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Industrial Organic Food Chain

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8th Grade

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Industrial Organic Food Chain
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does "organic" mean (the original meaning)?

grown without fossil fuels
grown without pesticides
grown without chemical fertilizers
all of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What brought on the idea of "organic" food?

Food from the industrial food chain was too expensive
People were becoming more aware of the environment because of the news and books.
There was a shortage of food at the time.
Farmers started to become more aware of the damage they were doing to the environment.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are organic food co-ops?

Large food corporations like Wal-Mart or Costco.
Local farmers markets
Neighbors getting together weekly and ordering food from their local farmer
Stores like Whole Foods started the co-ops.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the food co-ops go out of business?

Large "organic" supermarkets like Whole Foods took over
People got mad at each other when they ordered food
Farmers couldn't keep up with the demand of the co-ops
People lost interest in eating healthy.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Michael Pollan refer to this food chain as "Industrial Organic"?

It is organic because it is grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
It is industrial because the food is grown on large monoculture farms.
Most of the food is processed and sold by the same food chain as industrial.
all of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When did the organic food companies begin to boom?

after the Alar scare in 1990
after fish were poisoned in the rivers
when farmers gave up on their farms and sold out
when food prices began to soar

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were some rules about organic food that critics thought were fraudulent?

the food had to be shipped
the food had to be frozen
synthetic additives and preservatives can be used

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