Posts Tagged ‘Food’
Hard Times for Harvard
After a lifetime of feeling stupid for neglecting what I’ve been told is “the most important meal of the day,” I no longer feel lonely in my ignorance. Harvard University is keeping me company in my decision to forego the first meal of the day because they’ve stopped serving it, or, at least a hot version of it.
An article I wrote that appeared in the DailyFreePress.
Published: September 23, 2009
It is no secret that Harvard University has a feast of funding, what with its rank as the University with the largest endowment, but if this is the case, why can’t it afford to feed its students hot breakfast food?
Due to Spring 2009 Faculty of Arts and Sciences budget cuts, Harvard stopped serving hot breakfast in all but one of its dining halls Monday through Friday.
“Students were upset when they heard the announcement in the Spring, but they were more upset this Fall when they walked into the dining hall and instead of finding French toast, omelettes, and some sort of meat, they found a few slices of cold cantaloupe,” said sophomore Nima Khavanin.
Why the scrimping?
A Film/Food Review
Food Inc.: A Hearty Buffet
Forget about buying popcorn before you see this film. Or at least hold the butter. The documentary Food Inc. sets out to feed viewers the truth about the food industry and you might find some of the footage hard to digest.
Cows struggling on a conveyor belt. Chickens screaming and spewing blood after their necks are slit. Children dying from E. coli in a hamburger. The graphic shots in this film are stomach-churning. But they are necessary.
Food Inc., directed by Robert Kenner, confronts viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at farming practices, or rather, the mass production of meat using heavy machinery. Authors Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan, of “Fast Food Nation” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” respectively, narrate this tour into the inner workings of our food industry. Using interviews with such food experts and also with consumers, farm owners, and owners of socially responsible companies, like Stonyfield Farms, the documentary brings the texts of the aforementioned books to life.
Corn in Coca-Cola? “This Land is Your Land”? Children dying? Click to read more.
