Food Shortage!!!

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My cooking class has been very interesting and full of incredible, but useful information this whole week. I am glad I have not missed a day.
Foods' origin can be very surprising!
I never thought my favorite food traveled such a large distance before I got to enjoy its delicious taste. Linguine Pasta is so soft and chewy. I always thought everything could be made in California even if its place of origin was somewhere else. Until today, I thought pasta originated in Italy, but to my amazement, I found out it comes from Bannockburn, Illinois. The distance from where Pasta comes from does not compare to the 2,476 miles that Arrowhead water travels from Greenwich, Connecticut to get to California. I can't believe that some of the food I consume travels so much just to get here. I hope their traveling is never an issue, a cause for their shortage in Los Angeles.
Now, I am concerned about FOOD SHORTAGE because there are many food items that I like, which are expensive and are not made or packaged in Los Angeles. Luckily, there are many COMMUNITY GARDENS in L.A which are taken care of by organizations such as the Los Angeles Community Garden Council (LACGC). There is a Community Garden East of Downtown Los Angeles called SOLANO CANYON Community Garden who supplies restaurants with fresh produce. I invite you all to check it out!
LOCAVORES which are people like me who consume food within 100 miles from their home are left to seek for the nearest farmers markets or Community gardens to purchase fresh products. I recommend for everyone to consume local food because imported food has negative side effects that could affect our environment, our health, our communities, and our taste buds. Isn’t it better to know what we consume and where it comes from? I think so!!! That is why I’m a LOCAVORE!!!
Now this I found shocking.
I didn't know that there existed FRANKENFOOD which is genetically modified food. For all I know I could be eating this type of food causing me health problems! "OH NO!!!! EEEWWWW!!!!" Why in the world would people create these types of foods if I could be allergic to some of the chemicals used???
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I think this type of foods are not any worse than NON-ORGANIC FOODS though because many chemicals such as HORMONES and ANTIBIOTICS can be found when people irrigate animals and use a contaminated sewage sludge to make them grow. Irrigation and contaminated sewage sludge may make the animals grow fat, but these two things affect my family and me since we consume all the chemicals by eating animals and other products. Consuming antibiotics at a regular basis is not good for my family or me because our bodies will become immune to this medicine and when we really need it, it will not take effect, it will not work to cure our future illnesses.
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I think I rather search for ORGANIC FOODS even if they are not so tasty sometimes, because unlike NON-ORGANIC they are WAY healthier since they are cleaner, unadulterated; free of non-organic pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides.
PESTICIDES and HERBICIDES are highly toxic chemical remains.
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My Organic Food Search started today!!! :) Since I do not know of many community gardens near my house, I asked my dad to drive me to the Solano Canyon Community Garden to search for fruits and vegetables. I am glad that this community garden was not that far from my house or my dad would have had a fit because he hates driving. I had a hard time convincing him to take me. This Garden is only 10 minutes away from my house, we only traveled about 6.43 miles, so next time I will consider riding my bike in order to save oil. Luckily, I found the items I was looking for. As I was gathering my food, I was truly convinced that organic food is way better. My mangoes were SO FRESH!!! They were freshly cut from the trees. They were just how I like them too: pretty hard, green, but yellow and tasty from the inside. YAY!!! It feels cool to be a locavore eating organic food.

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Life Change!!!

Oh My God!!! Have you all seen the news?

I can't believe people are stuck in the airports or in a location away from home due to a natural disaster!!! This is CRAZY!!! I would expect airplanes to fly over anything, but I guess not. :( I don't know what I would do in their situation, but I would sure go NUTS!!!

I think these flight cancellations will bring negative effects in everyone's lives because people will have to wait until the airlines function again or take other methods of transportation. I assume the economy will worsen because everyone will lose money in all areas. Airlines may lose money because only a few people will have the time or patience to wait for a flight therefore may take a train, a car, etc. Even when airlines begin functioning again, they will lose money because the amount of tickets sold may not cover all the expenses they have such as plane maintenance, wages, and bills, especially when they will have to recover from the loses they encountered when their airline wasn't running because bills and wages don't stop. Airlines may have to increase ticket prices or decrease the amount of flights per day because a flight for a few people may not be worth their profit. These changes will affect people because it will cost them more to get to their destination and airlines may not have as many customers as they did the previous months. Those who decided to take other methods of transportation may have a hard time getting to their destination. Many people may be taking the train which may cause tickets to be sold out and others may take their personal cars causing more traffic. Traveling in their personal cars can turn out to be very expensive because they will constantly have to stop, pump gas, and eat along the way depending on the distance. Not only will these methods cost more money, they will cause struggles and will take more time.
Oh My God!!! Before I forget.
I also heard that gasoline stations are becoming more scarce!!! NO WAY!!! On top of flight cancellations, we have to suffer for gas??? Really??? Is this recession that bad??? I hope the ones setting the gas prices are compassionate enough not to take advantage of the situation and increase prices excessively. Honestly, I think they will though because they know that desperate travelers will be forced to pump gas at any excessive price since they won't have many options. I feel sorry for all these people overspending, but I feel worse for those that are forced to stay home or wherever they are because their lives may encounter changes due to a delay.

I hope I never find myself in their situation or with a bad economic status because money may not be everything in life, but it is a big part of my life. I am not rich, but I am pleased. I can't imagine my life without the goods and services I enjoy having such as goods for my hair and face. I don't think I would be able to give anything up, especially not those I use on a daily basis. I think I would go CRAZIER if I had to substitute my supplies with alternative goods and services!!! OH NO!!! :( They are substitutions for a reason!!! I would live a miserable life without my supplies because I am so used to them, I am a very picky person that is hard to please, and I don't conform to just ANYTHING . I wouldn't mind carpooling with someone to go to school because that is an easy task, but I don't know about walking. Not only am I lazy, but I hate waking up extremely early to be on time since it takes me 30 minutes to walk to and from school. I think my education will be affected because I would be late or absent more often and I wouldn't want my grades to be affected, especially not when I am about to graduate!!! :( YAY!!! Class of 2010. I think walking is a huge sacrifice but it doesn't compare to the sacrifice I would make if I would be missing my hair and face supplies. I would die without them because I don't leave my house until I am ready and I would not be ready without them. As of now I am not prepared to make any changes in my life, or at least not those who will negatively affect me. In contrary, I am working on making good changes that will bring me prosperity in the future. I am working to make my future a better life than the one I live now.

As of now I am not worried about losing necessities such as food, water, and power even though times are hard right now because I think my family is not suffering this recessionn as bad as others. Luckily, my family brings stable earnings home. I feel bad though for those who are unfortunate and have lost their jobs. I bet those are extremely worried about losing their necessities with no type of income to cover their bills and other expenses. If lay offs continue to increase I think we will encounter another Great Depression or a recession of that sort where many more will become homeless searching for the government's help. I think this nation will have a lot of debt problems because all events will have negative effects eventually affecting everything, one thing leading to another. I think this nation would even go to war to fight other nations for the goods we lack. I think that many more people will suffer, encounter hunger, deaths, and many more irreversible events. Oh My God!!! I never really stopped to think about this! I hope I never have to go through this, my parents have worked so hard to give us the best life possible for some DUMB recession to ruin it all for us. :(
So far, I am not prioritizing my needs and wants. I am living my normal life as if there was no recession, but that is because I have great parents who don't worry us with any problems they have. They don't let the rest of the family know their problems because they feel as if those are their problems, not ours, therefore they have to solve them their selves. All they want me to worry about is school and my Senior Activities. If my family and I were to struggle through this recession at a much higher level, I think we would be forced to prioritize the goods and services we utilize. We as a family have never sat down to talk about this, but I think that we would cut down our house phone and keep the cellphones for emergencies, cut down on the wasted electricity, and spend our money wisely by purchasing nothing but the necessary.

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Supply And Demmand

Today, as my peers and I were reading a section from the Economics Today and Tomorrow Book in my Economics class I learned many terms that can apply to oil. For instance, I learned that Demand is the willingness and ability people have to purchase certain goods and services they either need or want. Supply is the decision the seller makes on the amount sold and the prices for each good and service. These economic terms can apply to oil because people do supply and demand oil according to their economic status. Many people demand oil because they are willing to and have the ability to purchase many goods and services that contain oil such as gasoline. The gasoline is sold to the consumers, but before going out to the market, the seller decides how much he/she will sell and the price for each type of gas. To test our knowledge about oil, Ms. Sanchez asked us to take a quiz at www.thatquiz.com. After taking the Oil Quiz, I wonder so many things like, who the largest oil producer in the world is, when the increase in oil production is truly expected, and what we will do without oil. I am surprised to find out that when the world encounters an oil shortage, not even the wealthiest people in the wealthiest countries will receive the most oil. I am also surprised to learn that the United States was within the largest oil producing countries in 2005 when to my understanding, this country was always short on oil, so short that they went to war to fight for oil. This is interesting, I would like to look deeper into this. There is still something I do not understand though, how is it that if another country such as Canada increases their oil production, others do not get affected, if there is a certain amount of oil for the whole nation? How is it that if an oil-exporting country decreases its oil production, oil exports will not necessarily decrease by a similar quantity.

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My Obession

Today, I watched a news report about petroleum and I was extremely impressed to learn that everyone highly relies on oil without even knowing it! It is incredible to know that we encounter it in our daily lives with the majority of items we use such as products for hygiene and beauty. I cannot believe that I apply so much oil on my face with all the make-up I use. As I watched the news, I thought to myself, "HOW NASTY!!!! EEEWWW!!! What's the point of washing my face if right after that, I soak it will oil?" I know this thought was gross. "But it's true!" I am glad that I wash my face

on a daily basis though because I do not know what it would be like if I didn't! I bet my face would be completely full of acne. "EEEWWW!!! HOW GROSS!!!" I would totally be every one's reason to laugh. I would surely live a miserable life with a low self-esteem. What I found most surprising though was that our dependency on oil doesn't stop on products we consume for external and internal use. It is also used on photograph films , plastics, fertilizers, and pesticides. As the news report ended, I realized that oil is very, very important in my life. I cannot believe how much oil I use a day! Now imagine how much oil I use a week, a month, and within a year! I don't know what I would do without oil and I hope I never find out. I suggest everyone listening to me to use oil wisely, to appreciate and value this natural resource because we never know when we will wake up without it at this rate.

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Life without Computers

Today, when I was about to use my computer, I realized that my computer was not turning on. I was going nuts! I can't live without my laptop! I tried many things to make my computer work and it just didn't turn on. I couldn't believe my computer didn't work. I thought to myself, "How am I going to do my homework this whole week? I have a lot of assignments due and they all have to be typed! How am I going to talk to *****?" "OH NO!!!" What do I do??? :(

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