Week 3

This week, the students watched Food Inc, a documentary directed by Robert Kenner about how our food is produced.  Here are some of their reactions:

"Corn is a remarkable plant." --J. Boss
"There are no seasons in super markets." --D. Nimock
"$300,000 are put into chicken coops" --L.Simpson
"Tomatoes are ripened with gas." --D. Jefferson
"The Industry doesn't want you to know the truth about what you are eating."
"There are a handful of companies controlling our food system." --D. Jefferson
"Can a community like us stop a factory productions like Tyson?" --D. Jefferson
"Food oversite and protection is not protecting peoples families."
"The animals stand in their own manure." --J. Thomas
"They have vegetables on high prices but cheeseburgers cost less." --J. Thomas
"Farms feed cows corn so they can get fat faster." --K. Ayers
"They feed cows corn because it is cheap and it makes cows fat." --W. Jones
"Real people slice a chicken's throat." --T. Ratcliff
"They hire immigrants cause they don't have many rights in America." --T. Ratcliff
"Where do we get organic food at stores?" --T. Ratcliff
"Why do they use machines to kill our food?" --T. Ratcliff
"Some animals are killed in bad ways." --Q. Williams
"People have to reach inside the chicken and take out the insides." --D. Jefferson
"Chickens need to eat healthy so we can be healthy." D. Nimock
20) "When you modify a crop, you own it." --T. Ratcliff