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PB choc chip nice cream with cacao buckinis at the bottom for a surprise crunch, topped with hemp seeds, raw cacao fudge and dark choc PB ❣️

I always love designing my breakfast bowls (even though I make the same things quite a bit) and making them in the mornings ✨

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Swirled Chocolate Pavlova with Mango Curd, Strawberry Greek Yogurt and Fresh Fruits

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Banoffee Cake

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olive oil, pumpkin + dark chocolate loaf

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Tfw you crack open a ripe avocado and it is just the most beautiful and buttery fruit, ever.😍 Happened to me when I went to make some avo toast this morning!🙌🥑 On the toast: @kitehillfoods chive cream cheese, THE BEST AVOCADO, @ninjasquirrelsriracha🌶, garlic salt, pepper, black sesame seeds, and green onions.🌱 So. Damn. Good.💚 What are your fave toast toppings? 💚 ++++++++++++++++++ #vegan #veganfoodspot #cameraeatsfirst #veganyackattack #avocadotoast #avocado #breakfast (at Paradise, Nevada)

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Analysis #5:  National School Lunch Program Reduces Food Insecurity

The intended audience for this source is professionals involved in national food policy or people involved in academia that are specifically interested in childhood hunger and what is being done in schools to combat it. The article is published on the official United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) website, so there is some Ethos already associated with it due to the subject matter of the piece (The USDA created the National Lunch Program whose success is being analyzed in the article). The primary rhetorical technique used in this article though, is Logos. There is only one graph at the bottom of the article, but only one graph is needed to showcase the data being discussed since the article is so specific about this one program. The article’s authors use several statistics throughout the piece, including percentages about how many families that are food insecure, low income, and have children of school age can access free or reduced price lunches through their schools. Most of the writing is based on data and research, which is explicitly stated throughout as the authors cite the studies and surveys which the results they decided to incorporate are from.

The source is very effective for the certain audience that it is intended for, because the people who are reading this source are looking to see the results of the USDA National Lunch Program, and this article provides just that. The information is given simply and straightforwardly instead of getting lost in the midst of unnecessary opinionated writing. The information given is based purely on research and data, hinting that the people who are reading this source are familiar and comfortable with this kind of writing as well as being comfortable interpreting graphs (though the graph is labeled in good detail). Overall, the article suggests that the USDA’s National Lunch Program has made a huge impact on the lives of these food insecure and low income families, so perhaps this source could be used to argue the importance of the program as well as the proposal of an expansion to this program.  

Source: https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2017/august/usda-s-national-school-lunch-program-reduces-food-insecurity/

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quick weeknight pasta | recipe

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Millet porridge topped with warm berries, pomegranate seeds, banana chips, white mulberries, almond butter, cacao nibs and hemp seeds - heaven in a bowl 😍 Instagram: @aspoonfulofhealth_

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💚If you’re looking for a spring-y salad that is beautiful, light but satiating, and delicious, I’ve got you!🙌 This Quinoa Fennel Chickpea Salad has thinly shaved fennel and radishes, plus peppery arugula and some vegan proteins.😍🍅 Pack it for your weekday lunch!🙌 Recipe link BELOW💚 +++++++++++++++++ http://bit.ly/quinoa-fennel-salad +++++++++++++++++ #veganyackattack #veganfoodspot #glutenfree #soyfree #quinoa #recipe (at Paradise, Nevada)

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Vegan Coconut French Toast

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Analysis #4: Feeding America PSA

The PSA about hunger in The United States released by Feeding America does a good job of highlighting the fact that it is regular, working people who are suffering from hunger. Hunger is something where we all know it is an issue, but we do not really pay attention to us if it does not affect us, or people we know. This PSA video tries to show that hunger is not some far away issue that only affects poor people who do not have jobs or homes or children to take care of. Issues like hunger can affect anybody, which is why we should not only be acknowledging it as a part of our society, but also we should be thinking about ways that we can get involved and help. The video demonstrates this point well by showing a working mom try to make ends meet for dinner for her two children. This works to make people aware that hunger is a very local issue which affects more than just the homeless.

The primary rhetorical technique used in this video is Pathos. In the background, there is narration taken from the old nursery rhyme, “There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”, which evokes a nostalgic feeling since most people are familiar with the rhyme, as well as a childlike feeling since the narrator is voiced by a young boy. The video starts out with a teacher laughing with her young students, showing a clear love for the work she does and the children. The imagery of the smiling teacher and children paints a calming scene, again associated with something from our childhoods, and then the video follows the teacher as she goes through the rest of her day. Her taking the bus home is featured, showing that she does not have a car to be able to get to and from work. Finally, she is seen walking through the door of her home to her two children. She then starts to make dinner, but we see that she only has enough soup for two bowls, and we learn that she won’t be eating tonight as we see her lovingly watch her children eat at the kitchen table. This part particularly pulls on the heart strings because it is unexpected. You see a happy and hard working teacher who loves her children and who should have a good life because she is such a good person, but then you find out that she can’t afford enough food for her family. This gets the viewer to realize that hunger is an issue that affects even the hardworking people and the really good, caring people. Nobody deserves to be hungry, especially these people.

Overall, this PSA video is extremely effective through its use of Pathos because it delivers its message with a punch. It makes people pay attention by showing them what they think is going to be a cute commercial about a family, but turns out to be about how this family does not have enough to eat. The combination of the smiling children at school and the young child’s narration of the nursery rhyme in the background as you begin to see there is not enough soup for her family creates a particularly sad feeling to the PSA, getting the viewers to feel something about the issue of hunger why they may not have really thought of before.

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quinoa breakfast bowl | recipe

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Analysis #3: Second Harvest Video

Through this video, Second Harvest, a food bank organization that helps people in need of food in Santa Clara and San Mateo, California, is explaining  what they do as an organization and why it is so important. The main audience that Second Harvest is trying to reach is anybody who has the time or funds to volunteer or donate to the cause. The creators of the video are hoping that they will spark people’s interest in their cause after seeing the video, which is why the last thing that is shown in the video is the contact information for the organization. The video is very brief (1 minute and 29 seconds), so it is not meant to explain every single little detail of what goes into Second Harvest’s processes, but rather it is meant to inform the public about Second Harvest’s existence. The website given at the end lets the viewers know that they can go there to learn more if the short video has peaked their interest of their sense of good will.

The rhetorical technique primarily used in this video is Pathos, meaning that the video creators are trying to get the public to join their cause by catering to their emotions. The music used is very upbeat and happy, sending feelings of happiness and hopefulness into the viewer’s minds, especially since the music is paired with several images of smiling children, farmers, and volunteers. Despite the sad topic of hunger, the video never takes a negative approach. Even at the end when the narrator express that “a quarter of a million people depend on [them] each month for this healthy food”, the narrator finds a way to turn this around and explain that that is why “it is so  important that [they] get help and support from volunteers and donors”. They put the responsibility on the shoulders of the viewers, essentially expressing to the viewers: if you have a problem with this high number of people that depend on food banks, go out and do something about it.

This is an extremely effective source because it persuades people to help Second Harvest’s cause by making the viewer feel good and hopeful instead of making them feel guilty. Hope is very powerful, and by shedding this issue in a positive light and expressing how important the viewer’s help is if they volunteer or donate, the video caters to their sense of good will as well as their ego. The video is kept to a short length to give the viewer a little taste about what Second Harvest is about, encouraging them to go to their website to learn more if they are intrigued.

Source: https://spark.adobe.com/video/pyrjTsVlmM8Ow

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