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Assignment:
Ch. 1 "Fast Food to All Food"
1. What is "factory farming" and how does it compare to traditional farming?
2. What is the "true cost" of this type of farming? (Animals as units of production etc).
Ch. 2 "A Cornucopia of Choices"
3. Where is most of the "corn" you eat in your foods? Is it on the cob?
4. Whose responsibility is it to inform us about what is in our food?
Chapter 3 "Unintended Consequences"
5. Why has e. coli increased in our food system
6. How have meat packers responded to the problem?
Chapter 4: "The Dollar Menu"
7. Why is income the number one indicator of obesity and Type 2 diabetes?
Chapter 5: "In the Grass"
8. According to Joel Salatin, what would be the benefit of exposing the process of slaughtering and meat packing?
9. How have NAFTA policies made so many migrant workers available for work in the slaughter and packing industry?
Chapter 6: "Hidden Costs"
10. What are the fundamental differences between Big Organic and Small Organic?
Chapter 7: "From Seed to the Supermarket"
11. What are the impacts on small farmers who choose not to use Monsanto seeds?