Caula Rogers
Bio-220 Environmental Science
July 6, 2014
Professor Sharar Sustainable eating for health and humankind final report
Food can become the instruction manual of our choices in becoming more healthy or to become a “junk food addict.” Still the food obtainable to us can be further harmful to us than good- both to our health, as well as to the health of the earth. Next, to the climate change which contributes to the extreme weather that loom protect food supply. “ For instance, the consumers , and the employees of the corporations, they make the decision about the foods being sold, which gives us the way to create, process, conveyance, and use foods.
Also the United States as well as other countries, has a great deal of support from the government for commodity crop such as “wheat, corn, and soy production this also goes through the use of government subsidies. The government support for commodity crop has successfully made farmers ignore, more healthy crops; furthermore, a great deal of industrial crops grown here in the United States are being used for animal feed in “concentrated animal feeding operations ( CAFOs), also better known as factory farms.” With the support of the government the industrial crop production has increase in corn, as well as soy-fed animals, this also increased production for foods that use corn that is high fructose corn syrup; this ultimately contributing to the commonness of health problems for instance, heart disease, obesity as well as type 2 diabetes. This connection between food and our health is indisputable. While relationships are hard and very confusing, but the continuous stream of scientific research the media exposure for food and nutrition- has one thing to be sure of: and that is choosing sustainable food is a no “brainer” to attaining optimal health.
“Sustainable crops are grown in a diverse way from industrial crops. These sustainable crops farmers stay focus on ensuring their farming practices will be sustained over time and will not cause damage to the environment”. Pesticides are substances that kill crop growing pests, as well as weeds (herbicides), and things like “insects (insecticides), bacteria (microbicides), and also fungi (fungicides)”. Crop manufacture relies on insect killer or bug spray, because the practice of monocropping increases susceptibility to vermin’s. Insect repellent also cause problems with the farm workers health when they mix the chemicals and also when they gather the crops, as well as mankind who eat foods with pesticide residue. Many pesticides have been connected to certain types of cancer, neurological problems and a lot of other health problems. Pesticides can also cause environmental damage to water pollution, as well as to soil contamination. Sustainable crop production will greatly reduce pesticides use; actually many sustainable farmers are not using commercial pesticides at all.
The information about how the climates change impact organic food the one key benefits of organic farming: is storing carbon in the soil. When this is added the climate change impact of organic food goes down about “(12 to 18%).” “Government-funded research shows a range of subdivisions, organic farming uses about (26% less energy) than non-organic farming and produces the same amount of food and the government agrees organic farming is great for climate change.” “This is where humans will have to adapt to deteriorating oil and also gas supplies. This is also were humans will have to help mitigate to the effects of demand for fresh water. Humans will have to adapt for more extreme as well as unpredictable weather. This will be our challenge.
In closing, this is very fascinating, without plenty of healthy fats in our diet, there is no way to neither assimilate nor absorb the nutrients’ in fruits and vegetables. What this means to us is that by eating all kale, tofu, and bell pepper until our faces turn blue, if we are not consuming enough healthy saturate fat, why bother. Many defenders for vegetarian say eating meat harms our health, waste, causes deforestation as well as contamination. People who do not eat meat disagree with people who kill animals for food; vegetarians think it is cruel and wrong since non-animals supplies for food abundant. Many challengers that are not for vegetarians say the consumption of meat is good for our health and producing vegetables can also cause many of the same environment problems as the producing of meat. “People who do eat meat argue that mankind has been enjoying eating meat for many centuries. Our problem is not so much with food, but with the climate change due to remnant fuel that is use such as oil, biological gas, petroleum, which release the heat-trapping gases to the air. As long as these fuels, are being used more heat will be trapped by the greenhouse gases. Which heat the air and the oceans, causing strong storms, and intensive heat waves and many other affects, according to top researchers the situation is not getting better, it is getting worse. All of this is related to how our food production works as well as the farming methods on how, livestock is produce and it depends on fossil fuels.
In conclusion, Overgrazing livestock can hurt the environment by the soil being compacted, corrosion, and they can also be harmful to native plants. Farmers raising animals for food is creating a (18%) of our global greenhouse gases, this more than the transportation sector. But the “Center’s Healthy and Sustainable Food Program” advises consumers as well as institutions on how our diet can promote healthier people, sure food supplies and prosperous communities. By doing this, not only will it better serve our bodies, but it will help the environment as well as the ocean. But when it comes to our connection between sustainable food production and our health, and this keeps us on the right track. It is our right to eat meat, because it is a fundamental liberty that must be defended and becoming a vegetarian to lower our environment footprint is not necessary. Our concern should not be about who’s right or wrong, whether vegetarian or meat eater, it is time for us to come together and save our planet.

References: http://chg.med.harvard.edu/caterogy/healthy-and-sustainable-food www.sustainabletable.org/249/sustainable-crop-production www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/thegreat-organic-myths-rebuttal-822763.html http://VegetarianProCon.org
www.laurellofleaves.com/2012/avegan-diet-is-not-healthy/