2) Discussion:
"In a way, we're not producing chickens, we're producing food." How might this affect the way the chickens are raised?
Whose responsibility do you think it is to inform us about what is in our food? Is it our responsibility to find out, the producer's responsibility to make it more clear or both? Why do you think so?
The movie points out that cows and farm-raised fish, which are not biologically suited to eat corn, are now given a modified diet that is based on corn. Do you think that people's diets have been modified in a similar way? How do you feel about the possibility of your food being modified without you being aware of it?
Would it be okay with you that healthy food is only available to those who can afford it? If so, what might be the consequences of that-both to individuals and society? (For example, by eating less healthy food, low-income individuals have more health issues, are sick more often, require more health care, miss more days of work, and have lower job performance). If not, how might we make healthy food available to everyone?
3) Complete Food Inc. Worksheet
4) Agriculture: read handout as a class
*Answer questions and record responses in your notes
Note: handout is not available digitally.
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