Food Inc Movie Questions

How many products are found in the average U.S. supermarket?

What ripens conventional green tomatoes before you buy them?

How did the McDonald's brothers revolutionize the fast food industry?

How many companies control the majority of meat available for purchase?

After the decline of tobacco what did farmers switch to?

How many days is it used to 'grow' a chicken? How many now?

Why do you think they pick up chickens at night?

How much does a typical chicken farmer with 2 $500,000 houses make a year?

What is the majority of food made from?

How much corn used to be harvest per acre? How much currently?

90% of products contain either _____ or ______.

How much meat does the average person eat per year?

Why are grass eating cows fed corn?

How many FDA food safety inspections were conducted in 1972? 2006?

State two reasons they do less food safety inspections?

Can the USDA shut down a plant that has repeated E. coli and Salmonella positive tests?

How many days does it take giving a cow grass instead of corn for the cow to shed 80% of E. coli?

What cleanses most of the bacteria out of production line hamburger filler?

Why are 'bad' (unhealthy) calories cheaper?

One in ___ Americans born after 2000 will have up to type 2 diabetes.

At Smithfield in Tarheel, NC, how many pigs are killed per day?

What president took on the beef trust?

What is one of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S.?

What industry invites illegal Mexican immigrants to the U.S.?

What happens to these immigrants?

How much food is grown organically annually?

What is the #3 yogurt brand in America? Why is this important?

How many soybeans grown in 2008 contained the roundup ready genes?

What happens to a farmer who tries to save his own seeds?

How many seed cleaners machines are left in the U.S.?

How many public seeds are still produced by universities/the government?

What Supreme Court Justice was a former Monsanto employee that wrote the majority decision for seed patents?

What kind of meat does not need to be labeled before being sold?

What percent of food in the supermarket is genetically modified?

Who sued Oprah for saying she didn't want to eat a burger? Who won?

How many gallons of diesel fuel are used by farmers annually?

How much oil does it take to raise a steer to slaughter?

Individual consumers can change...(list one thing)

If YOU demand more wholesome foods, what will farmers do?