From "Farm to Table": Microbiological Foodborne Illness and the Regulation of the Beef Industry.
Huur, Melind M.  April 27, 2004
www.leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/634/Hurr_redacted.html

This paper basically explains the regulations in place to oversee the beef industry.  It explores the different processes and practices used in the production and distribution of the meat that is availble to consumers.
Ms. Hurr also goes on discuss the pathgens and illnesses and their conseguences when regulations fail or most notably are not enforced.  She also probes the costs of thses illnesses to both the consumer and the businesses involved.She then explores the steps that different agancies have taken to rectify the situation as she cites their failures as well as successes.  In the final part of her paper she explores what the government and these agencies can do to futher improve on the quality of meat processing and distribution.

Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement by Stephen Schneider 11/21/2010 0 Comment(s)       Schneider, Stephen. (2008) Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement. College English 70.4, 384-401.    

Stephen Schnieder writes about a man named Carlo Petrini who founded "The Slow Food Movement."   The principals of this movement's are that people need to rethink how and what they eat and must be consicious of how that food is produced and distributed.  The three concepts involved are Good, Clean, Fair Food.  Good meaning that tasty food retains its culyural and geographic origins.  Clean means that the food is produced in a way that is respectful to the environment and promotes regrowth and not death of the planet.  And Fair means that food will be prodeced fairly with an eye on social justice and that workers are paid fair wages and treated well.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan 11/27/2010    Pollan, Michael. "Our National Eating Disorder." Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural  History of Four Meals. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. 1-11.
Pollan, Michael. "The Farm." Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural HIstory of Four  Meals. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. 32-56.
This book is about the changes that have taken place in the way Americans and more importantly how that food is mass produced.  The chapter I read called "The Farm", is the story of George Naylor and how his family farm has changed since the 1920's.    Michael Pollen visited George to conduct an interview and relates to his readers some of the negative effects that new farmng has had on the globe.  George tells Micheal that the amount of corn that can be produced has increased from the use of fossil fuels to provide synthetically what the sun used to provide.  The corn is all the same and doesn't have to fight for the sun.  Another situation that has come from this massive growth of corn is the notable absence of animals.  Pollen goes on to say that the US government has played a major role in these changes.  And eventho these changes of industrialization has negative effects on society, yield is money so the government will continue to support these programs.