1. Plant Love!!!
2. City Market Trip: Food Detective Mission Part 1
3. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Homework: (For Monday) Read Chapters 5-9 and answer study questions
The Omnivore’s Dilemma Study Question Ch 5-9
Chapter 5
1. What is a CAFO and what happens there? What is the advantage of raising animals this way?
2. Compare the natural and industrial diets of cows.
3. What are some problems that arise as a result of the industrial diet of cattle?
Chapter 6
1. Explain how processing food helps companies make more money from it.
2. Why do you think processed food is less healthy for us?
Chapter 7
1. What are some common reasons given for the obesity crisis? What reasons does Michael Pollan add?
2. What are the biological reasons some processed foods are appealing to us?
3. How do the economics of food work against the people with less money?
Chapter 8
1. How does food culture help humans navigate the omnivore’s dilemma?
2. Compare American food culture to that of the French.
3. How does America food culture fail to help us navigate the question of what to eat?
Chapter 9
1. Explain the relationship between corn and fast food. Use specific details.
2. What is your personal reaction to the information that Michael Pollan presents about the industry that brings us the majority of our food?
