chickens
# of items in Safeway stores
47,000
How many companies control the meat industry
4
After the decline in tobacco farming what crop was substituted?
Chicken Farming
How many days does it take to grow a chicken to 5 lbs with growth hormones today?
48
Growth hormones given to animals continue on to humans...YES NO !
YES
Why do they pick up chickens at night ?
They are less resistant, not active
what is the job of Ethylene Gas
ripens tomatoes.
How many days does it take to grow a chicken fully to about 5 lbs today ?
90
What is the cost of two, chicken houses?
$500,000 to $600,000
Without growth hormones and fertilizers, one acre world produce ______ bushels of corn in 1955?
20 bushels
What profit ($$), can a chicken farmer make with two chicken houses?
$18,000 per year.
How did the McDonalds brothers revolutionize the food industry
Factory assembly-line system
Why did the lady chicken farmer lose her contract with PURDUE?
Wouldn't close up the windows of the chicken houses
What is the majority of food made from?
Corn
With large amounts of growth stimulants and massive fertilizers one acre can now produce_____ bushels of corn
200 bushels
90% of products are made from either _____ or _____.
Corn - soybeans
How much meat does the average person eat each year
200 lbs
Why are grass-eating cows fed corn?
Corn is cheap; makes cows fat
How many food safety inspections were made in 1970 (50 years ago)...
50,000 inspections
Can the US Dept of agriculture shut down a meat processing plant with multiple ECOLI infractions?
NO !
What cleanses most of the bacteria out of production line hamburgers?
AMMONIA
One in ____ Americans born after 2000 will develop Type II Diabetes?
Three (3)
What is one of the most dangerous jobs in the USA?
Meat packing..
How many food safety inspection were conducted in 2006?
9,100 inspections
How much food annually, is grown organically? (%).
20 %.