Alicandro Industrial Food Chain

Before writing the book, Pollan decided what to eat based on

• what was the healthiest choice.
• what would give him the most energy.
• what tasted good.
• the research he had already done.

Potatoes from an industrial farm

• have to be stored in a shed until the chemicals wear off.
• are safe to eat right off the plant.
• receive only natural fertilizer to grow.
• are washed and sold immediately.

A feedlot is

• where cows are slaughtered.
• where cows belly up to a trough to eat.
• where corn is grown.
• where the calves are weaned from their mother

What is the "omnivore's dilemma"?

• Humans don't know where to buy their food.
• Humans should be herbivores.
• Humans can eat anything but we're not sure what to eat.
• Humans should be vegetarians.

How did George Naylor's grandfather get his seed for his crops?

• He grew it.
• He bought it from another farmer.
• He bought it from a seed company.
• He bought it from a corn mill.

Why do corn farmers use hybrid seeds now?

• It produces a lot of corn.
• It resists disease.
• It can be used the following season.
• Both A and B
• All of the above.

Why don't farmers use the seed from hybrid corn to plant the following season?

• It's too expensive.
• It doesn't taste as good.
• It won't grow as well as the original hybrid seed.
• They sell it to the corn mill.

How is GMO corn seed created?

• by the natural process of photosynthesis
• in a laboratory by adding genes to corn DNA
• in a laboratory in a hydroponic tank
• using nitrogen from bombs

After WWII, the government had a surplus of

• aluminum
• hydrochloric acid
• ammonium nitrate
• hydrogen

The government found that ___________ could be used from bombs as an ingredient in fertilizer.

• hydrogen
• nitrogen
• dynamite
• oxygen