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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person that Pollan goes with to deliver the foods to local restaurants?

2. There are parts of the world, Pollan points out, where the only use of the land is for _______, otherwise it would be useless.

3. Pollan argues that ______ should be the basis for a new revolution, since it is what sustains and helps define culture.

4. Supporting farms help animals to have safer lives than they might have in the ________, according to Pollan.

5. Assuming a higher intelligence in humans does not equate to a right to use others for our own _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is in the meal that Pollan makes at the end of this section, which he describes as being phenomenal?

2. What is the reason why Garro hunts for the food in the woods?

3. Why is Bev having troubles getting his eggs into stores and into the market?

4. What does Pollan begin to experience after a day of hunting for a wild boar?

5. What are some of the downsides for shopping for local, sustainably grown foods?

6. Why is Pollan disgusted by the picture of him with a pig that he hunted?

7. What is the irony that Pollan sees when he is looking over the delicious meal?

8. What does Ortega y Gasset have to say about the idea of hunting?

9. Where can Pollan buy some of the Salatin farm's produce?

10. Why is there a national eating disorder, according to Pollan's findings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a form of corn that is lower in quality than the corn in many foods, and it is fed to the animals.

Part 1: Do you think that lower quality food should be served to animals?

Part 2: Why do you think there is so much extra corn that can be used without any concern for quality?

Part 3: How do you think the farmers might be able to provide better quality feed for their animals?

Essay Topic 2

Locally grown foods are said to taste better than those that are shipped from far away places.

Part 1: Do you think local foods are better for those who eat them?

Part 2: Why do you think locally grown foods might taste better?

Part 3: How do you choose your foods - price or taste?

Essay Topic 3

The idea behind grass farming is to begin and end with a highly renewable resource - grass.

Part 1: Why do you think Salatin decided to be a grass farmer?

Part 2: Does the idea of being a grass farmer seem like a lot of work?

Part 3: How do you think an industrial farmer could implement the ideas of grass farming. Or couldn't they?

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