Why are our honey bees dying?

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/07/climate-change-killing-bumblebees/

Even though bees scare us all they are a major necessity to our food chain.  Our life and the worlds life would be so different if we didnt have bees to pollinate.  Honey bees and other pollinators help provide us with $19 billion worth of agricultural crops in the U.S.  Our bees are dying due to the insecticides sprayed on the flower and crops by the the farmers. Some of these plants rely on assistance with their pollination process.  Pollination is essentially plant reproduction, without help from our pollinators our everyday food supply would look much different. Bees help pollinate crops that you would never think of such as Apples, squash, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes and many more. There has been a reduction in the variety of flowers on which bees feed because of monocultural farming and suburban development. Add up all these factors and others and the weakened bees have an uphill battle.  Here are are just a couple of way that you can help save the bees: Do not use pesticides, fungicides, or hericides in your garden;  plant your garden with native and bee friendly plants, its important for bees, as for us, to have a diverse and regular food supply; educate kid and yourself about bees, bees are not dangerous, they forage on a flower and dont attack humans.  Bees are an integral part of our food chain. We need to give honeybees the credit they deserve and if we don’t protect them now, they may not be around to collect their sweet glory.

Food safety

Food Safety Home Page | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov › foodsafety

This Article talks about The food we eat is no longer good we need to find ways to stay safe,  its dangerous to eat food alot of Americans can get foid poisoning and die. I feel like their should be away where food should be safe,  because honestly we don't know what they put in the meat.... what so ever !. Another thing i see a chicken so big they cut it,  now are food is contaminated,  but also they put more chemical inside animal body
  so the meat we eat don't effect our body, but i think its just horrible. They don't even wash / clean the animals.  The FDA,  should do something with the meat,  where it should be safe. But ingredients in the back so people know what their eating. ingredients are good to watch our calories because people die from eating something horrible its terrifying to see and hear. To keep your family safe from getting sick: separate raw meat from other foods and wash your hands before and after touching it . guarantee this will prevent your family from getting sick and the article give you more ways how to stay safe and also more things you need to know , because people can tell you one thing , but it will be a whole different situations. The source will tell you what type food you eat , what type of symptoms or illnesses that will affect you and your family.  It's always good to be cautious what you eating , and what are you eating and read up on it to see if its okay to eat it. This source helpful because its giving you different ways how to be careful to eat.-Christine

Budget cuts that will slice America in half

https://newfoodeconomy.org/trump-budget-school-food-nutrition/

During these few months, Trump has almost been successful with budget-cutting School meals in America.These threats will be affecting school lunches and how healthy they will be. Who's to say that will be affected? 1.8 million of the population who are middle to low income families will be affected. Already there  are tons of children who are dependent on breakfast and lunch meals and due to this budget many will suffer. It seems utterly unbelievable how special little President Trump is making America any better again. Its ironic. How we are the country most affected by obesity, but also affected by hunger. But after School organizations such as Girls an Boys scout give after school meals to the children in Mississippi. Sherry Jackson runs this federal program an tells us that," all this makes her feel so sick". Seeing how these children will suffer when they depend so much on school lunches makes me sick to the stomach as well. As a person who experiences this, I understand the worry this can give.This budget cuts have been a suggestion due to the high percentage of school lunch being wasted. Michelle Obama's act of decreasing sugar and salt in school lunches was a drastic change for all students. But it help tremendously as more and more new generations of children are loving to eat vegetable and fruits. But seeing the school lunch waste increase it was either to keep the program going or to face cut backs. Cut backs that will decrease how much food children are feed and increase how much sugar, salt and white bread is given. The children don't need this, what children want is what makes them grow stronger. But if we don't do anything, we are faced to accept it if we don't try to stop it.

Food Symbolism

Link: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1637&context=honorstheses

In this student research done by Sandra Johnson from Colby College she talks about how food is not only a substantial necessity to live but a way of fighting for your rights. Crazy isn’t it? Something simple a food is a way to protest for something you believe in. When we think about protest we think about making signs, tying ourselves up on a tree, and writing angry letters to the man. But something such as throwing tea overboard because you want change from government isn’t the first idea that comes to your mind. Johnson also talks about how food is a gateway of expressing ourselves. What we eat, what we don't like to eat, it all shows our personality one way or another. If you’re a person who likes to try out new food you’re probably someone who is outgoing and willing to try new experiences and on the other hand if you like to stay within your comfort zone and only eat things you are familiar to, it may reflect to how your personality is. This may not always be true but its a reasonable idea. Johnson also talks about how food connects us and how it  “is symbolically associated with the most deeply felt human experiences, and thus expresses things that are sometimes difficult to articulate in everyday language.” There is so many ways food can be associated with memories and a simple gesture of love towards another person. Remembering that meal your parents or grandparents made you brings memories that make you feel like nothing else will. Food connects us all in ways you cannot imagine and it's a wonderful sight to see food bring us together and fight for something we believe in.

- Jainah Fajardo

Attacking the Obesity Epidemic Before It Bites Back

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/health/13brody.html

Obesity is a lifestyle disease that is on the rise in America and most other developed countries all over the world. What makes obesity such a serious menace is the fact that it is the leading cause of tens of opportunistic fatal diseases which include hypertension, cancer, and heart failure. The overreliance on technology has reduced the mobility of children and this coupled with comfort eating has led to a new phenomenon – the upsurge of childhood obesity. This has led to the rise of children affected with diseases that were initially thought of as diseases for adults.  There is therefore the need to examine this and take some precautionary steps to curb it.

This topic is widely prevalent around me. I believe the reason why childhood obesity is on the rise in America is because of the influence of poor eating/choosing habits that has brought to the social world. Options have slimmed down to a few when it comes to what is seen on TV. Lifestyles have changed in the last two decades. The fast food industry has overshadowed the minds of those who watch their advertisements that mislead watchers. People are lured in to the fast food life because of how convenient and affordable it is. Thus, the obesity rate has not stopped growing. Obesity leads to many health factors in adults and health problems that you would not see in kids before but are now a common disease in children such as Type 2 Diabetes. So who is to blame for the effects of obesity in America? The fast food industry? The government? Or is it the responsibility of what people decide to consume? Your opinions are great appreciated and may be sources of insight for my research paper :)

-Margareth Simbillo

AF: Hey Kids! Get crackin' on this blog assignment

I  think with Gethen culture it's different when he says "There is no unconsenting sex, rape..... Genly see things different and he always asks why and tries to make his points and where the setting at it's like he never gets anything always asks why. also, i think they both confused in this story honestly I'm still confused but to guys that intimate with each other but to them, it doesn't matter because the world they live in its so much different and they don't see nothing wrong in their eyes personally and as they start getting to know eachother they start to feel eachother the attention the communtation well genly is and he start to realize I feel like the plot of this story is a fairy tail which nobody will believe and some will believe but where it takes place its unbelieveable because people going to be like.. "where this at are they on another planet/earth" the whole time its fictions not real at all and in the setting genly start to realize things and start to understand more.  - christine Walton, wave 3