I am exploring the topic of factory farming. A factory farm raises large quantities of livestock in confined spaces for maximum profit. The livestock are treated with hormones and antibiotics to prevent disease and maximize their growth. Farm factories use feedlots to feed livestock grain to cause quicker weight gain prior to slaughter. The antibiotics … Read more
A bloody civil war opening the floodgates of the globalization of foodways. There are many positions on how Guatemala’s foodways were changed including the alteration of dietary nutrition and the dramatic changes to imports and exports of the country. Some positions inquired upon the cultural significance of the replacement of traditional food crops like maize … Read more
The Maasai tribe is located in East Africa and live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. They cover around 160,000 square kilometers of land along the Great Rift Valley. They have a population of roughly a half million people (The Maasai People). The tribe is considered as pastoralists because their existence is dependent upon the … Read more