Second Blog Post

The article I read was about lab grown food. The article talks about how a company has created lab grown “slaughter free” meat. The company Upside has created the meat featured in this article. They have apparently struggled to get approval from the FDA. Upsides biggest struggle was said to be to get clearance. The only place that is able to have this meat released to the public is Singapore.

I had to change my research topic. My new research is about lab grown food safe for people to consume in replacement of chicken. Lab grown chicken has been a hot topic in the food industry. Lab grown chicken sounds bad, but it reduced the slaughtering of millions of livestock for consumers to eat. But is it actually safer, or healthier? The article is very informative, I didn’t know only one company has been approved by the FDA to let consumers eat this. This topic is very interesting, I have only ever heard one instance of this lab grown food. The lab grown food has evolved into something that will hopefully eventually help with the environmental problem of us killing too much livestock to keep up the demand of peoples consumption.

 

Link to Article: https://globalnews.ca/news/9289705/lab-grown-meat-chicken-upside-foods-safe-us-fda/

Food Trend Questions

How do food trends affect people? Why do people get so excited over food trends? How do food trends evolve so quickly? Why are people willing to try food trends even if they know they may not be good? How easily do food trends blow up on social media? Are food trends actually beneficial to restaurants?

Acorn Squash Alfred

9/1/2022

This squash kind of resembles an acorn, I guess. It looks more like a spinning top. When I found this in Target I thought it was just a small gourd that you use to decorate your house or counter with for fall. This squash is mainly orange but has large dark green patches on it. The stem almost looks like a hershey’s kiss. It is not very pretty, but it is unique. I don’t know how many different things you can do with acorns squash, maybe that’s why there were so many just sitting there.

9/4/2022

I’m writing this trying to remember exactly how my squash looks. I went away this weekend and completely forgot about the thing. I very much dislike how I have to remember to bring it with me to school, and on my trip. Its a hassle, no one wants to be carrying around a squash all the time. I’m hoping none of my cats knock it down and break it open. When I left it looked exactly the same, no rotting, no smell, just the same old boring squash. Even though I find the squash a hassle it is unique, I wouldn’t want to write about any other fruit. I did name him Alfred so he maybe isn’t all that bad.