Are the effects of eating organically at a young age justifiable to the cost?

Many times, people associate eating organically as a way to live a healthier lifestyle in adults; however, little do people know the benefits children, even fetuses, receive from eating organic food sources. An article published by Time magazine, a reputable internet source, the pros to eating organically starting at an extremely young age are explored. In "Why Organic is the Right Choice for Parents" by Dr. Alan Greene and Anna Lappe, the idea of being able to prevent against diseases, limiting exposure to pesticides, and the effects of eating organically on a child's IQ are shared. This article informed me of the many diseases eating organically can help prevent. The number was shocking. Who knew that eating organically can help diminish the chance of getting an illness that everyone is terrified of. The reason I chose to research a topic revolving childhood consumption of organic products is due to the fact that I've been eating organically ever since I was a young child and I wanted to see if other people noticed changes between an organic diet versus a conventional diet.
I saw Time as a reliable and accurate source due to the history of that Time carries. Everyone around the world knows Time Magazine as a source to go to in research papers, reports, and even in an authors own article. Another thing that i found interesting as using this article as my number one source is that it provides meta-studies, studies including other studies results, to confirm the message the article is trying to convey. I've used Time as a source in other school projects and papers, which helped me support my claims more accurately than Wikipedia.
http://time.com/2914155/organic-food-children-health/

Organic vs. Conventional

The internet is full of informational content and has endless numbers of sources, but sometimes the content on certain sources can be inaccurate or untrustworthy like Wikipedia. It is important to only use sources that are reliable when it comes to research papers. 

One reputable source that I came across was The Huffington Post, which is an American online news website and blog. While on the website, I came across a helpful post about the realities of organic food. In the article, “Organic vs. Conventional: Have You Been Robbed?” the author, Makenna Goodman explains the realization that organic might not always be the better choice after being obsessed with the term herself and found out the meaning of organic. Goodman has laying hens that are raised in a healthy manner, in a good environment, and are free range; however, since they are not fed a minimal amount of a certain grain they are not considered organic. Since they are not organic, when she tried to sell them the buyer offered her less money and admitted that they would pay more even if they were raised in a bad environment, but fed with the organic grain.

The idea of this article demonstrate that if a certain item is classified organic, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is the best option or that it is any better than a non-organic item. Sometimes certain foods or animals may follow healthy and organic regulations but are not classified organic because something small. We might not be getting what we are paying for when it comes to buying organic food.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/13/organic-vs-conventional-h_n_201609.html

Raw Digest

          http://www.rollingstone.com/feature/belly-beast-meat-factory-farms-animal-activists

     Ok everyone, this is a reputable source. I know that it says (.com) but you know it's from the Rolling Stones. So this article is shared or should speak out to those who are thinking about writing the research question on animal cruelty, mostly farm animals. The idea is that readers get a view of what goes on at the farm that the character Sarah and Juan go to. The view that is mention is through allusion, they use very descriptive language of like how the chicken cages were measured in. It also at the bottom of the article gives you videos to check out, but when I was reading the article and I didn't want to click on it because I had the fear that, the video would be about how the farmers would mistreat their animals. The article goes on, what I mean by that is that there is more than one story but it goes on with the same topic.
     Like I was saying this would probably appeal to those who are gonna talk about animal abuse/ cruelty, and what poor conditions animals are in could affect what happens to health in human bodies. Keep in mind that these animals in cages are feed antibiotics, which could give humans bad health.
     The idea behind this article in my opinion was to get to the bottom of what goes down on farm factories. I think it was brought up because some people want to know where their food comes from, and if it's safe to eat, and how the animals are treated.
     This is probably all that I have to say, but I want to wish you all luck on your topics. I hope you everyone find some topic you guys are passionate about on this food journey? Food course? Whatever you guys call it, Good luck! 

Update: okay so I tried to watch one of the videos but it didn't work, so let me know if you guys were able to watch it.

[KC]: PoF BLOG - First Course

Due by Monday March 13th (6:00 pm)  

1 post, 1 comment

Complete at least one post where you introduce a reputable source to the class. Share the link and write a 250-300-word post explaining the idea behind the source and how it might be helpful. Also, complete at least one comment on someone else’s post.

[KC]: PoF Vocabulary

Here are the vocabulary words for this unit! 

[KC]: Your Food Story

What is your food story?  What are your earliest memories around food, cooking, and eating?  What is  your favorite food?  Favorite cuisine? Favorite restaurant? Your guilty pleasure?   Who is the cook in your family?   Do you cook?  Are you interested in learning to cook?  How will you learn? Who is your teacher?  These are prompts! You don’t have to answer all of these questions!  They’re just here to get you started.

Many of us -- especially  women, but not only women -- have painful and troubling issues around food (and body image).  Do you know anyone who is plagued by this?  Do you enjoy food, or is food a problem?

Use all of your skills as a writer to craft your food story:  good language, good organization, sensory details -- even dialogue! This is a narrative, so use of first person is fine!

• Between 450-650 words
• MLA format
• Turnitin.com
• Due March 7

There are two every prominent myths that Gethenians live their lives according to. The first myth being that two siblings may not fall in love after kemmering. In chapter two of the book historian from Ehrenrang looks into a collection of hearth -tales , one of them feels the tale of two brothers who vow kemmering to each other which is acceptable. When one of the brothers found an mutual love for one another , which is seen in es abnormal in Karhidian culture, one of the brothers, Getheren, is chased out of Hearth after announcing his suicide . The men that chased him out had intents on murdering Getheren after announcing his suicide for "murder leaves a lighter shadow on the house than suicide."(23) Love amongst 2 siblings wasn't seen as crime until "it was seen as the cause of his brothers suicide (23)." Every "crime" in Karhide seems to be rooted by the  subject of suicide, which is the most dishonorable thing to do in Karhide. Suicide is  even mor dishonorable than murder itself, which really boggles my mind. Karhides dishonor in suicide  reminds me of the way the Christian faith dishonors it where suicide is seen as selfish way to handle your problems, taking ones life is seen as disrespect to gods primal gift to an individual, life (sorry really repeatitive, but you get my point right). Similarly, Kahride finds dishonor in suicide because it is seen as in reasonable due to the fruitful "perfect lives" Karhidians deem themselves to have.  Suicid e is also brought up in chapter 4 of the book which tells the of Herbor and his kemmering Berosty, were Berosty sends Herbir to find the date of his death from the fortellers. When Berosty is unsatisfied with the answer , he strikes Herbor in the head with a large stone, killing him. A month later Berosty takes his own life.The reoccurring subject of suicide throughout the book leads me to think that when Karhidians are faced with their plight , they don't find any strength to carry on.