Kyle's blog

  I enjoy thanksgiving dinner, but I personally like the traditions about it more and knowing what the purpose of this holiday is. The typically Thanksgiving meal includes turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, corn, cranberry sauce, and finishing it off with some pumpkin pie; making it the most ok dinner and is overrated in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong I do enjoy the meal, but to say that it is the best meal of the year is just to much. If it was really that great of a meal, why don’t people make it more then just one day out of the year. Most people only a make a turkey one day out of the year, even on Christmas or Easter when we gather with friends and family for a big meal. Then when you finish your plate, you are handed a slice of pumpkin pie, which in my opinion can only be eaten with a mountain of whip cream on top. At the end of the day the meal is good but to me it isn’t the best meal I eat the whole year. My personal favorite things about Thanksgivin...

  I found this political cartoon about the food industry and the fight over corn because all the possibilities and uses for corn. The first thing you probably noticed was the massive corn stalk with several hands grabbing onto it. Then you will probably notice the names on the people’s arms showing the several uses of corn and what can be made into or used for. The people are also wearing different types of clothes to symbolize more what industry they are in, the ethanol one is wearing a suit to show wealth and the amount of money made in the ethanol market, the farmers are all wearing flannels a typical farmers outfit, and the food producer is also wearing a suit for his industry of processed food. The hands on the stalk also go down in size in order of what corn is mainly used for, 40% goes to ethanol, 36% goes to the farmers, and the rest gets exported to the food manufacturers. This ad shows the amount of uses for corn, but it also shows who really makes the money with corn a...

One of the items that are on top of many kids wish list this year for the holidays are the new editions of the Xbox One Series X and the PlayStation 5. Unfortunately, many of these kids probably won’t be getting one this year due to the microchip shortage, and the resell market for these gaming consoles has also surged due to this. These new generations for these consoles have been out for a little over year to this point and now and are still selling out instantly every time they release some, and the only people getting them are the resellers who use automatic software that can buy multiple consoles all at one time. These people then are able to turn around and sell them for about $800 each to the people who actually want to play and enjoy these new gaming consoles. Why doesn’t Sony or Microsoft just release more consoles then? Due to the Covid-19 pandemic there was a massive microchip shortage that is a necessity for these consoles, causing for less of them to be manufactured, b...

There are many controversial topics going on right now. Some are more important than others but one that isn’t getting the national attention that it should is the industrialized food industry here in America. The documentary “Fresh” tries to show their viewers exactly what is happening in this industry right now and how little the public people really know about it. The tone throughout is mostly serious and sometimes hopeful when talking about potential solutions to this major issue. They interview with several local small farmers and talk about what they do differently at their farms compared to these massive factory farms when it comes to caring for animals, rotating crops, and not using pesticides on the produce. Some of the farmers talk about how much harder it is nowadays to compete with these massive operations and how some of them are just struggling to make it by while their competition is blowing right by them, even with a lower quality product. They also state facts about ...

The documentary “Food Inc” directed by Robert Kenner shows just how much the food world has changed in such little time and the major impacts that it has had already. Food Inc goes in depth just what really is going on in this industry that the consumer doesn’t know about, and what even the government is trying to cover up. They use several jaw dropping facts and several horrifying images and videos to show the animal abuse in these places. The documentary talks to famous authors and critics about the industrialized food industry, small farmers, and other people who have been affected by these corporations. The opening starts with an open corn field, and a rancher riding his horse through the beautiful open country and the narrator opens up by saying “the way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than the previous 10,000, but the image that is used to sell food is still the same” and cuts to a huge factory where they are processing and packaging whole chickens to send to the m...