APESMr.

Dillman
Questions for The Meatrix Trilogy http://www.themeatrix.com/

The Meatrix I
1. What is The Meatrix? where meet and animal products come from
2. What is a factory farm? Eggs milk and meet come from
3. What happens to the animals on a factory farm? They are closely compacted with very horrid conditions/ cruelty and due
to this they create diseases
4. Why are the animals given antibiotics? Fight diseases What is the problem with this? Creates super strain bacteria and
makes them resistant
5. What is happening to family farms? Factory farms are talking over
The Meatrix II: Revolting
1. What has happened in regards to sustainable eating in the past few years? increased
2. What happens to cows in dairy factories? Taken to factories, tails are cut off and calves are taken away
3. What is rBGH? Why is it given to cows? Artificial growth hormone
4. What happens to the calves? Taken away from their mothers and fed milk replacement that contains cow blood
5. What can be caused by this? Mad cow disease
The Meatrix II 1/2
1. At this factory, how many cows can be processed in single day? 5,000
2. What often happens to the workers in the processing factories? Injuries
3. Profit is the name of the game.
4. As a job, meat-packing is the most dangerous job in the nation.
5. Due to the speed of the processing, what gets all over the meat? Manure What bacteria does this substance contain? E-coli
What problems can this cause? Illness and death
The Meatrix 360 Interactive Go to the following section of the site (or type/paste in this link:
http://www.themeatrix.com/interactive/index.html). Roll-over and click on the different parts of the scene. Read and take notes on
each of the following topics that are discussed:
1. The precautionary principle~ if we think something will cause us harm, we should keep ourselves from the danger
2. Feed~ the places where animals are taken where they are given growth hormones and byproducts to get them to
qualified measures faster
3. Policy & legislation~ the corporations bringing in these factory farms are not only changing the way our products are
produced but also out government as well
4. Health~ factory farms are poor factors of health, leaving bacteria in the surrounding air and the stench of manure
5. Community~ factory farms take over small farms leaving the community with a bad economy
6. Family farms~ since the 1930s, 5million family farms have gone
7. Cows~ put to horrid conditions
8. Milk~ calves arent given full milk but a remedy that contains cow blood
9. Processing~ when cows can no longer give milk they are sent to be slaughtered
10. Workers~ low paid and sustain to hazardous conditions
11. Downer cows~ cows that can no longer stand
12. Pesticides~ accumulate in the fat tissue of animals meaning bad things for us because we eat it
13. Antibiotics~ daily doses are given to the animals to keep them from disease and get them to grow faster causing
resistance to bacteria
14. rBGH~ milk from cows injected with growth hormones that cause many health problems
15. agribusiness~ power is being put in the hands of fewer and fewer people

APESMr. Dillman
Questions for The Meatrix Trilogy http://www.themeatrix.com/

16. waste recycling~ methane digesters are not sustainable leaving manure remains
17. waste~ dairy CAFOs create a lot of waste that contaminates the air and water as well as the ground and having nowhere
to put it, they send it out on fields causing even more problems
18. water pollution~ runoff from factory farms can leak into our water supply and contaminate it as well as kill the animals in
it
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?
I honestly didnt really know much about agribusiness before the videos and I really never thought about it either. From watching
these videos I got to see what its like behind the scenes, so to say to factory farming. I learned that factory farming although is
much productive, it is definitely not the healthiest, safest, and or animal and environmentally friendly. Of course these videos are
set to the extreme because some companies care about their ways of production but it still gets you thinking. These videos are
set to get you aware of whats really happening to kind of persuade you to go the best route and not go with factory farming
foods. After watching videos my intentions are definitely set to eat more organic foods that factory farmed foods because its just
sad and gross to think about eating the animals that have been cruelly and badly maintained. But yet again in the end it all comes
down to money, factory farmed foods are a lot cheaper than organic foods and if you dont have the money well theres not much
you can do.