Unit 1: Food Inc.

Documentary

Name: _____________________________ Period: ______________ A B

1. How many products are on the supermarket shelves today?

2. Why doesn’t the food industry want us to know where our food comes from?

3. Why did McDonald’s train only 1 worker to do 1 thing?

4. McDonald’s is the largest purchaser if what products?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

5. In 1970 the top 5 beef packaging companies controlled 25% of the market. Today the top 4
controls _________ % of the market.

6. Raising a chicken 1950 vs 2008

1950 2008
Days _________ Days ___________

7. How come chickens can’t walk?

8. What was Purdue chicken pick-up like?

9. A typical chicken grower borrows $____________ and earns $___________ a year?

10. Name 4 products that contain corn

a. c.

b. d.
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11. Today the average American eats ____________ pounds of meat.

12. What are cows designed to eat by evolution?

13. How did E. coli come into our food?

14. What is the meat washed in directly before you eat it?

15. What is the biggest predictor of obesity?

16. What are the 3 tastes we are hardwired to go for?

a. c.

b.

17. The average farmer was once able to feed 6-8 people now the farmer can feed
____________ people

18. What is a GMO?

19. What is wrong with the how the industry is run?

20. How can you vote to change the system?

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21. What were your thoughts about the film?

22. Will you change the way you eat?