Blog #1

Hello readers, welcome to my blog FoodandEnglishClass. In this blog, I will write about various aspects of the American food system; particularly the CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operations)
system.In recent discussions of the CAFO system, a controversial issue has been whether CAFO"s are good for not only the American food system but, for the global food supply. On the one hand, some argue that CAFO's are great for the United States. From this perspective, CAFO's provide Americans with a economically viable way to get mass production of  meat to feed millions of our people.On the other hand,however, others argue that CAFO's are dangerous. CAFO's pose many negative effects to our economy, animals and resources. In the words of Daniel Imhoff, one of this views main proponents states that, that food we produced under the CAFO system is not cheap or economically viable. According to this view, CAFO's are subsidized with billions of taxpayer's money . In sum,then,the issue is whether CAFO's are viable to continue as they are today or it CAFO's need to either to be reformed or abolished .
My own view is that CAFO's are good in idea or in theory, for what the main purpose of CAFO's are. The purpose of CAFO's is to produce as much meat as possible for our  commercialized and industrialized world.Though I concede that CAFO's in practice are not a good idea. I still maintain that in order to reform the CAFO system, industry and consumers alike has to fix the system. CAFO's are industries; industries always need to adapt  to the future to survive.Also consumers can influence industries, though their spending power.  For example, if consumers buy more organic or not CAFO meat products, the food companies will produce more of those products..Although some might object that consumers have a lot of power, I would reply that companies mostly always listen to want the public want.Companies always want to maintain a positive public image. The issue is important because, the food that we eat affects our lives. According to Daniel Imhoff, we live in the world of CAFO's. " Welcome to an issue for our Time." ,Daniel Imhoff states in The CAFO Reader.