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The Meatrix I 1. What is The Meatrix? A story we tell are selfs 2. What is a factory farm? Most of milk and eggs come from 3. What happens to the animals on a factory farm? Packed in tight spaces animal cruelty 4. Why are the animals given antibiotics? What is the problem with this? So they dont get sick it creates stronger sicknesses 5. What is happening to family farms? Theyre going away The Meatrix II: Revolting 1. What has happened in regards to sustainable eating in the past few years? Increases 2. What happens to cows in dairy factories? Tails cut off 3. What is rBGH? Why is it given to cows? Artificial growth hormone 4. What happens to the calves? They are taken from their mothers and feed their bodies 5. What can be caused by this? Mad cow dieses The Meatrix II 1/2 1. At this factory, how many cows can be processed in single day? 5000 2. What often happens to the workers in the processing factories? injuries 3. __________________profit__________________________ is the name of the game. 4. As a job, meat-packing is _ the most dangerous job in the nation_________________________. 5. Due to the speed of the processing, what gets all over the meat? What bacteria does this substance contain? What problems can this cause? Ecoli manuer causing illness and death 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 each of the following topics that are discussed: 1. The precautionary principle If we think an activity will cause harm we should take measures to prevent it 2. Feed Cows are fed antibiotics and unsavory byproducts 3. Policy & legislation The people who make these bad farms are changing the way we eat and our government
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4. Health Public health, workers and out community are at risk 5. Community The closer a house is to a factory the less its worth 6. Family farms Since the 1930s the us has lost 5 million farmers 7. Cows Hoof rot mastitis and horrible living conditions 8. Milk How did they get to where they are today 9. Processing After they can no longer make milk they are sent to be killed 10. Workers Low paid and hazardous environment 11. Downer cows Should not be in our food supply 12. Pesticides They go into the fat and tissue of the animals so we eat it too 13. Antibiotics TO ward off diseases and make them grow faster 14. rBGH artificial growth hormones 15. agribusiness The consolidation of food production concentrates power in the hands of fewer 16. waste recycling methane digesters are not sustainable and still leaves manure 17. waste often over applied to fields causing problems 18. water pollution runoff from factory farms can cause nitrate to leak in to the water supply 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? Pretty much everything factories are bad fast food isnt good for you. But I did not know about the feeding of artificial milk containing the calfs mothers blood into is fed to the babies. They want to put a stop to factory farms and animal cruelty. No because people want to eat what taste good and people who dont get paid a lot arent going to pay more food they doesnt taste as good.