Here is a list of questions my group has brainstormed over.
(some may be the same question twice or close to it. this is just a random list each group member came up )
- Do you usually see the same faces in the lunch lines?
- Do you consider the meals served to be healthy?
-Do the kids usually tend to buy the same meals?
-Do you consider the meals served in the cafeteria to be healthy?
- What are you doing to improve the health of your students?
-Do the kids usually eat all of their lunch? If not, which parts aren't they eating?
-How did you company decide on the meals you serve?
- Is the health of the children a top priority?
-Are the children eating all of the food they bring from home?
-Do you consider their packed meals to be healthy?
-How many of the students buy lunch?
-Is it always the same children?
-What type of meals are the parents packing their children?
- Do the children eat all of their lunch?
- Do certain children have generally the same lunch every day?
- What percentage of kids have fruit in their lunch?
- What is the most popular food that children have in their lunch?
- If the children don't have a lunch, what are their options at school?
- Is there a certain reward/punishment for the children not finishing their lunch?
- Do the teachers make the children eat their lunches in a particular order? Ex: Sandwich before snack.
- What types of drinks do the children have with their lunch?
-Is it known if any of the children have diabetes?
-How does the cafeteria department determine which lunches should be served? -Is it based on a nutritional scale or on popularity of lunches bought?
-What are the most popular lunches bought by students?
-What are the least entres bought?
- Do students drink white milk more or chocolate?
- Does your school offer additional snacks or juice machines for students to purchase?
- Do students eat the fruits served or are they being wasted and thrown away?
-Are there any rules on what the child are or are not allowed to pack in their lunches?
-Are students sharing lunches?
3.Do the students trade foods?
-Are the lunch aids making sure the students are eating?
-What are the jobs of the lunch aids during lunch time?
-How many choices are there for the students who are buying their lunches at school?
-Do the parents have any say in what the children buy at school for lunch?
-Are there any lunches being served at schools that apply for students with allergies to food?
-Do the gym teaches explain the health benefits to eating well?
-What is the percentage of bought and brought foods in the public school?

1. What are children eating in school?
2. Brain food vs. junk food?  
3. "Are we fat?" 
4.  What is the percentage of obesity in children? 
5. Do genetics play a role? 
6. Stats in obesity among different of other countries?
7. What are schools doing to help children stay fit? 
8. Do parents care?   
9. Diabetes in children?  
10. How to coast play a factor in food?

Food Inc Notes- March 8, 2011
No bones in meat, meat is processed by ranches that have little to do with farmers
Isn’t just about what we’re eating but about what we say and what we know
Eric Schlosser
Industrial food system began with fast food/drive-in, brought factory system to the back of a restaurant
McDonald Brothers
“Farm Fresh”- 3 or 4 companies controlling the meat
Tyson.
Birds are raised and slaughtered in half the time they were, but now they’re twice as big. People like the white meat.
Richard Lobb
Not producing chickens, producing food
Produce a lot of food on a small amount of land at a small price.
After decline in tobacco, farmers turned to chickens.
Vince- works for Tyson, “If you can grow a chicken in 49 days, why would you want one that you can grow in 3 months?”
Tyson refused to be interviewed for this film.
Carole- uses open window chicken coupes
Chickens bones don’t grow as fast as their body, so they can’t even walk more than a few footsteps.
Anit-biotics get put into the food but there’s built up resistance and so they become immune to them (crate full of dead chickens get taken away)
Workers= African Americans and Latino’s because they feel that they don’t have rights so won’t complain and the companies like these kind of workers.
Demands of upgrades for new equipment, or loss of contract, debt keeps building
Carole has no say in business.
Her contract was degraded when she refused to upgrade to dark, tunneled coupes
Typical Farmer- Borrowed 500,000 and makes 18,000.
Michael Pollan-amnivorse dilemma
“Corn is really really cheap, and corn makes them fat quickly”
“animals evolved on eating grass”
Cows stand ankle deep in their own manure all day long, so if one cow has it (ecoli) another will get it.
Allusion of diversity in super markets, only a few companies involved
30 % of land basis is being planted corn
Troy-vice president in American corn growers association
Paying to overproduce; farm bills
Larry Johnson- Iowa State
Biggest advance was high fructose corn syrup
Corn-diapers, charcoal and batteries??
Teaching fish how to eat corn…cheap
200 lbs of meat per person per year

1993-2 yr old child dies from Jack in the Box in Seattle, dead in 12 days
Saw blood in feces, ate 3 hamburgers, has "hemoragic e coli", kidney’s started to fail, received first dialysis treatment, not allowed to drink water, had to use sponges, begged for water (bit head off of one of the sponges) Took 2-3 years to higher a private attorney, August 1st was when her son was in the hospital, didn’t recall meat until August 27th, 16 days after he died.
"We put faith in our government to protect us, and we're not being protected at the most basic level."
Ecoli- found in Spinach and apple juice.
2007 Peter Pan peanut butter contaminated with Salmonella
2007- Recall of frozen hamburger includes 2 million pounds
13 slaughter houses today
Thousands of different cattle ground up in the one patty
Washington, D.C.
Barbara K. and Patricia Buck
Dianna DeGette
USDA shuts a plant down if it fails the tests, took USDA to court, USDA was  said to not have authority to shut plant down, pietri dish of salmonella and USDA can't do anything about it.
Kevin's Law- working for 6 years and it still hasn't passed.
"Sometimes it feels like industry was more protected than my son."
2 E. coli outbreaks that day
"all she wanted was for the company say that they were sorry that they produced a defective food and say that they would do whatever to make sure it doesn't happen again, but they couldn't even do that.

Beef Products Inc. = Eldon Roth (founder)
ammonia kills bacteria, so it became a processing tool -> used to cleanse beef (hamburger)

Maria Gonzalez- Burger King. (Dollar Menu) Buys food there for kids even though she knows it's unhealthy because she doesn't have enough money or time.
Why can you buy a double cheeseburger for 99cents when you can't even get a head of lettuce for that?
Salt, Fat and Sugar- humans are wired for these 3 tastes. Industry presses them but then explains that it's the responsibility of the individual.
1 in 3 children born in 2000 will be affected by diabetes.

Polyface Farms - Joel Salatin
Faster, Fatter, Cheaper
USDA tried to close them down because they're "unsanitary" due to working out in the open air.
"People say, what 3$ a dozen for eggs when they're drinking a 75 cent can of soda."
When you add up the "cheap food" it's actually very expensive when taking into consideration the environmental cost, health cost, and industrial cost.

Smithfield Pig ... - largest slaughter house in the world.
Eduardo Pena 32,000 hogs slaughtered per day.
because employees handle with so many hogs per hour with hands, get infections and lose fingernails
Teddy Roosevelt took on the beef trust, workers were slowly starting to be treated better.
meat packing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S.
1.5 million workers let go due to increase in meat packing companies. No need for corn. immigrants are being arrested but companies are not being punished for hiring.
Hard workers process our food, but they're being punished. Smithfield declined being interviewed for this film.
Smithfield (organic food) now moving to wal-mart due to customer's desire.

Monsanto- own patent seeds; 75 employees dedicated to investigate. Moe Parr-seed cleaner: has a machine that cleans and preserves seeds for following year.
when you genetically modify a crop, you own it.

Oprah was sued from what she said about the meat industry on one of her shows
Oprah won the lawsuit after 1 million dollars in fees.
You can go to prison for criticizing ground beef produced.
Also, "Cheeseburger bills".  they may sue even though they know they can't win, just to send a message.

The tobacco industry is a perfect model.
foods travel1500 miles from farm to supermarket
eat organic foods, read labels, eat foods that are in season.
takepart.com/foodinc

"While methods of eliciting and recording them were more or less rigorous in any given case, the absence of audio- and videotape recorders--or digital recording devices--necessitated reliance on human note-takers, thus raising questions about reliability and veracity." (What is Oral History?)
-Before reading this quote, I was already thinking about the fact that not many people feel comfortable believing oral history from the past due to the lack of technological advances used today. First hand, I think of the bible. Many people who are not sure about religion use this explanation to benefit their argument that the information could possibly be incorrect. I find myself too questioning just how much you can trust the written word of historical experiences. I get torn because being a writer myself, I know that no matter how hard you try to avoid admitting your own biases in writing, they will shine through somehow.

"But oral history's scope widened in the 1960s and 1970s in response to both the social movements of the period and historians' growing interest in the experiences of "nonelites."" (What is Oral History?)
-I'm curious as to what led to the changes in population of the interviewee's and how much that has benefited our society. I'm sure that some of the most interesting and helpful information has come from that of the lower class vs. the most famous and historical figures. The average person is easier to relate to, therefore making the information presented in the oral history more interesting and effective.

"The best interviewers listen carefully between the lines of what is said for what the narrator is trying to get at and then have the presence of mind, sometimes the courage, to ask the hard questions." (What is Oral History?)
-I feel as though this quote can be separated into two sentences. The first half relating to the quality of what is captured by the interviewer in comparison with exactly what the interviewee is trying to convey. The second being that of how close attention the interviewer is paying and asking the questions that will elicit further information that the interviewee may not have thought to present otherwise being initiated.

    After reading chapter 3 in Brown's article, I felt more prepared to conduct a successful interview. I feel that I will really benefit from the advice given under the section "What to Ask". I like the idea of making a list of why I chose to interview the person I did and then using that list to propose questions of how, why, and what. I feel as though coming up with questions will be a difficult task, but if I am truly involved with the subject matter and understand the reasoning behind picking the interviewee, the questions will be more successful. The questions will take preparation and many thoughts in advance to the interview. I also like the idea that if I can not find a candidate to interview or I would like to share my own information, I can simply create questions and have someone else interview me. This allows for more flexibility in my eyes.
    Under the section "Productive Interviews" I realize that my personality includes a little bit of both a good listener and a big talker. I hope that I am able to distinguish my role in the interview more clearly when the time is necessary. Reading this article was very helpful before participating in our collaborative research project.

"What is unsaid, a third use of the terms (and not possible to say with the stories so far presented), is the ambiguity, complexity, difficulty, and the uncertainties associated with the doing of the inquiry." (Clandinin & Connelly 55)
Research is never defined. Although scientists always want to believe that things are fact, information and knowledge is constantly changing. Though you may research the result of something for a year, different factors that the researcher is unaware of may affect the results and scew what actually can happen.

"Telling stories of ourselves in the past leads to the possibilty of retellings." (Clandinin & Connelly 60)
People who listen to your stories may give you different insights on the information. Therefore, you may be able to present that information later in an adjusted manner based upon the previous telling. Also, your story may change based upon reflection of telling after the fact and having different realiziations.

"This confronting of ourselves in our narrative past makes us vulnerable as inquirers because it makes secret stories public." (Clandinin & Connelly 62)
Sharing stories is a way of revealing your true self. Even if a story is fiction, it still letting a piece of who you are shine through.  

"Indeed, the turn to narrative occurs in ways that suggest the image of water that Foucault (1976) uses to discuss negotiations of power." (Pinnegar & Daynes 8)
I really enjoyed reading this section of the article. I already learned different references involving the flow of water in previous courses like psychology and sociology. The "water-flow" effect is very descriptive and visual for the reader. It's understandable and recognizable.
 
"This would allow social scientists to "stand apart from their subject and think of [them] as having an independent, object-like existence with no intrinsic meaning." (Smith, 1983, p. 7) (Pinnegar & Daynes 9)
This quote reminded me of the scientific experiment where they dress participants up and treat half as guards and half as prisoners. Here, the subjects are treated more as objects rather than human beings.

"Both researcher and researched will learn." (Pinnegar & Daynes 14)
In an experiment, it is very obvious that all participants will learn some piece of information or knowledge. Whether it's something miniscule, participation in research is still affective.
 
"In the process of counting to one, language plays an important role, for to count one of something, the thing to be counted must be defined and specified." (Pinnegar & Daynes 18)
I always pondered over silly questions like who decided the number system, the words that represent the symbols, who defines those symbols and what they are worth. What if you are counting a cookie for instance. How is it verified that it is one cookie broken into p

1. Do I have a good use of genres?
2. Are the transitions smooth or too choppy?
3. Should I include a picture of the actual bedroom?
4. Any suggestions on where to expand?
5. Should I include a picture of my grandmom and me?
6. How do I put the actual videa in vs. just the link?

    Creating a website, posting on twitter, posting blogs online and writing creatively on my website has definitely helped assist in making more mindful. I was able to connect in a more visual and appropriate way to the material I was working with both physically and emotionally. Using technology made me more excited to write and become more invovled with my writing. I really enjoy being able to incorporate photos and videos. I love photography so being able to use it for a writing piece was very exciting to me. Also, it was helpful to incorporate different genres including journal entries, lists, letters, and so on. It makes you connect better to the topic that you decide to write about because only certain genres are appropriate according to the subject and set-up. It allows you to eliminate those genres not related and include any that you may think of on your own. It's definitely another way to exaggerate your creativity which keeps you involved and thinking about the writing outside of the class period.
    After creating my website and writing my twitterive, I am able to recognize the connection and compatibility between my online identity and my true identity within the class. Perhaps I'm a bit more sarcastic and less serious/academic in person, but I sometimes feel as though incorporating sarcasm in writing is hard for me. Growing up writing under limited circumstances in school has made me more guarded when trying to show my true personality in my writing pieces. However, when it comes to my beliefs and morals, I feel as though it shines through both in my writing as well as in class. Depending on the subject of the piece, I feel as though the technology would allow for more comfort when showing sarcasm in an appropriate piece.