Corn
Feedlots
Food Inc.
100
Hybrid seeds have allowed for corn crops to increase this much
What is four times
100
This caused a foul stench to rise about a mile away from feedlots
What is manure
100
These two food companies use chicken from industrial style farms
What are Perdue and Tyson
200
Created in a science lab, combining traits or genes from other organisms or bacteria
What is a genetically modified organism
200
This runs 12 hours a day, 7 days a week
What is the feed mill
200
The percent of products in a grocery store made of corn
What is 80%
300
Business focused on farming
What is agribusiness
300
A bacteria present in cow's stomachs
What is E.Coli
300
This is the part of the country where 90% of corn is grown in the United States
What is mid-west
400
Hybrid seeds combine many traits, these are two popular traits combined in hybrid seeds
What are disease resistance and increased product
400
CAFO
What is Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
400
These two government agencies determine what we can and cannot eat
What are FDA and USDA
500
The typical size of corn farms
What is 15,000 acres
500
CAFOs produce these two dangerous unintended outputs
What are toxic pollution and increased health concerns
500
80% of the beef market is owned by how many corporations
What is 4
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