<p> Concept #1: Food in Your Life In-Class Activity</p><p>“Food, Inc.” Video Activity</p><p>Directions: Watch the movie “Food, Inc.” As you watch the movie gather the information needed to answer the questions below. Write your answers to each question in the spaces provided below.</p><p>Introduction: (1 point each) 1. The average American supermarket contains approximately how many products? ______</p><p>Fast Food for All: (1 point each) 2. In what decade of the 20th century did the industrialization of food begin? _____ 3. Which fast food chain is responsible for the industrialization of food? ______4. In 1970, what percentage of meat production was controlled by large companies? _____% 5. Today, what percentage of meat production is controlled by large companies? _____% 6. Name the largest meat packaging company. ______7. How long does it take Tyson to grow it’s chickens? _____ days 8. Do Vince’s chickens ever see light (circle one)? Yes No 9. What is the result of how rapidly chickens are grown? ______10. What could potentially happen to human beings with the use of antibiotics in chicken products? ______11. How much does a poultry house cost a farmer to build? ______</p><p>A Cornucopia of Choices: (1 point each) 12. What crop do most of our foods come from? ______13. What is the percentage of land being used to grow corn? ______14. Name two foods (that you didn’t already know) that are produced by corn or corn products. ______15. How many pounds of meat does the average American eat each year? ______16. What does C.A.F.O. stand for? ______17. Why do we feed corn to cows? ______18. What are cows actually supposed to eat? ______19. Which cow is more likely to have e-coli (circle one)? Grass-Fed Corn-Fed</p><p>Unintended Consequences: (1 point each) 20. Name one other food that e-coli has been found in? ______21. What food-borne illness was caused by peanut butter? ______22. How many slaughter houses are in the United States today? ______23. On average how many cows are in one hamburger? ______24. What did Kevin die from? ______25. How long did it take the FDA to issue a recall on the meat that killed Kevin? _____ days 26. What year was microbial testing instituted? _____ 27. How long does a cow need to be on a grass-fed died to begin to shed e-coli? _____ days 28. What is added to meat filler at the industrial level to kill e-coli? ______29. What percentage of hamburgers in the United States is ammonia-cleaned filler in them? ______30. Why are unhealthy foods cheaper? ______31. What are the three tastes that humans are “hard-wired” to crave? ______32. How many Americans born after the year 2000 will contract type 2 diabetes in their lifetime? _____ in _____</p><p>It’s in the Grass (1 point each) 33. What were the culture results of the chickens that were processed outside? _____ CFU 34. What were the culture results of the chickens processed in a factory? _____CFU 35. Name the largest meat processing plant in the United States. ______36. How many hogs are killed at the Smithfield plant per day? ______hogs 37. Which U.S. President took on the “Beef Trust” to make working conditions in meat processing factories for workers? ______38. Who are the meat packaging industry’s largest customers? ______39. What government policy allowed tor the meat packaging industry to hire workers from Mexico? ______40. What is the growth rate for “organic” foods in the United States? _____% 41. Why has Wal-Mart started selling organic products? ______</p><p>From Seed: (1 point each) 42. In what decade did the government begin to allow companies to patent “life?” _____ 43. What happens to a farmer if they save a Monsanto-patented seed? ______44. How many seed cleaners are left in the state of Indiana? _____</p><p>The Veil: (1 point each) 45. Which Supreme Court Justice was an attorney for Monsanto? ______46. Name the two Presidential Administrations that had ties to Monsanto. ______47. What percentage of food in the supermarket contain G.M.O.’s? ______48. Name the talk show host that was sued for what she said about Mad Cow disease on her show. ______49. Name the two laws that allow food producers to sue individuals for what they say about them? ______</p><p>Shocks to the System: (5 points) 50. How do you think you can change the way food is produced in the United States? ______</p>