Why did Mcdonalds bring the factory system to the back of the restaurant?
Why did Mcdonalds bring the factory system to the back of the restaurant?It was a cheaper way to pay the workers
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List 3 products that are partially made from corn.
Soda, McDonald's, Charcoal, Diapers, Batteries etc.
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What kinds of foods are the cheapest and why?
Unhealthy foods are the cheapest because they use cheap unhealthy ingredients to make them
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Why was Joel's organic farm considered unsanitary?
Because it was exposed to the open air
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How is the cheap cost of processed food misleading?
These companies do not explain that the food is very unhealthy for you. how is the cheap cost of processed food misleading?
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What 4 companies control the beef supply?
Cargill, Swift, National Beef,TysonWhat
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What is a C.A.F.O.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
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Why is buying off the dollar menu important? What did it show?
It showed you could feed an entire family for 11-14 dollars
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How many hogs are slaughtered per day at the Smithfield processing plant
32,000
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What do farm raised fish eat?
Corn
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How are the brands and labels that are placed on meat products in the supermarket misleading?
They make it look like its a sunny picture perfect scene.
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Why is it bad for cows to eat corn and not grass?
Because it makes them overweight and more unhealthy
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How is obesity and poverty linked together?
When you don't have a lot of money, you cannot afford to buy a lot of healthy food
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Where do the large meat packing plants get most of their workers from?
They are typically illegal immigrants from other countries.
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What is the proper meaning of the word breakfast?
To Break the Fast Breakfast
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Why wasn't the film crew given permission by Tyson to view the inside of the chicken house?
If we see the terrible conditions inside people wouldn't buy their products
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Filler placed in meat products to clean ecoli
Ammonia
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What is the rate of diabetes in people born after 2000? What is that same rate in minorities?
1 in 3 and 1 in 2 in minorities
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Why do the large meat packing plants hire illegal immigrants to work for them?
They do this so because they feel since they are illegal they have no rights they can treat them poorly and pay them very small amounts of money for long days of work.
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If we put glass walls on all the mega processing facilities, why would we have a different food system in this country?
The food system would be different because people would truly know where their food comes from and how its made. Also, they wouldn't like it or want to buy it anymore
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What are some of the health issues chickens face as a result of the accelerated growth? Also, how are the chickens physically different now than in the 1950s?
The are overweight and muscles and bones cannot keep up with the growth. Also they are much bigger in a faster time and have more meat on their bones.
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When the boy Kevin passed away what caused his death? Also what was the name of the law that was put in place to help regulate the food industry?
tainted meat/ and Kevin's Law
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What where the health issues the father in the film was facing? Why was it difficult for the family to buy healthy food and his pills?
the health issues faced were high blood pressure diabetes cholesterol, it was for the family because they could not afford both and had to choose one or the other.
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What type of farmer is Joel Salatin? What is different about this type of farmer?
Organic farmer, they don't use chemicals or unhealthy foods to raise the animals.
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In the very beginning of the movie what was the name of the gas they said was used on the fruits and vegetables? What was this gas used for?