Essays on Food

Monsanto Agrochemical Company Monsanto Agrochemical Company has been in existence since 1901 when it was started by John Francis Queeny. During its inception, Monsanto’s objective was to promote green evolution that would ensure that the world produced food enough to feed the world’s increasing population. Green evolution became gene evolution in...

The Role of Food in Chang-Rae Lee's "Magical Dinners" The short story by Chang-Rae Lee is a narration where the author describes the story around his family's ordeal as immigrants. The focus is set on the reality that it is difficult to settle in a new place especially when one is...

Meat consumption is central to billions of people’s diet across the globe and is often focus on culinary enjoyment. Many individuals enjoy the company of animals and like them and often are distasted with the harm done to them. The discrepancy between animal love and enjoyment of meat constructs “meat...

Drinking of alcohol by persons who are below 21 years is identified as underage drinking. In the United States of America, underage drinking is common given that around 11% of the alcohol consumed nationally is associated with people aged between 12 and 20 years (Patrick " McElrath 78). However, over...

Parkhurst and Mountney define poultry as all the types of birds that have been tamed to breed, mature in confinement and their products have economic value (1). Poultry farming consists of quails, turkeys, ducks, guineas, chickens, and geese among others. The population has increased in the last few decades, and...

Overview some key points you found in this section of the reading. Pollan asserts that there are many options of diets available for human consumptions but humans tend to have little information about what should be consumed. He further points out at the popularity of corn as the botanical winner...

Stuttering is a prevalent speech disorder that affects many peoplek. It is associated with difficulty in saying something.  The occurrence of this condition is attributed to many factors ranging from genetic to dietary. Although little attention has been paid on the contribution of diet to the occurrence of stuttering, few...

Dinu et al. (2017) Dinu et al. (2017), defines a vegan as a person who does not use or eat animal products; they do not use soaps, clothes or other animal-sourced products nor consume dairy, gelatin, eggs or honey. In this regard, a vegan diet is a food lifestyle that excludes...

Can Alcohol Beverages Completely Destroy the Human Brain? The rates of consumption of alcohol across the globe have increased over the years. Research identifies that nations around the world are recording increased numbers of citizens that are admitted to rehabilitation centers. One of the major factors that promote increased consumption rates...

Wallace, A.E, A Wallace, and W.B Weeks. "The U.s. Military As a Natural Experiment: Changes in Drinking Age, Military Environment, and Later Alcohol Treatment Episodes Among Veterans." Military Medicine. 173.7 (2008): 619-625. Print. The United States military bases before 1982 allowed alcohol drinking to all ages. However, in 1988, there were...

Consumption of organic foods has risen over the past few years due to the advancement of technology. Apart from increasing productivity, technology has influenced fast growth and maturity of food crops with viable traits. “Singh indicates in his study that the consumption behavior of consumers has changed significantly today arguing...

Food is a fundamental aspect of any particular culture and transitions arising in food culture could show alterations in a society’s cultural environment. This study’s main purpose is to comprehend and understand foods and pop-culture and the behavior of American consumers concerning the ethnic food and sub-continental foodstuffs in the...