions in both the border-town maquiladoras and in Sinaloa's shrimp fisheries.
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      Mr. Reidy on 17 Apr 14
       
      Veronica - great connection to point-source pollution ... I agree, seafood from the Gulf could be contaminated.
  • Veronica Werner on 07 Apr 14
     
    I found it interesting how the article referred to the point-source water pollution from the shrimp industry. The chemical pollution in the water comes from industrial and agricultural sources related to shrimp. While the shrimp industry is important to Mexico's economy, it also has downsides, including health issues coming from the pollution of water that may go untreated.
Mr. Reidy

Rent walkouts point to strains in U.S. farm economy - Yahoo News - 1 views

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Food and Agriculture

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  • Mr. Reidy on 10 Mar 15
     
    How can the price of inputs such as fertilizer and seeds impact the price of wheat at market?
Mr. Reidy

Milk prices could hit a record - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL - 0 views

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Food and Agriculture

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      Mr. Reidy on 10 Mar 15
       
      "Each step adds to the cost."
  • Mr. Reidy on 10 Mar 15
     
    Why are milk prices increasing in places such as Hawaii?
Mr. Reidy

The future of dairy: Milk in a bag - Salon.com - 0 views

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Food and Agriculture

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    Who drinks milk out of a bag? What are the advantages to this method?
Mr. Reidy

McDonald's Features Real Ranchers In New Campaign | BEEF Daily - 1 views

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Food and Agriculture

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  • Mr. Reidy on 13 Mar 15
     
    How might these videos be misleading to viewers?
Mr. Reidy

What kind of beef do you use in your burgers? :: McDonalds.com - 1 views

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Food and Agriculture

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    What do you think of this?
Mr. Reidy

▶ Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn - HHMI BioInteractive Video - ... - 0 views

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Food and Agriculture

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  • Mr. Reidy on 17 Mar 15
     
    How does the content in this video connect with the King Corn content?
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