PART 1 STUDY EXAM

Michael Pollan reveals his purpose for writing the book in the preface. It is

• to entertain the audience with stories about farms and food.

• to persuade the readers to eat less meat.

• to inform readers so they can make good food choices true to values.

• to describe the current conditions of the American food crisis.

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Michael Pollan describes the modern omnivore's dilemma as:

• obesity- disease caused by industrial food chain.

• eating only meats, mushrooms, and greens.

• having to pick between convenience and healthy food.

• the knowledge and information to make informed food choices.

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The author of the Omnivore's Dilemma is:

• Michael Pollan

• Michael Polin

• Laura Hillenbrand

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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What does GMO stand for?

• Genetically Modified Organism

• Giant Mutated Organism

• Great Municipality of Oregon

• Genetically Mass-produced Option

Look on page 36 in your book and answer the following question. How do agribusinesses profit from farmers.

• They are not paid for growing the crops.

• In order to continue to produce hybrid plants with good traits, farmers have to keep buying seeds from seed companies.

• The price of corn is lower than the cost of growing corn.

• The farmer is allowed to produce more crops per acre.

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Areas where livestock are fed ("fattened up") and readied for slaughter.

• ecological system

• fermentation

• feedlots

• rumen

Look on page 49 and answer the following question. Why aren't farmers making money?

• The weather impacts their crops.

• The price of corn is lower than the cost of growing corn.

• Hybrid plants with good traits do not make good crops.

• Farmers are paid a lot of money for growing other crops.

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Identify the three of the four food chains Pollan follows the book:

• Cage-free

• Local Sustainable

• Hunter-Gatherer

• Industrial

• Farm to Table

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Select ALL of the ways the forest surrounding Polyface benefit the farm.

• It keeps the farm's water supply from drying up.

• Cattle like to roam forests.

• It keeps the farm cooler in the summer.

• The grass can grow higher with the trees acting as a windbreak.

• It homes more wild birds which keeps the insect population low.

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Are "Happy Meals" actually happy?

• no

• yes

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