To show the impact that two of my meals have on our world from an ecological and economic perspective, I chose to research the breakfast and dinner I ate yesterday. Yesterday for breakfast I had two hard boiled eggs, two slices of wheat toast and a glass of orange juice. For dinner I had baked chicken, a roll, and a bottled Sam’s Choice water. The origins of the hard boiled eggs were Jackson, MS, the orange juice that I drank was from Atlanta, GA, the chicken I had was from Pittsburgh, TX, the wheat toast I had was made in Chicago, IL, and the Sams Choice water was from St. Louis, MO. All of these products were purchased from Wal- Mart super center in my hometown. The chain of events that took the product to get form the farm to my table will be explained.
The hard boiled eggs come from hatchery houses and a flock of thousands of chickens. When the hens are ready to lay, they seek shelter in the coop. The eggs are collected from the coops and taken into the packaging house where they are placed into containers.
The whole wheat bread is milled and turned into flour. The basic process involves mixing of ingredients until the flour is converted into a stiff paste or dough, followed by baking the dough into a loaf. This is followed by the measurement of ingredients, mixing, and kneading them properly by baking and then cooling off the bread.
The orange juice ripen on the tree. The juice is squeezed from the sample fruit and the juice is tested for two main attributes, brix and acid. From these two attributes, the sugar determines the flavor of the juice. The juice next goes through a finisher where the pulp and seeds are removed. From this point, the juice will go directly into a pasteurizer. Filtered water is added to bring the brix down to about 119 degrees, the average of fresh squeezed juice. It is then put up into cardboard cartons, glass, or plastic jugs to