Omnivore's Dilemma Chapter 1-2

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Nearly all our food in the grocery stores comes from one food. What is it?

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corn

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What are you? Options: an omnivore, a herbivore, a carnivore, a pizzavore

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an omnivore

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What is a dilemma?

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a difficult decision

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What is the main idea of chapter 1?

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That corn is the first part of the industrial food chain

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Which of the following items in a supermarket likely contain corn? Diapers, Soda, Beef, All of these

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All of these

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What is the name of the plant from which corn is derived?

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Maize

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What is the main idea of chapter 2?

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The growth of corn as a staple crop in the American farm through GMO and hybridization

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Of the 300 million people or so living in the United States today, how many of them are farmers?

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10 million.

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What is this called on an ear of corn?

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Silk

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What is the number one state in corn production?

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Iowa