Entry #9 ~ Topics in Food Quest

For a discussion response in my class, we looked at two sources related to the food industry, and the article we had to look at was intriguing. It is by Michael Pellman Rowland called "Here’s How We Solve Our Food Waste Problem."

This article aims to inform people about food waste and its issues. The article wants to persuade the audience to take action and do what they can. However, instead of just persuading people, they also provide various solutions, including what anyone at home can do to help lessen food waste. I feel diving further into this article would be interesting since we only did an overall analysis and hadn't gone further than that. This article is relevant because of what's happening in our environment and climate change.

Food waste is a definitive issue and affects everyone and everything on our planet. Being more aware of the problems in the world is imperative to finding solutions and helping solve the problem. In this article, they discuss various issues surrounding food waste, including world hunger, loss of resources, and cost. I never thought any of these could be related to food waste, but this article provides evidence and sources that make it impactful.

Now not only do they tell us the issues revolving around food waste, but they also provide various solutions to help alleviate and lessen the amount of food wasted. These solutions cover each issue and give statistics to back up how they could help. One important one that I should note is the solution for consumer behavior. He says that by changing what we are eating, and avoiding the foods attributed to the issues like animal products. (Rowland 2017)

This solution is crucial because it means anyone can help lessen food waste by eating differently and picking more sustainable products like fruits and vegetables. After reading this article in class, I realized that even though I am one person, there are things I can do to help alleviate big problems.