HW 12 - Project Part 2

Overarching Thesis: 
Our culture has many dominant social practices that are nightmarish industrial atrocities and it is nearly impossible to change them.

Major Argument 1:
Many venture to change the “normal” food ways of America but corporate giants like Mc Donald’s and Tyson make they make it nearly impossible for a person to make a difference.

Supporting Claim 1:

Corporate giants such as Monsanto have power in the government so there is no debate over change to the food system.

Evidence 1: Supreme Court judge Clarence Thomas was a Monsanto attorney and then in a court case that decided the seed saving conflict. Clarence Tomas wrote the majority option that allowed these companies to prevent famers from saving their own seeds.

http://www.cropchoice.com/leadstrya594.html?recid=540'

http://www.organicconsumers.org/Monsanto/farmerssued.cfm

http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/schmeiser.cfm

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/f/food-inc-script-transcript.html

Evidence 2: Margaret Miller was a chemical lab supervisor for Monsanto and to this day she is the FDA’s branch chief.

http://www.psrast.org/bghsalmonella.htm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/

Evidence 3: Linda Fisher was the vice president of government and public affairs for Monsanto and then later became the EPA deputy administrator.

http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/Monsanto-Fisher-EPA-Job.htm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/

Supporting Clam 2:

Large agricultural enterprises like Tyson have power over its Farms by being able to cut contracts and demand upgrades if they choose to.

Evidence 1: In McLean country Kentucky, Vince Edwards a Tyson grower offered to show the cameras of Food Inc. in side the chicken houses but after multiple visits by Tyson he changed his mind.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/ 

Evidence 2: After asking a dozen farmers one famer let Food Inc film in the chicken houses.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/

Evidence 3: Carole Morison Perdue grower said, “ I understand why famers don’t want to talk because the companies can do what they want as far as pay goes because they control everything.”

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/

http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/workshops/ag2010/comments/255197.pdf

Evidence 4: Carole Morison Perdue grower said, “The companies keep the famers under their thumb because of the debt the famers have. To build one poultry house is any where from $280,000 to $300,000 per house and once you make your entail investment the companies constantly comeback with demands of upgrades for new equipment and the grower has not choose, they have to do it or your threatened with loss of contract.”

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/

http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/workshops/ag2010/comments/255197.pdf

Evidence 5: Carole Morison did not want to upgrade her chicken houses so in response to that her contract was cut.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/

http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/workshops/ag2010/comments/255197.pdf