In Mark Bittman's article "Bad Food? Tax it, and Subsidize Vegetables", he writes about ways to eliminate the growing percentage of people with obesity and how to combat bad diets in the United States. Bittman argues that in order to stop the consumption of unhealthy foods that the government should tax items such as soda, or any other junk food and in doing so we can use the money earned from this so called "soda tax" and use it fund for more healthier options and prevent the growing number of diabetes and other related diseases. In Alice Waters article "No Lunch Left Behind", she writes about the National School Lunch Program to help schools and students afford and be able to eat during their meal break. However, the programs money is often used for other criteria such as staffing and appliances to make the food. It also talks about how better funding would help solve the problems and issuses the program is facing and can provide better and healthier food options to students. I like this article because it relates to my topic of how the use of government in our food system often fails and it presents ways to make programs more efficient.
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0098858815591528
This source helped me find my answers to whether our government is working to benefit our food system or if its failing.
This was helpful to me! I am also working on a very similar topic for my research paper! I also agree with what you had to say about the main points of the articles.
ReplyDeleteI may not have the same topic as you but their are a few facts and quotes I am able to use in my article. thank you
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