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Date _____________
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The Meatrix Trilogy

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The Meatrix I
1. What is The Meatrix? the story about the farms our meat comes from, its the lie we tell
ourselves.
2. What is a factory farm? Farm where animals are conventional and are indoors.
3. What happens to the animals on a factory farm? They are slaughter and treated badly.
4. Why are the animals given antibiotics? What is the problem with this? To keep them alive, and it
causes diseases.
5. What is happening to family farms? Factory farms been destroy their communities and makes
them factory farms.
The Meatrix II: Revolting
1. What has happened in regards to sustainable eating in the past few years? Theyve changed to
become conventional farm factory.
2. What happens to cows in dairy factories? they are changed
3. What is rBGH? Why is it given to cows? Its a growth serum, it makes cows go in size.
4. What happens to the calves? the calves are separated from their mothers at birth, and are given
back cow blood.
5. What can be caused by this? Many mad cow diseases like could be caused
The Meatrix II 1/2
1. At this factory, how many cows can be processed in single day? 5000
2. What often happens to the workers in the processing factories? They get injuried
3. _______________________profit______________________________________________ is the name of the
game.
4. As a job, meat-packing is _____________________most dangerous in the
nation_________________________________________________.
5. Due to the speed of the processing, what gets all over the meat? What bacteria does this
substance contain? What problems can this cause? Cow poop
The Meatrix 360 Interactive Go to the following section of the site (or type/paste in this link:
http://www.themeatrix.com/educate ). Then Click on Meatrix Interactive 360 then Roll-over and click
on the different parts of the scene. Read and describe any 10 of the words below:
1. The precautionary principle- if we think an activity will cause harm, we should take measures to
protect ourselves.
2. Feed- Cows should eat grass and silage, but many are fed antibiotic and unsavory by products.
3. Policy & legislation- tremendous impact on what kind of food is produced, how its produced and
who has access to it.
4. Health- Not only is the health of workers and local communities at risk with factory farms, public
health is also threatened.
5. Community- Factory farms do not contribute to local economics and are ruining rural communities
6. Family farms-can feed the world without damaging the environment or threatening human health.
7. Cows- Hoof rat, mastitis, contagious diseases, and horrible living conditions confront cows on
factory farms.
8. Milk
9. Processing- After they can no longer give milk, some dairy cows are sent to slaughter to become
hamburger meat.
10. Workers- Workers are on factory farmers are often low paid and are subjected to hazardous working
conditions.
11. Downer cows
12. Pesticides

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13. Antibiotics- Low daily doses of antibiotics are often fed to cows to ward off diseases and make them
grow faster.
14. rBGH
15. agribusiness
16. waste recycling
17. waste
18. water pollution
Write: Before viewing these videos, how much did you know about agribusiness? What was some new
information you learned from these videos? What is the goal of these videos? Do you think these videos
will change how you eat? Why/why not?