Dominant Discourses Regarding Contemporary Foodways in the U.S.

I think that the journalist who write these stories do think we live in a time where food reform is significant, because in almost every article I read based on food, it was as if the writers wanted people to reconsider some thoughts, from vending machines serving healthy food, local farmers growing “fresh foods” and coming to cities, Doctors who’ve been doing studies for years and think that many Americans should change their eating habits for a better lifestyle, and the social impacts food has on people, such as children with allergies being bullied more. What all these articles had in common was that they want Americans to be healthier in the past five years you can see a trend of healthier eating habits. One has to wonder, is it because Americans have always been oblivious about how food is actually cultivated, and always thought it was a happy wonderland process and just want to live the way they’ve bold told food was processed? The other question is “Why now?” I personally think the that the united states is almost the same way it was 10 years ago, but I was 7 than so what do I honestly remember and know well about the world in 2000, but I don’t remember food being a topic in the mass media, is obesity an diabetes that bad in the U.S.?
I think that a person who lives their lives by what the mass media tells them has gone through almost every food stage, from eating fast food to drinking grass, but today I feel like their probably vegan and exercise everyday, and have some sort of schedule or routine, that’s if they’re that dedicated. But I don’t blame them because the media does a good job scaring people with death, obesity, and looks, and I’m not saying that eating unhealthy food doesn’t do that to you, but I feel like many people get brainwashed and scared and are dedicate themselves to live well and long, because people are scared of death. Also this person lives in a city they’d be the type to order food from a farm, yesterday I was at a greenmarket in city hall and the woman in front of me was very interested about where the food is from, the farm, and how the food was grown, and the farmer gave her a brochure with all the information and a map of the farm, and days she can go up there to get food. I thought it was interesting to see someone do that in the United States, because I only saw people get farm ordered from farms in other countries, my grandmother does that, and lives in Haiti. The only thing is that the woman had a Spanish accent, so I think your background makes a difference as well.


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