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

The Meatrix I
1. What is The Meatrix?
The story we tell about where meat comes from.
2. What is a factory farm?
A place where animals to be mass produced for cheaper prices.

3. What happens to the animals on a factory farm?
Given antibotics
4. Why are the animals given antibiotics? What is the problem with this?
To give the animals a stronger immune system. Creates a super strain of bacteria.

5. What is happening to family farms?
They are getting destroyed by factory farms.
The Meatrix II: Revolting
1. What has happened in regards to sustainable eating in the past few years?
People have been eating more organic foods
2. What happens to cows in dairy factories?
They are abused

3. What is rBGH? Why is it given to cows?
A growth horomone, Produce more milk and meat.
4. What happens to the calves?
They are feed mild from cow blood
5. What can be caused by this?
Mad cow diseases can be transmitted.
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 get injured

3. profits_____________________________________________________________________ is the name of the game
.
4. As a job, meat-packing is __________________________the most dangerous job 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? Ecolia, illness 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
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2. Feed, Cows should eat grass and grain but are feed antibiotoics.
3. Policy & legislation ,The government is changing our foods as well as our government

4. Health, Not only that the workers health are threatened but the publics health is too.
5. Community, Factory farms do not contribute to the local economy.
6. Family farms, since the 1930s America has lost over 50 million family farms.
7. Cows, Very mistreated animals.
8. Milk, How does the industry get it, and at what cost?
9. Processing, After a cow can produce no more milk they are sent to the slaughter house
10. Workers, They get paid a very low amount and are subject to hazardous materials
11. Downer cows, Shouldnt get into our food supply because they are dead
12. Pesticides, residue acculate in the tissue and fat of the cow which means more needs to be added
13. Antibiotics, low doses are feed to cows but they create new Anti-resistant bacteria
14. rBGH, cow injected with this may cause health problems with the consumer
15. agribusiness, Food production is in the power of the few.
16. waste recycling, Not very effective and leave behind other dangerous byproducts
17. waste, These farms create great amounts of waste and it must be contained.
18. water pollution, Runoff from these farms pollute lakes and streams killing millions of fish.
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?