Monday, November 1, 2010

HW# 12

Thesis: Sustainable and humane alternatives to nightmarish dominant social practices in our culture fail the tests of scalability, achievability, and/or desirability. 


Major Claim: When you try to stop nightmarish social practices it doesn't pass the achievability and it doesn't pass the test and usually a failure


Supporting Claim #1: Despite the fact their are many organic foods there are still more people buying fast food 
Evidence: Fast Food Nation 
Evidence: Expansion of Fast Food Companies 
Evidence: Diabetes and other diseases created by food 


Supporting Claim #2: The food movement is gaining a lot of attention from the government and the press


Evidence: Kevin's Law 
Evidence: Slaughter House owners also are connected to FDA
Evidence: Worker from Monsanto incident


www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h3160/show
Fast Food Nation Book 
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Goliath_and_David:_Monsanto's_Legal_Battles_against_Farmers
www.diabetes.org › Diabetes Basics

1 comment:

  1. Has Kevin's Law been rescinded?? I saw Food,Inc the other evening. Am planning on writing letter to Congress.. all those who were with me plan to do same. Is Kevin's Law still a law?

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