POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Saturated Fat, Value Menu
27 Sep 2017
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The filmmakers suggest that current farm practices and policies are not producing healthy food for american consumers. Consider the responsibility of the following: consumers, farmers, policy makers or legislators, food companies, food retailers and health professionals. What might individuals in each of these groups do to ensure a healthy, adequate and dependable food supply: king corn presents two philosophies behind farm subsidies. In the 1930s, subsidies helped control the amount of corn produced each year, ensuring that overproduction would not drive down prices. Starting in the 1970s, subsidies encouraged farmers to produce as much as possible. Which approach makes the most sense to you and why: americans now spend a smaller percentage of their income on food than ever before less than 15% of their disposable income. Why or why not: the film traces the consolidation of small family farms into large farming operations, with single farms planting a thousand or more acres.
