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Make a Claim 1
Vocabulary 1
Make a Claim 2
Vocabulary 2
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What claim does Michael Pollan make on page 9?
He did not know where our meat comes from until he saw cattle running through a feedlot. 
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What is an omnivore?
A species that can eat plants and animals.
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What claim does Michael Pollan make on page 12?
There are four different food chains: industrial, industrial organic, local sustainable, and hunter-gatherer.
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What is a dilemma?
A difficult decision.
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What claim does Michael Pollan make in the first paragraph on page 11?
People are not educated about where their food comes from.
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What does "toxic" mean? 
Poisonous; dangerous for health. 
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What claim does Michael Pollan make on page 17?
The American diet includes a lot of corn.
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What is the omnivore's dilemma?
We can eat anything, but how do we know what to eat?
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What claim does Michael Pollan make in the second full paragraph of page 10?


He realized that humans have many food options, and have a hard time choosing what to eat.

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What is a hybrid plant?

A plant whose parents have different traits. These traits are intentionally bred together so that their offspring will have the traits of both parents.

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What claim does Michael Pollan make on the bottom half of page 18?
There is hidden corn in all of our food. 
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What does organic mean?

It was made using only natural fertilizers. 

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What claim does Michael Pollan make in the first full paragraph on page 34?
Farmers used to use conventional methods, in which they produced their own seeds. Then in the 1930s, farmers started buying hybrid seeds.
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What does GMO stand for?
Genetically Modified Organism
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How does Michael Pollan describe GMOs in the first full paragraph on page 36?
They are created in a laboratory adding genes from different species. 
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What does the word "agribusiness" mean?
An agricultural business; the business of producing food. 
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What claim does Michael Pollan make in the last full paragraph on page 34?
Hybrid plants are unpredictable, so farmers often have to buy their seeds again every week.
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What does the term "Western diet" mean?
The food eaten in Europe and North America. It includes a lot of meat and sugar. 
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What claim does Michael Pollan make in the last paragraph on page 36?
GMO crops can be bad for business for farmers. 
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What does biodiversity mean?
A variety of different plants and animals.