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APES—Mr. Dillman
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Questions for The Meatrix Trilogy http://www.themeatrix.com/
The Meatrix I
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What is “The Meatrix”?
 It is the story we tell ourselves about where meat and animal product come from
What is a factory farm?
 Where most of the meat products
What happens to the animals on a factory farm?
 Animal cruelty
Why are the animals given antibiotics? What is the problem with this?
 To help stop the disease, and antibiotics resistants come from this
What is happening to family farms?
 Getting replaced by factory farms
The Meatrix II: Revolting
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What has happened in regards to sustainable eating in the past few years?
 It increased
What happens to cows in dairy factories?
 Calves are separated from mothers
What is rBGH? Why is it given to cows?
 An artificial growth hormones
What happens to the calves?
 Calves are separated from their mother and are fed with a milk replacement
What can be caused by this?
 Mad cow disease
The Meatrix II 1/2
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At this factory, how many cows can be processed in single day?
 5000 cows a day
What often happens to the workers in the processing factories?
 They are getting injured
Profit is the “name of the game”.
As a job, meat-packing is dangerous.
Due to the speed of the processing, what gets all over the meat? What bacteria does this substance contain? What
problems can this cause?
 Manure and Coli
Name _________________________________________________
APES—Mr. Dillman
Date _____________
Period ____________
Questions for The Meatrix Trilogy http://www.themeatrix.com/
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
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The precautionary principle: Says if we think an activity will cause harm, we should take more action
Feed: Cows should eat grass and silage, but many are fed antibiotic and unsavory byproducts
Policy & legislation: Factory farms are not only changing the way our food is mad, it also changed our government
Health: Not only is the health of workers and local communities at risks with factory farms, public health is also a threat
Community: Factory farms don’t contribute to local economies and ruining rural communities
Family farms: Since the 1930s, the US has lost 5 million farmers
Cows: Hoof rat, mastitis, contagious diseases, and horrible living condition confront cows on factory farms
Milk:
Processing: After cows can no longer give milk, some dairy cows are sent to slaughter to become hamburger meat
Workers: Worker are low paid and are in dangerous working conditions
Downer cows: Downer Cows shouldn’t habble into our food supply
Pesticides: Pesticide residues accumulate in the fat and tissue of animals
Antibiotics: Low daily doses of antibiotics are often fed to cows to ward off diseases and make them grow faster
rBGH: Milk from cows injected with artificial growth hormones may cause health problems
agribusiness:
waste recycling:
waste
water pollution
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?