Working in a group to write an essay

For our assignment this week, we were put into groups of three or more to write an essay. I usually find group work kind of hard because everyone has their own ways of doing things and everybody thinks differently. Luckily my partners were easy to get along with and got their work done. We all did our part for the essay and it turned out well. The most challenging part was writing my part of the paper, because I had no idea what they were going to say and I how I was going to incorporate my part in with theirs. After meeting up together for a couple of times, we were able to put it all together to finish our assignment. Although we managed to pull through and got the work done and my partners were very helpful, writing an essay as a group is not an easy thing to do. We only had a week to pull this off too. With more time I felt the paper would have been better. But overall this experience was helpful and in life we are always going to have to do group work, so this was a good start.

Corn vs. Grass

I was given an assignment for class, and my assignment was to pick an issue that arises in the readings that we have been doing, and choose a side to argue. After reading Pollans book I was amazed at how beef was being produced in the states. Most industrialized meat companies will feed corn to their cows because it’s cheaper and saves them money; but cows were not made to eat corn and their bodies cannot break it down. Their stomachs are not acidic enough which causes bloating in the cows, and if nothing is done to relief that pressure their rumen will inflate and press against their lungs, eventually killing them. Not just that, but cows that are corn fed had more saturated fat and calories. If these companies could just start grass feeding things could get so much better. The beef would be leaner and healthier for the consumers. Grass fed cows contains more omega 3, that is good for the heart. Grass fed beef is a lot more beneficial to a body. Cows are meant to eat grass; they both are helpful to each other. The grass will provide the cow with food and the cow in turn will fertilize the ground with its manure. If these companies change towards grass fed beef then they will create beef that is good and good for its consumers.