World Food Crisis:
Reflection: To be honest, I think we are in such a deep hole that we are going to lose many more people then we want. We lose thousands of people everyday with things that could be avoided. When it comes to the food crisis, at this point, I think it's best for the sustainable agriculture. Sooner or later, all of our soil will be complete crap. While water and stuff like that is important, we carry so much attention to it. From what we watched before, there are farmers losing their farms because of the financial crisis, but they are skilled in taking care of the soil. Even though we won't be producing as much food, we are producing better quality food. If we don't turn around now, we will go down a road of generic food and soon destroy all our natural resources trying to maintain that genetically modified food.

Financial Crisis and World Hunger:
Reflection: As we talked about in class, I think micro loans is a really good idea. I mean, even I feel like I could save up some and go to a third world country and help them out. When I think about $2 pretty much saving a family, that could really impact you. I find it sort of ridiculous that we aren't using this system yet; we've even proved that it works. They were talking about agricultural credit and health care/insurance, but we don't even have to think that far yet. For now, micro loans don't require so much. 98-99% is paid back, even if it is with minimal interest, small amounts add up. I also agree that social business should be an important part of the new economic system.

Pesticides:
Reflection: I mean, this is a tough subject. What will we do without pesticides? I would think that we should research about alternatives though because it's sort of silly to poison plants to keep insects away from them but at the same time poisoning ourselves. I don't thoroughly know the health regulation for that, but it's like people willingly put up with this. It is an ongoing problem. Some people can tolerate it, some people can't. Some people are lucky, some aren't. Even so, it's such a common thing that something should be done about it. Isn't there some sort of plant combinations you can use to keep pests away? I don't know, while reading this, I always thought there was just something more.

Cheap Food:
Reflection: Okay, I think this is ridiculous. I was sort of irritated that they made the farmer's conditions so dramatic. Like, I understand, well I haven't experienced it, but I understand with their first example about farmwork being a dangerous job. Even so, I wanted to look more at the problem at hand and that problem is that they aren't getting properly rewarded for the hard labor they do. I find it sad that a cup of noodles is 50 cents while a salad is $2-$3. I agree with this article when it says for people to buy organic foods and make ingredients in the food more transparent. Half the time, I don't know what I'm eating. I remember talking to someone before, I can't remember who, but it was about how manufacturers can put "0g Trans Fat" on their labels if their Trans Fat is below .5g (Rounded to 0g) which is shocking. If you eat a lot of these foods, that trans fat is going to add up. Why not eat vegetable and organic food where, I don't know, there is NOT TRANS FAT?

If you were going dedicate your energies to champion one of the issues in any of the writings, which would you choose and why? In your opinion, what is it about your particular choice that ranks it above all others?
All of the problems sort of tie into one. The problem is where to start. The one I would try the most at which I feel is more doable and realistic then the rest is the micro loans. If I was decently rich, yes, I think I would start a small business in impoverish countries. If that's really all it takes to save a family, I'd be down for it. At this point, I'm thinking more of opportunities for other people. We have to start somewhere. In the long run we will have to approach the world food crisis and the pesticides. But as a regular everyday person, I feel like loaning out what seems like a little to me to people who know how to use it and invest in something for their family is more ideal then for me to buy like... a fancy car. Even so, coming in close second would probably be the cheap food. I mean, trans fat in foods is like plastic for the earth. It just doesn't break down and it's horrible for us. Unfortunately... yeah, just read my reflection on it.