1. Name: __________________________________________________ Period: ___________ Date: _________________
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1. âThe way eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous __________________________.â
2. âThe modern American supermarket has on average ___________________________ products.â
3. âThis isnât just about what weâre eating, this is about what we are allow to ____________, what we
are allow to ______________. Itâs not just our health thatâs at risk.â
Fast Food To All Food
4. McDonalds is the largest purchaser of ______________________________ and ______________________________.
5. In the 1970âs the top 5 beef packers controlled only about 25% of the market. Today the top 4
control more than ___________ % of the market.
6. Due to the desire for larger chickens with bigger breasts, grown faster the way that chickens are
raised has changed dramatically over the past 30 years. Describe the aspects of processing
chickens that has changed:
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A CORNucopia of Choices
7. âSo much of our industrial food turns out to be clever rearrangements of ________________________.â
8. List a couple of products that are made of corn _______________________________________________________.
9. List a couple of âobscure ingredientsâ that are in products ___________________________________________.
10. CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) have many aspects that allow them to
function. Describe some of the aspects of CAFOs:
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Unintended CONSEQUENCES
11. In 1972, the FDA conducted approximately 50,000 food safety inspections. In 2006, the FDA
conducted _________________________.
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2. 12. What happened to Barbara Kowalcykâs son?
The DOLLAR Menu
13. Why is it that you can buy a double cheeseburger for 99¢ and you canât even get a head of
broccoli for 99¢?
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In the GRASS
14. Smithfield Hog Processing Plant in Tar Heel is the ___________________________________________________
15. How many hogs are slaughtered on the kill floor per day? __________________________________________
Hidden COSTS
16. Weâre willing to subsidize the food system to create the mystique of cheap food. Why is the
food so expensive?
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17. Large companies like Pepsi, Kraft, and Kellogg donât organically, thy grow by ____________________
From SEED to the Supermarket
18. Describe some of the actions taken by the Monsanto Corporation to control the seed industry:
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The VEIL
19. The fast food industry fought against giving the calorie information and trans fat information.
The meat packing industry fought against country of origin labeling and against labeling
genetically modified food. Why should consumers have the âright to knowâ what is in our food?
SHOCKS to the system
20. Modern agriculture uses very few number of crops, very few species and very few companies.
This type of modern agriculture is dependent on large amounts of ____________________________________.
To bring a cow to slaughter is ________________ gallons of oil.
21. The average consumer does not feel very powerful. When we purchase food we are voting. Do
you feel powerful? Do we know what we are buying? Who we are supporting? How can we
demand good wholesome food?
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3. Key
1. âThe way eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000.â
2. âThe modern American supermarket has on average 47,000 products.â
3. âThis isnât just about what weâre eating, this is about what we are allow to SAY what we are
allow to KNOW.â
4. McDonalds is the largest purchaser of Beef & Potatoes.
5. In the 1970âs the top 5 beef packers controlled only about 25% of the market. Today the top 4
control more than 80 % of the market.
6. Due to the desire for larger chickens with bigger breasts, grown faster the way that chickens are
raised has changed dramatically over the past 30 years. Describe the aspects of processing
chickens that has changed:
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7. âSo much of our industrial food turns out to be clever rearrangements of corn.â
8. Ketchup, cheese, Twinkies, batteries, peanut butter, cheese-its, salad dressing, coke jelly, sweet
& low, syrup, juice, kool-aid, charcoal, diapers, motrin, meat, fast food.
9. High fructose corn syrup, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, di-glycerides, fructose, margarine.
10. CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) have many aspects that allow them to
function. Describe some of the aspects of CAFOs:
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4. 11. In 1972, the FDA conducted approximately 50,000 food safety inspections. In 2006, the FDA
conducted 9,164.
12. What happened to Barbara Kowalcykâs son? He dies due to E.Coli poisoning
13. Why is it that you can buy a double cheeseburger for 99¢ and you canât even get a head of
broccoli for 99¢? Weâve skewed our food system to the bad calories and these are heavily
subsidized. Snack foods come from commodity crops.
14. Smithfield Hog Processing Plant in Tar Heel is the largest slaughterhouse in the world
15. How many hogs are slaughtered on the kill floor per day? 32,000
16. Weâre willing to subsidize the food system to create the mystique of cheap food. Why is the
food so expensive? Environmental costs, societal costs, health costs. The industrial food is
not honest food.
17. Large companies like Pepsi, Kraft, and Kellogg donât organically, they grow by acquisition
18. Describe some of the actions taken by the Monsanto Corporation to control the seed industry:
20. Modern agriculture uses very few number of crops, very few species and very few companies.
This type of modern agriculture is dependent on large amounts of petroleum. To bring a cow to
slaughter is 75 gallons of oil.
21. The average consumer does not feel very powerful. When we purchase food we are voting. Do
you feel powerful? Do we know what we are buying? Who we are supporting? How can we
demand good wholesome food?
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Baldridge Š2009