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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eighteen through Chapter Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Salatin points out that being ________ doesn't necessarily mean that a farm is also going to be sustainable.
(a) Industrial.
(b) Organic.
(c) Gathering.
(d) Natural.

2. Pollan points out that the industrial method of farming has led to increased ________ and polluted groundwater.
(a) Oil wells.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Food supplies.
(d) Energy.

3. Store purchased foods, according to Salatin, do not take into consideration environmental and health ________.
(a) Movements.
(b) Instructions.
(c) Benefits.
(d) Costs.

4. How many generations have been at the Salatin farm, all committed to alternative farming?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What is NOT one of the things that humans consult in order to determine what they will and will not eat?
(a) Culture.
(b) Taste.
(c) Memory.
(d) Animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ foods are those that are generally recognized to be toxic to humans.

2. Bev notes that he only has to sell the idea of the ______ in order to sell the higher priced food.

3. The local food movement doesn't have to combat ___________; it simply offers an alternative, according to Pollan.

4. Pollan admits that losing ________ does force the human to lose a part of his or her culture as well as his or her nature.

5. Humans also overcame their _________ in plants through cooking, grinding, or soaking the foods.

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