Blog #4

Ø What is your plan to get involved on campus? What are your interests? Will you or have you joined any student organizations? Which two events besides UNITED & Career Major Fair do you plan on attending?
I plan to join Superior Edge, and I am already involved with our house government. I was not here this weekend so Shanin and I attended the last one about the genocide in Canada.

Ø Fast Food Nation - Chapter 6:

Ø What are some of the problems facing cattle ranchers?
There are now suburbs were ranches used to be, the storms wash out their land, one rancher had ten acres washed out from a storm. They also face rising land prices, oversupplies of cattle, increased shipment of live cattle from Canada and Mexico, development pressure, inheritance taxes and health scares about beef.

Ø What are “captive supplies” of cattle? (“The four major meatpacking companies now control about 20 percent of the live cattle in the U.S. through ‘captive supplies’” (138). (See also p. 142).
The five major meat packing companies are, Armour, Swift, Morris, Wilson, and Cudahy.Captive supplies are cattle that are either maintained in company-owned feedlots or purchased in advanced through forward contracts.

Ø What was the impact of the Chicken McNugget on the poultry industry?
It made the poultry industry grow into a manufactured value added product.

Ø How does the nutritional value of a McNugget compare to a hamburger?
They contain twice as much fat per ounce as a hamburger. YUCK!!

Ø How does the suicide rate for ranchers and farmers compare with the rate for U.S. citizens in
general? Why?
The suicide rate amoung ranchers and farmers is three times higher the rate of the national average. Once their traditional way of life is destroyed htey feel like failures. The land they once owned had a larger value than money and once they have lost that they feel lost.

Ø Do you feel as if there is any healthy fast food available to consumers? If so, where and why? Give specific examples of products.. Please be honest and support your opinions. For example, I feel that Subway's Veggie Sub is extremely healthy due to its freshly-cut produce, cheese, and fresh-baked breads. I actually talked to a friend who works at Subway and he said in MQT, they slice their own produce. (My fear was that it arrived pre-sliced and filled with preservatives). It's not organic, but it's a start.
I will have to agree with you because that is one of the only places I could think of. That is also true where I live in Hillman, MI, the Subway in my town cuts their veggies fresh too. I know this because my friend works there and she always coplains when she has to slice veggies. Maybe Quiznos has the same styles? But Subway and Quiznos I wouldn't consider "fast food" because you can actually see what is being put on your sandwhich and they also take the time to slice veggies. I doubt any other fast food place does that. Other than those two I don't think any where else could POSSIBLY be healthy!?!