Book Review: Food Politics

I learned the politics of chronic hunger and famine from section 5 and 6.

Typical case of choronic feature both calorie and micronutrition deficits at the same time. Undernutrition is a leading cause of infant mortality children under 5 die four times as often in underfed Africa as in today’s rich countries. As the politics of chronic hunger, the government should make a system about fair trade with developing countries. They should also prevail the fortification of flour with iron, folic acid, or vitamin B.

         A famines takes place when large number of people die quickly because they have not have enough food to eat. Famine have diverse cases: a natural event, a crop disease, flooding and so on. Famines can be prevented. Now, actual famine has become rare because of setting up NGO, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Program (WFP).

Restaurant Review: Tom Boy

I went to Tom Boy which is Indian Café and Dining with Yukari at lunch. The restaurant is located near Shibuya station, and there is the second basement of Toho cinemas, so we can go there easily. The atmosphere is good. There are many Indian decorations: carpets, ornament, sofa and so on, so I felt Indian culture. We could choose a course from A, B or C in lunch menus. A course makes up with one kind of curry and rice or nan bread. B is two kinds of curries and C is three kinds of curries plus rice or nan dread. We chose B course, so I ordered chicken curry which is mild taste, lamb curry which is spicier than chicken, and nan bread. The cuisine was served immediately, so I did not have waiting time. All of them is delicious for me. In addition, it is very cheap. At lunch, we can get the cuisine not more than 1000 yen. As good news, students can eat it to reduce 100 yen at a discount if you show a student’s curd. Tom Boy is very nice restaurant, so I want to visit again!!!!!

Youtube: Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate and Weight Loss

     This video is about health benefits of dark chocolate and weight loss. I can’t believe it when I looked the video’s tittle. I thought chocolate is high calories, not good health and put on weight. However, dark chocolate have a several benefit for our health. I think many people don’t know about this information. It is very happy for me to keep health only to eat sweet dark chocolate. We should get dark chocolate in our life and I hope to be made more delicious cuisine of dark chocolate:-)

Concert: Bluseman Steve Gardner

I had good time on November 22. Bluesman Steve Gardner came to AGU and played in front of many students including me. His voice is beautiful, powerful and light. In addition the words are clearly, sharply and sometime humorous like Chicken Song. I wanted to listen to his song again. I’m happy to meet him.

 

After his playing, we enjoyed talking with him. He said “You should prepare your dream”. The word have been remained my mind. I decided to try anything more now and I would like to realize my dream.

Charles McJilton and 2HJ

Mr, Charles McJilton is CEO of 2HJ and an adjunct professor at Sophia University teaching NGO management. He started an NGO in Japan which is 2HJ because he aimed to reduce waste and get food. 2HJ helped many people by providing food to disaster areas in Tohoku.

 

According to A Visual History of 2HJ, amount of wasting food in Japan per a year is 5 million tons. The number is similar to the amount of support of food in the world.

 

I’m interested in the problems, and a book which I chose for book report in IE seminar class said the similar problems. We should learn more about poverty and food, so we have to reduce waste food everyday like Charles McJilton’s activity.

review of my book

     Now, there are developing regions which are home to hundred of millions of poor and hungry people because of their poverty. In Aflica, for example, about 60 percent of all citizens are farmers living in the countryside, so if aglicultural trade between developed countries is better than now, they can live more confortably.
     There is another ploblem which is high food prices. The price of internationally traded food commondities jumped upward sharply. The reason why it happens is the increased use of agricultual commodities for biofuels, such as ethanol produced from corn. It is very interesting book for me, so I'll keep reading to get more information.

Youtube Video: Fresh vs Frozen Food

Many people think that fresh food is better than frozen food, but is this true? Fresh food is lost 50 per cent nutrient when people eat it. On the other hand, frozen food is rocked in nutrient s by quick freezing not in season. Moreover, frozen food have big effect that bring more nutrients.

 

I thought fresh food is better than frozen food. However after watching the video, I understand frozen food have good points, so we should eat more it, I think.

 

URL: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjsOOT347cA>

 

Summary of My Book, page 1-16

     What is food politics? It is a struggle over how the losses and gains from state action are allocated in the food and farming sector. It is different from other kinds of politics because of the way food and farming sectors change as each state struggle to make its own transition from being primarily agricultural and poor to being increasingly industrial and less poor and eventually to being largely postindustrial and wealthy. Recently, we have big problem abut food. The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, which means the amount of food lack of people in the world. In Africa, the number of undernourished people will increase another 30 percent by 2020 to reach 645 million. This is summary from 1 to 16 pases.

Video "School Meals: Potential" from youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iiLM5VT3hc

 

SUMMARY

This video is an advertisement of World Food Program USA., but there is much information about the present condition of world food. According to the video, today 66 million students across the developing world will go to school hungry. They don’t have enough nutrition, so the organization helps children to supply school meals. It is very important for students to get education.

 

MY OPINION

I think the program is very nice to protect children around the world from hunger. We should get enough information about food problems which are hunger or overweight.  It is important for children to have school meals. If I have a chance, I want to join these programs to help children.

My favorite Food Aphorism

     My favorite food aphorism is “a fit, healthy body- that is the best fashion statement” mentioned by Jess C. Scott. I agree with the aphorism. I think it is not good to be fatness because no matter how someone who is overweight wear beautiful clothes, it doesn’t seem beautiful. To have food is very important for us to live, but we should take care about eating too much. The most important thing is keeping healthy body not only for fashion but also not to be an illness. Therefore I chose this one for my favorite aphorism. I try to keep healthy body in order to suit all of clothes!

 

 

 

Picnic!!!!

I went to Yoyogi park with IE classmates last week. It was rain and cool, but I enjoyed picnic. Everyone brought each of foods and shared. I had sandwich, rice ball, sushi, stuffed cabbage and so on. I love eating, so it was nice time for me.

 

After eating, I played basketball with Megumi. I’m not good at playing it, but Megu taught me kindly, so I wanted to do it again with her. I practiced juggling, too. My teacher, Dias, taught me how to juggle. When I was a child, I played “otedama”. I thought juggling resembles it, so I could play a little juggling. I had a good time and we could be closely each other.

     Then, we went to Dias’s house which was very comfortable because there were full of plants and vegetables. I learned food’s history. It was interested in it for me, so I wanted to learn more.

     Thank you, my teacher and my new friends. I’ll do my best to improve my English skills in this class.