Prepare a food journal in which you document your consumption habits for five days, recording your food selections and timing, as well as where each food item is grown and processed, if feasible. This is not intended to have you calculate calories or make any type of personal evaluation. Instead, concentrate on how eating ties you to the global food chain.

Then answer the following questions. You must cite and mention all the reading links below in your answers to support your claims as you respond to each of the questions below. Cite the authors in parenthesis in your answers.

You MUST read the reading links I provided below and MENTION all the authors last names in parenthesis in your answers to backup your answers and provide evidence from all three of those articles 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/15528014.2021.2022916?needAccess=true&role=button

 

https://theconversation.com/corporate-concentration-in-the-us-food-system-makes-food-more-expensive-and-less-accessible-for-many-americans-151193

 

https://www.southerncultures.org/article/food-sovereignty/

  

1. What major patterns do you notice in your food journal? What factors influence your eating habits? Discuss the extent to which the triangle of duty, convenience, and identity influences your decisions. Explain the ways in which marketing and advertising affected your decisions. Throughout, provide examples from your food journal to substantiate your points. 2. Concentrate on one specific food item. Describe how the farm's raw ingredients are turned into the product that ends up on your plate. Where do the primary ingredients come from? Explain the methods used to cultivate these ingredients. Include a description of agricultural technology's function (machines, chemicals, irrigation, genetic modification). Explain how the product is manufactured, packed, shipped, and distributed. 3. What can you learn about the individuals whose hands this food goes through on its way to your plate? Who are the farmers, peasants, migrants, industrial employees, and other wage laborers who contribute to its production? What are the working circumstances like in terms of health, safety, and pay? To what degree can workers achieve their fundamental needs? What percentage of the retail price of your food item goes to the many workers engaged in its production? Make a note of which of the above, if any, is hard to determine in your response.