Name Brianna Cabrera_________________________________________________

Date:11-9-16
Honors EESMr. Dillman

The Meatrix Trilogy

Period __3_________

The Meatrix I
1. What is The Meatrix?
The Meatrix is the story we tell ourselves where are meat and dairy products come from.
2. What is a factory farm?
A factory farm is where most our dairy and meat come from.
3. What happens to the animals on a factory farm?
They are closely compacted, never see daylight, antibiotics are given to prevent diseases, animals
are modified to prevent injury or any other complications.
4. Why are the animals given antibiotics? What is the problem with this?
To prevent diseases, the problem with this is we get stronger bacteria.
5. What is happening to family farms?
They are disappearing and turning into factory farms.
The Meatrix II: Revolting
1. What has happened in regards to sustainable eating in the past few years?
People have started to realize where there food is coming from.
2. What happens to cows in dairy factories?
Cows spend their entire lives there, tails are cut off, artificial growth hormones are injected,
separated from mothers and fed other liquid made from cow blood.
3. What is rBGH? Why is it given to cows?
rBGH is a growth hormone, It is used to make the cows produce more milk or more meat.
4. What happens to the calves?
They are separated from their mothers and fed milk replacers.
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?
5,000 cows in a day.
2. What often happens to the workers in the processing factories?
They are getting injured
3. _____________________Profit________________________________________________ is the name of the
game.
4. As a job, meat-packing is _the 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 gets all over the meat. The substance contains the bacteria E.coli. Humans can get sick or
even die.
The Meatrix 360 Interactive Go to the following section of the site (or type/paste in this link:
http://www.themeatrix.com/educate ). Then Click on Meatrix Interactive 360 then Roll-over and click
on the different parts of the scene. Read and describe any 10 of the words below:
1.
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7.

The precautionary principle

Feed
Policy & legislation
Health
Community
Family farms- Since the 1930s the US has lost 5 million farmers
Cows- Hoof rot, mastitis, contagious diseases, and horrible living conditions confront cows on
factory farms.

Name Brianna Cabrera_________________________________________________

Date:11-9-16
Honors EESMr. Dillman

The Meatrix Trilogy

Period __3_________

8. Milk
9. Processing- After can no longer give milk, some dairy cows are sent to slaughter to become
hamburger meat.
10. Workers- Workers on factory farms are often low paid and are subjected to hazardous working
conditions. Some have even died on the job.
11. Downer cows
12. Pesticides- Pesticide residues accumulate in the fat and tissue of animals
13. Antibiotics- Low daily doses of antibiotics are often fed to cows to ward of diseases and make them
grow faster. This contributes to an increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
14. rBGH- Milk from cow injected with artificial growth hormones may cause health problems
15. agribusiness- The consolidation of food production concentrates power in the hands of fewer and
fewer coporations.
16. waste recycling- Methane digesters are not sustainable and still leave behind manure, heavy metals
and other waste byproducts
17. waste- Waste is often over-applied to fields, causing many problems
18. water pollution
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?
Before watching these videos I did not know a lot about agribusiness. New information I learned is that
cows are separated from their mothers and given a milk replacement which contains supplements from
cow blood. The goals of these videos is to raise awareness on where our food comes from and what is
happening behind the scenes of a packaged piece of meat or carton of milk. I think these will change the
way I eat and the way I shop because by buying the meat produced in these factories I would be promoting
these horrible factories and I do not want to do that.