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Katie Lewis

Industrial farmings harmful effects on health - 0 views

  • negative effect on human health
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Topic... harmful effects to humans due to chemical use to rid pesticides
  • lowering the quality of life and endangering the health of those who live nearby
  • Small sustainable farms, on the other hand, produce healthy, high quality food and preserve the environment
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Gives me the idea to talk to school officails into buying from smaller local Texas farms instead of the large industrial farms that are causing harm to our health.
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      solution
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Small farms are able to produce a smaller amout of product with better care than the industrial farms that are causing harmful enviormental imacts to the health of humans and life around who live around the farms/ use the prodects generated.
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    • Katie Lewis
       
      This leaching occurs in the e horizon. Runoff can go into our precipitation cycle adding toxins to our rain.
  • These facilities generate enormous amounts of waste, which can leach into the ground water and put residents at risk of exposure to infectious and potentially deadly bacteria such as E coli.i Runoff from industrial farms can also spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria,ii and contribute to dangerously high levels of heavy metals such as nitrates (which cause blue baby syndrome) into wells and public water supplies.
  • Consumer Health Unlike traditional sustainable farms, factory farms are willing to sacrifice the quality of their products to maximize their profits
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Quantity over quality equals an increase in health risk and unhealthy production.
  • factory farms
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Problem
  • consumers can end up buying inferior food that is unhealthy to eat
  • high stress levels of the animals kept in crowded and confined conditions, the poor quality feed they are given, and the potential for cultivating and spreading disease rapidly through the large confinement facilities.
  • little concern for human health and animal welfare
  • these conditions will lead to health problems for the animals and poor-quality meat and dairy products for the consumer.
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Animal stress from industrial farming results in a more likely chance of the caring of bacteria in the cattle we consume.
  • Because it spoils more easily than normal meat, DFD meat is more likely to carry bacteria and cause food poisoning than meat from low-stress animals.vi Stressed animals are also known to produce more E. coli in their stomachs, which increases the chances of food poisoning in humans.vii
  • lowers the quality of meat and dairy products, and in turn can threaten human health.
    • Katie Lewis
       
      The quality threatens the health of humans by increasing hat and the risk of heart disease. This is due to the natural feed of the animals being disrupted.
  • fed corn, grains and unsavory additives and byproducts to make them gain weight as quickly as possible. As a result, factory farmed meat has a high fat content,viii and can increase consumers’ chances of getting heart disease. 
  • This disease can then spread to humans who eat meat from diseased cows, and has already caused the deaths of over 150 people throughout the last decade.xi
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Pathogens can get into the meat we consume and have harmful effects on out bodies and health, such as with E. Coli
  • easy for pathogens to make their way into the packages of meat that you buy at the store.
  • the acidity levels in their stomachs are altered on this diet, making them more susceptible to E. Coli and other bacterial infections.i
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Another disease that was harmfully distributed by overpopulated industrial farms.
  • an animal infected with one disease can contract a second disease from another animal, causing the diseases to mix and form a new type of illness
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Spread of infected animals could produce an ecodemic
  • A growing body of scientific research is showing that sustainable, pasture-raised, and organic foods provide significant health benefits for consumers. In addition to being raised without synthetic hormones, antibiotics, pesticides and chemical fertilizers, sustainable meat is more nutritious than meat produced by industrial agriculture.
    • Katie Lewis
       
      The solution, by using grazing on a pasture, nutrients from the natural feed is not lost and a higher nutrient meat and products results. Also harmful chemicals are at a bare minimum.
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      Better meat, better quality
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      Provides needed nutrients to the consumer and can balance out or better our diets
  • This makes their meat tender, more flavorful and less likely to carry bacteria.
  • not subjected to the high levels of stress found on factory farms
  • resulting in healthier animals and leaner cuts of meat.
  • Animals raised on grass and forage also have higher levels of the fatty acids that are good for us to eat, such as omega-3’s and CLA fats that help fight disease and balance out our diets.
    • Katie Lewis
       
      The foods have higher levels of nutrient rich soil due tot he lake of extractions. Also with a lack of chemical use the products are less toxic and harmful to the body
  • Crops Recent scientific studies show the health benefits of sustainably-raised fruits and vegetables. Organic fruits, vegetables and grains, for example, contain higher levels of nutrients, minerals, and antioxidants, including vitamin C, iron, magnesium and phosphorus. Organic crops also have lower levels of certain toxic heavy metals.
  • Food from sustainable farms is fresher because you buy it locally
  • enrich the soil and increase the concentration of vitamins and minerals in the plants
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Fresher and quicker to produce.
  • minimal or zero pesticide use, which keeps crops free of pesticide residues
  • The longer food sits after harvest, the more vitamins and nutrients it loses.
  • Unlike factory farms, sustainable farms don’t promote the growth of antibiotic resistant bacteria, induce the spread of food-borne pathogens, release toxic pesticides into the environment, and contaminate our air and water with harmful pollutants. I
  • they don't contain preservatives and aren't subjected to irradiation.
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Problems with factory farms
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Lose of nutrients is more common in the industrial farms, due to the time it takes to mass produce
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      Doesn't leave pollutants in the water supply
  • sustainable farms raise their animals without polluting ground and surface water, contaminating wells, or fouling the air with harmful pollutants.
    • Katie Lewis
       
      This gives me an idea to talk to the school board about buying our produce from local farms instead of large manufactures to reduce the harmful effects many large farms products have such as chemical usage.
  • buy your food from small, local farms that use sustainable farming methods.
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Knowing who is producing the food in our school could better our knowledge on the health risk that are presented in the foods we eat.
  • Know your farmer. The best way to know how your food was produced is to talk to the farmer who grew it
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Find out about the harmful toxins that are being put into the air by the close factory farms, to help spread awareness and prevent it.
  • If you live near a factory farm and are concerned about any health effects this could have on you and your family, find out if any local groups are working on this issue
  • ammonia
    • Katie Lewis
       
      Google dictionary: A colorless gas, NH3, with a characteristic pungent smell. It dissolves in water to give a strongly alkaline solution.
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    This article states why industrial farms are harmful to life, and how we can stop this. And how buying from smaller farms could resolve some problems industrial farms create.
Maggie Ausburn

Unit 1: Three experts provide new insights on how fertilizers affect agriculture, nutri... - 0 views

  • While supplements and fortification play one role in health needs, he says that fertilizers can make seeds and grains more productive, improve the quality of nutrient uptake, and increase nutrient absorption.
    • Maggie Ausburn
       
      Connection to soil components from the lab. Potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen all affect the soil and help the crops that are planted in the soil to grow strong, mature faster, and take in the necessary nutrients it needs.
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  • Agriculture is constrained by land and water shortages, complex demands of the food cycle, and climate change.
    • Maggie Ausburn
       
      Connection with water conservation and usage. There is a water shortage so conservation techniques need to be used like drip irrigation in order for plants to get the amount of water they need and to grow up healthy so that there is a healthy food source for us to eat.
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  • health risks and
    • Maggie Ausburn
       
      Connection to soil. Potassium is a component in the soil that helps plants to grow strong and to help fight off disease, so perhaps more potassium and other nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen in the soil will save the crops from disease this way there will be more healthy crops for humans to eat.
  • plant diseases
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    Connection between soil nutrition and nutrition of the crops that grow out of it.
Lauren Bailey

Clean Technologies in U.S. Industries: Food Processing - 0 views

  • Traditionally, the food-processing industry has been a large water user.
  • Water is used as an ingredient, an initial and intermediate cleaning source, an efficient transportation conveyor of raw materials, and the principal agent used in sanitizing plant machinery and areas. Although water use will always be a part of the food-processing industry, it has become the principal target for pollution prevention, source reduction practices.
    • Lauren Bailey
       
      The food processing industry requires a large amount of water and has been greatly affected by water pollution. This can cause harm and danger to the people who consume the food if the water is contaminated.
  • Fifty percent of the water used in the fruit and vegetable sector is for washing and rinsing. The meat processing sector has minimum requirements set by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the amount of water required to clean poultry products. Water is the primary ingredient in products for the beverage and fermentation sector, and dairies utilize water as the standard cleaning agent for process machinery.
    • Lauren Bailey
       
      Half of the water used in the food industry is for rinsing and cleaning. This is to ensure the health and sanitation of the foods before they are shipped and consumed.
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  • Traditionally, the food-processing industry has been a large water user. Water is used for several purposes: a principal ingredient, an initial and intermediate cleaning source, an efficient transportation conveyor of raw materials, and the principal agent used in sanitizing plant areas and machinery. Table 2 shows typical rates of water use for various food-processing sectors. An abundant and inexpensive source of water is a requirement for success in the food-processing industry. This coincides with the same need for water resources in agricultural farmland activities.
    • Lauren Bailey
       
      There is a great deal of water used in the food-packing industry and is necessary for the industry to survive. This also related to the agricultural activities, which is where the ingredients are made to be packed.
  • Wastewater and solid wastes are the primary area of pollution control within the fruit and vegetable food-processing industry. Their wastewater is high in suspended solids, and organic sugars and starches and may contain residual pesticides. Solid wastes include organic materials from mechanical preparation processes, that is, rinds, seeds, and skins from raw materials. For the most part, solid waste that is not resold as animal feed is handled by conventional biological treatment or composting. The total amount of material generated is a function of the amount of raw material moved through a facility, for example, for a given weight of apples processed comes a set amount of peel and seed waste.
    • Lauren Bailey
       
      Wastewater solid waste is a large cause of air pollution in the food-processing industry
  • retreatment opportunities and water conservation will continue to be principal targets for pollution prevention source reduction practices in the food-processing industry. Pretreatment options look to minimize the loss of raw materials to the food-processing waste streams. Water used in conveying materials, facility cleanup, or other noningredient uses will be reduced, which in turn will reduce the wastewater volume from food-processing facilities. Wastewater treatment will continue to be the pollution prevention treatment focus for food-processing companies. The industry will continue to implement advanced innovative techniques to lessen the environmental impact of food-processing discharge wastewaters.
    • Lauren Bailey
       
      Because so much water is used and much of it becomes wastewater, the industry is trying to find new techniques to conserve water and hopefully reduce the amount of waste and pollution created by this.
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    This article discusses the extreme us of water in the U.S. food-packing industry.
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