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APESMr. Dillman Period ____________

Questions for The Meatrix Trilogy http://www.themeatrix.com/

The Meatrix I
1. What is The Meatrix? Where are food comes from really
2. What is a factory farm? Animals packed closely together for their eggs milk and meat products
3. What happens to the animals on a factory farm?
4. Why are the animals given antibiotics? What is the problem with this? Its making the diseases immune to antibiotics
5. What is happening to family farms? They are being replaced by corporations
The Meatrix II: Revolting
1. What has happened in regards to sustainable eating in the past few years? Its risen a bit
2. What happens to cows in dairy factories? Tails cut off, small cows separated
3. What is rBGH? Why is it given to cows? Artificial growth hormone
4. What happens to the calves? Separated from mothers
5. What can be caused by this? Mad cow disease
The Meatrix II 1/2
1. At this factory, how many cows can be processed in single day? 5000
2. What often happens to the workers in the processing factories? They are hurt and ignored
3. ________Proft_____________ is the name of the game.
4. As a job, meat-packing is _________________________Most dangerous in the nation______________________.
5. Due to the speed of the processing, what gets all over the meat? What bacteria does this substance contain? What
problems can this cause? Manure to ecoli and cause serious sickness and death
The Meatrix 360 Interactive Go to the following section of the site (or type/paste in this link:
http://www.themeatrix.com/interactive/index.html). Roll-over and click on the different parts of the scene. Read and take notes on
each of the following topics that are discussed:
1. The precautionary principle: States if we think an activity causes harm, we should try to protect ourselves
2. Feed: Cows need grass and silage but are given antibiotics
3. Policy & legislation: Factory farms are changing legislation. They are forced to regulate these companies
4. Health: Public health is threatened by eating these altered cows meat
5. Community: Factory farms dont help local economies like regular farms do
6. Family farms: Safer sources of food with better lives for animals and no hormones, the old way
7. Cows: Many different diseases and horrible living conditions for cows
8. Milk: A resource forced from cows to maximize output
9. Processing: Cows that cant give more milk are often slaughtered for hamburger meat
10. Workers: Low paid and bad working conditions
11. Downer cows: Dead cows that wouldnt be good for our food supply
12. Pesticides: Pesticide residues build up in animals fat and tissue
13. Antibiotics: diseases are becoming very resistant because of all the antibiotics cows get
14. rBGH: Artificial growth hormones that cause health issues
15. agribusiness: Food production is being spread out less and less. They have less reason to provide good food
16. waste recycling: The recycling done still leaves behind manure and metals in the water
17. waste: Over applied to fields causing problems and contaminating the air and water
18. water pollution: Runoff from factories kills fish and makes water unsafe
Write: Before viewing these videos, how much did you know about agribusiness? What was some new information you learned
from these videos? What is the goal of these videos? Do you think these videos will change how you eat? Why/why not?