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disagree
neutral
agree
strongly agree
disagree
neutral
agree
strongly agree
disagree
neutral
agree
strongly agree
disagree
neutral
agree
strongly agree
5. How often do you read the ingredients list of the food you purchase?
never
seldom
occasionally
sometimes
always
6. When deciding what to eat, how much should we consider the workers
who pick, process, and transport it?
not at all
very little
neutral
somewhat
a lot
very little
neutral
disagree
neutral
somewhat
agree
a lot
strongly agree
9. A company should have the power to decide what information to give consumers
about the food it produces.
strongly disagree
disagree
neutral
agree
Lunch Survey
Think about what you had for
lunch today or yesterday. Put
a next to each of the
following factors you
considered when you decided
what to eat for lunch.
strongly agree
10. Richard Lobb of the National Chicken Council says in the film, In a way, were not producing chickens, were
producing food. What does this statement mean? Do you agree or disagree with it? How might this
perspective affect the way that chickens are raised?
11. Who do you think was responsible for Kevin Kowalcyks death?
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12. With cheap food, it seems our society pays at both endsat the production end with subsidy tax dollars,
and at the consumption end with poorer health and lower productivity. Who benefits from cheap, fast food?
Is it really cheap for everyone?
13. How might our government policies be restructured to allow more access to healthier foods?
14. Do you think healthy eating should be a right, a responsibility, or a privilege? Explain your answer.
16. In the film, we see that Stonyfield Yogurt is now owned by Groupe Danone, Toms of Maine by Colgate, Kashi
by Kellogg, and Burts Bees by Clorox, which are all large corporations. What kinds of consumers do you think
these products are geared for? How do you think those consumers might react to learning that the products
are actually made by big corporations?
17. As the film suggests, small companies and producers are often bought out or taken over by very big
18. Why might we care if a company like Monsanto owns the DNA in seeds?
19. People who have been in the industry are knowledgeable about that industry. What are the pros and cons of
20. What is the relationship between government subsidies for corn and the rise of modern agribusiness?
Fold the page at the dotted line and then glue this part of the page
into your notebook.