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Fast Food to All Food
A CORNucorpia of Choices
Uninteded Consequences
The Dollar Menu
In The Grass/Hidden Costs/Shocks to the system
100
List two ways chickens are different than they were in the 50's.
Their growth cycle is nearly half as short(72 vs 48) and the chicken breasts have been genetically modified to be larger. They also can longer take more than a few steps.
100
Name 3 products that we use that has corn in it?
Ketchup Cheese Coke Puddinng Gravy Mayonnaise Peanutbutter Soup etc.
100
What additive is used in meat fillers to prevent E. coli?
Ammonia and other bacteria cleaners.
100
Is fast food really all that cheap?
In reality, fast food is not cheap. Yes, the prices do seem a bit on the low side, but later on, if you depend on fast food, for meals, you will have to start paying for your medication, because fat food is not healthy.
100
Whether or not you think illegal immigration (or the influx of undocumented workers) is a problem, how is illegal immigration connected to the food we eat?
Illegal immigrants make up a large portion of the meatpacking industry workforce. It is them who prepare, package, and even distribute our food. Since the American food industry was a big detriment to the farmers down in Mexico, many of the workers have illegally migrated up here to work in our factory farms.
200
What are the advantages of McDonald's switching to the revolutionary assembly line system? Name 2-3 advantages.
It's cheaper, easy to train employees and the low cost and mass production was all beneficial to McDonald's
200
Why do cattle companies buy corn?
It's cheap and easy to feed unlike grass that has to be grown for mass production.
200
The mother says, “Sometimes it feels like industry was more protected than my son.” What do you think she meant by that?
The mother is saying that the industry has so much protection around them, and so many people saying that " We did not cause your sons's death". Also, the industry has so much money, that they hire attorneys, which protect them from a lawsuit, whereas Kevin died from the factory being careless.
200
Subsidies make certain foods cheaper than they would be otherwise. Without subsidies, how will this affect the food industry, and the low-income families?
Let’s just pretend subsidies did not exist for a minute. Food companies would have to find other ways to make good profits. If every food company was expensive, so much so low-income families had difficult times purchasing food from the supermarket, the food companies would lose profit. Therefore, the companies would have to lower costs to an affordable price. However, if companies did not lower prices, and low-income families were not able to afford wholesome food, fast food becomes the next option. When this happens, the families health goes downhill and their lives are shortened.
200
Farmer Joel Salatin in the film says, “We’re willing to subsidize the food system to create the mystique of cheap food when actually it’s very expensive food.” What might he mean by that?
He means either one of two things. One is that it doesn't cost much to produce the food, but the company that produces the food raises the prices, so when the consumer buys them, it is very expensive. The less likely one of the two, is that the food was very expensive to produce, but the selling price is cheap.
300
Vince Edwards (The first chicken farmer) is told by his major company Tyson to decline the filming in the chicken coop, why do you think this is?
(Answer will vary) Something along the lines of, "The company probably doesn't want the public to know about the horrible circumstances in the coops."
300
What is a disadvantage to feeding corn to cattle instead of grass?
It's been proven that the cows eating it have more chances of getting E.coli
300
Who is responsible for keeping our food safe?
The industries are. They grow/raise the food, package it, and ship it. The industry should keep checking if the food is safe to eat, and if anytime during the process, something happens to the food, that could make someone sick/die, they should recall the product.
300
In the film, the mother, Maria Andrea Gonzalez, says, “We’re really tight from either paying for his [Alfredo Orozco’s] medicine to be healthy or buying vegetables to be healthy.” Which should she choose if she cannot afford both?
She should invest her money into the healthy fruits and vegetables. This is because, her husband only requires the medicine because of all the junk she has been feeding him. The vegetables will slowly help his health. And also, if she chose the medicine, she would be required to buy the cheaper fast food, and laster need to buy the medicine for one of her daughters, due to unhealthy eating.
300
If the cost of the healthy food was reduced to lower than the junk, would people start to buy more of it? Explain.
Yes, as the main reason people are only getting junk food as a cheaper alternative to healthy food, is that they cannot possibly afford healthy food, and the other costs of life.
400
80% of beef supply in the USA is controlled by 4 companies, Name 2.
Cargill, Tyson, JBS, National Beef (Perdue Farms if specify chicken.)
400
What does CAFO stand for?
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
400
How can you become infected with E-coli?
You can become infected with E-coli, by drinking or eating ( consuming) products that have been in contacts with animal manure, mainly cattle manure.
400
With cheap food, it seems our society pays at both ends—at the production end with subsidy tax dollars, and at the consumption end with poorer health and lower productivity. Who benefits from cheap, fast food?
The only person that really benefits form fast-food, is the fast-food company. They are making a profit. But the consumers of fast food are dealing with the consequence of bad health. Since it is considered cheap, the consumers will keep buying it, resulting in more and more profit for the company.
400
When a person chooses to eat meat, whom else does that effect?
That effects the industry and the animals. The animals because the producer will realize that their meat is selling well, and then they will start slaughtering more animals. It effects the industry,producer because they gain a profit from the food you eat, and will start killing more animals.
500
How are chicken and meat farmers bound to the large meat companies?
They have to loan over 200 000 dollars for the chicken houses and to pay off the debts they have to do anything the company says
500
30% percent of the land in the USA is used to grow corn. Why is this?
Corn is cheap and easy to put in foods and for major companies to buy and feed to animals.
500
Who is responsible for Kevin's death?
The meat company should be held completely responsible. Cows were meant to roam and eat grass. That is what they are designed for. But when you give them corn is ruins their stomach and makes the rate of E-Coli jump to record highs.You don’t make a dog eat bird seed. In the video they said if you put a cows in a grass pasture it will shed most of its E-coli. And it is really cheaper to put them in grass because they do the mowing and the fertilizing, all by themselves. All you would have to do is let them be free. In feedlots cattle are under tons of stress and this makes them susceptible to getting diseases like E-Coli.
500
Is healthy eating a right, a responsibility, or a privilege?
Eating healthy is a combination of all of the above. Because you can't let your diet get to out of hand. But at the same time, when someone takes it away, and makes you a criminal for drinking a over sized drink, it then becomes a right. It is also a privilege because not everybody in the world has the ability to eat healthy, because they are in a third world country, they can't afford it, or whatever their situation might be.
500
In the film, we see that Stonyfield Yogurt is now owned by Groupe Danone, Tom’s of Maine by Colgate, Kashi by Kellogg, and Burt’s Bees by Clorox, which are all large corporations. What kinds of consumers are these products are geared for? How will those consumers react to learning that the products are actually made by big corporations?
The products produced are geared towards consumers who are probably not wanting to contribute to large corporations. They most likely respond how the man who owned Stonyfield Yogurt said his friends reacted when he said he was going into big business. They would most likely stop buying the products and try to look for smaller producers that have not been bought by large corporations .They would also claim that the companies that allow themselves to be bought by larger corporations are immoral for doing so.