FrC 14I
Spring 2014
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FrC 14I
Ungraded assignment for Mon. 4/21: responses

In the area of the film that focuses on chickens, what is the difference of quality between free range chicken and the chicken coupe chickens?—DE

Fast Food to all food. Do you think it is morally okay for us to massively produce animals such as chickens strictly to provide us with food?—CJM

Is it immoral for big companies to be “faster, fatter, bigger, cheaper” or are they morally just providing food for people in a new, smarter way? If I were to pick a specific company, I’d isolate Tyson or one of the other 4 companies that control 80% of the meat processing market.—RG

Cornucopia of Choices; This section of the documentary talks about how cows didn’t evolve naturally to eat corn, they ate grass, and the consequences of Humans feeding them corn because it’s cheaper. Do you believe that this end result, more and cheaper food for us, justifies the possibly ailing ecoli found in the meat?—JS

Unintended consequences: Are the corporate leaders in the food industry aware of the consequences their method of food production causes? And if so, how can they live with themselves knowing they are potentially poisoning the American populace?—MT

In the Dollar Menu section of the documentary, a couple talks about the cost difference in fast foods versus fresh produce. Why do think the more processed and unhealthy foods are so cheap in comparison to more healthier food options?—ASC

After watching this documentary and seeing the growth of the organic food market, are you hopeful that the food industry will change its malicious ways?—MO

For this week’s question, I’d like to address 1:06:42 (assuming it’s available in class). He states that until recent years, patenting life was something unheard of. Why then, must we be subject to the patent?—LH

Is it right for Monsanto seed company to force the farmers to re-buy their product each time?—DS

Question: At the end the film it talks about how much control people have on industries. How do people change this with the food industry, even though money controls the majority of what is eaten?—HW

How has this issue been kept under the table for so long? And realistically, why hasn’t this film gone viral? Is it out of the general American ‘laziness,’ or is it more out of capitalistic control?—CSt