Food Project Reflection #5 (absent)

When I was learning about Ben and Jerry's ice cream I really wanted to focus on where the milk came from and what was in it. I really never really though anything about what I eating and where it was coming from. Milk is a large part of many dairy items that I happen to enjoy, especially Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream from B&J.
It opened my eyes to the mechanization of harvesting milk from cows and how they are treated, as well as the fact that they don't like to waste anything and their product and customers happiness is number 1. This wasn't surprising as when I went on the tour of B&J in Waterbury, VT it was shown just how much they cared about the perfection of their product. The workers there are treated fairly and who wouldn't love to work somewhere where there is unlimited ice cream in plenty of flavors. They are an eco-friendly company as VT doesn't add much to pollution in America since it is quite a rural state.

Blog #10 Chemical Project Reflection

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           In general, I have never really thought about how chemicals play a part in our lives everyday, also how they are in pretty much everything. They may be concealed but they can still be dangerous and we may not know it. I use to underestimate the power of science and chemicals, that was until I was reading about methyl bromide and realized that without its phaseout it would of been extremely detrimental to our environment. Especially now that emissions is increasing and the fight for the perfect fruits and goods is really prevalent.

         I learned that methyl bromide is moderately toxic and for the environment it is extremely dangerous and it would of pushed global warming up a little bit. I also that when it is taken in at high concentrations that it is really dangerous and can cause cancer (type D carcinogen). It can also reproductive effects. I don't have the choice of what my mother buys to use but I try to persuade her to go with the one with the least amount of terrible sounding ingredients. The unscented ones usually have less and also the cheaper ones seem to be the most pungent and have a lot of chemicals. I will continue to try and push towards better for the environment chemicals, ones that won't cause problems and make me shocked when I Google them.