ODYR Reading Responses

CHAPTER 3

This chapter discussed the basic process of growing foods, transporting them, etc. They had a simple diagram that saw foods being grown from Photosynthesis, from rain and/or animal waste. Then it discussed being taken to factories to be officially processed and sent out to stores for the public to purchase and consume.This is interesting because it shows step by step how some foods are first grown, picked, transported, processed, sent out and eventually eaten by us. Something that happens 24/7, but not really thought about daily.

CHAPTER 4

Although I never knew it beforehand, it now makes sense why corn is so important and is demanded alot. Corn has its own way of being kept in its own area of process and it tends to be used for a lot of different reasons including for our own consumption, animal concumption, fuel, among other uses.

CHAPTER 5

This chapter was very interesting because it showed how corn was a big deal in the making of our MEAT. The author also discussed his own personal side project of purchasing a young calf so that he could follow it through the process of it being grown, grazing, bulked up, and eventually slaughtered and processed for its meat.That would be an interesting experience in my mind because this author got that actual opportunity to go along with his calf in the step by step process from when it's born to when a part of it is served on a plate in a restaurant. It truly is a "behind the scenes" experience.