How do you choose which sources you use in your papers for Engl 101?

I find my sources on the internet by doing the scholarly research that I get recommended from my professors. The articles or journals that I obtained are specifically for my paper and doing the research can take up a lot of time. Usually websites with an edu at the end would be considered as a scholarly website. Going to the library and finding a book is very easy, because you can always find help there if needed. When I get assigned to write a paper for English 101, the requirements are different for each paper. For an example, specific instructions and details will be indicated that I need to find a scholarly journal or article pertaining to food. However, you cannot always trust the internet to give you accurate information. That is why professors always bold these important notices because they want to warn you about the information you read on the internet and how it can mislead you to write a false paper.

I find my sources using the Washington State Library on the internet by accessing “JSTOR” and finding my articles or journals on their search engines. Professors will state that many search engines on the library website are pertained to scholarly journals and articles. I may look at five or more articles to see which one desires more of my understanding. When I decide to pick which articles or journals to use for my paper, I choose the best ones with the information pertaining to the requirements of my paper and how it can be very useful when I can quote ideas and paraphrase information to my acknowledge. I can use the information to begin my introduction, body paragraphs, and my conclusion.

There are many methods when researching and I found my method to be very helpful when I search on scholarly websites that end with org or edu. I could perhaps talk to a professor and ask what other types of methods can be helpful for me to search for proper sources. I do recommend that “JSTOR” is really useful when searching for articles or journals. If you do not have any connection to the internet, then go to the library and search for articles and journals there. Researching has been so easy for me and I thank the person who invented the internet.

Norman E. Borlaug Article & Source/ Article for Paper 3 (Blog Response’s)

For the improvement of food crops Norman E. Borlaug states that technology and biotechnology are needed for the 8.3 billion people on this Earth. It’s true, technology today has helped us improve our agricultural system by being efficient from the benefits that we get from biotechnology. This will improve the food and fiber in the world we live in today (Borlaug, 487). Transgenic crops have been of the most rapid cases of technology diffusion in the history of agricultural (Borlaug, 487). So what can we expect from Biotechnology? Well it has greatly impacted medicine and public health. Technology today is helping starving people all over the world with these modified crops. Genetic engineering has improved the nutritional quality of our food crops and scientists are beginning to research furthermore in finding genes to transfer to other sorts of crops.

Many people may not realize the situation, because of these so called “antibiotechnology zealots” continue to wage their campaigns of propaganda and vandalism (Borlaug, 488). Without these technological advances, the world would be different. The positive impact of this in transferring genes into rice has increased the quantities of vitamin A, iron, and other micronutrients (Borlaug, 488). People all over the world that lack vitamin A and iron will no longer continue to suffer the causes of blindness and anemia. In the U.S. “genetically modified foods” are judged to be safe by the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. I trust the government and how they establish their regulatory frameworks to guide testing and the use of genetically modified crops.

Biotechnology research has cost an enormous amount of money over the past few years, but scientists have benefited from these new technological breakthroughs and have helped billions of starving people. Those that are not in favor of biotechnology in the processing of crops and food need to realize that it is the benefit of feeding the human race. Technology is available for us to use and research in any ways to help the world. I believe that if we continue the well advanced researched that were doing, it will lead to a bigger accomplishment in establishing a world that no longer needs to fear famine.

The Omnivore’s Dilemma Has Come To An End

The Omnivore’s Dilemma has come to an end. The readings have provided me so much information to my knowledge about food in general, but chapter 20 “The Perfect Meal” came to the conclusion in how Pollan viewed food. For many generations eating has been involved with a cultural family and that there was no need to rehearse a meal (411). Pollan says that the way we eat is not the way to eat every day. Two questions had come into mind, “What am I eating and where does it come from?” Why doesn’t the industry want us to know the types of food that were eating? The Omnivore’s Dilemma had greatly impacted my judgment upon many foods that I eat. However, food is food and some people believe that what ever they’re eating is probably healthy and in some cases it might be or not. It is impossible to prepare and eat a meal quite so physically, intellectually and emotionally costly with thinking about the incalculably larger debts we incur when we eat industrially (410)… Pollan has put the context into a more perspective saying; “We eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and what we’re eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world” (411)…

As you may have noticed when you buy fruit, it is very expensive. A burger can cost a dollar at McDonald’s, but fruit can cost more than 4 dollars. Why is that? Pollan had concluded that much of this reason was because of the industry and how it is run by these big corporations. I believe in no perfect meal, but Pollan on the other hand had a vision of a perfect society with the perfect meal. Producing our own food is a practical solution to any of our culture’s dilemmas surrounding eating and agriculture (392). No longer am I going to believe the industry and their food, but I will begin to eat more local and organic food that satisfies me. Thanks for ruining my appetite Michael Pollan.