Monthly Archives: May 2015

Final 2014-15 post and instructions

Today spend some time updating AET.  Remember – you were supposed to upload 4 pictures of you working in your SAE by the end of the year?  The end of the year is here! Make sure that all of your … Continue reading

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Food Inc. 4

From Seed to Super Market: • From Monsanto’s perspective, it is expensive to develop new seeds like these, and the seeds save farmers time and enable them to produce more soybeans. What might be the consequences—both positive and negative—of the … Continue reading

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Food Inc. 3

In The Grass: • What alternative might the companies have if they can’t find local people todo the work? • If you think it is okay for companies to recruit foreign workers this way, what might be the repercussions of … Continue reading

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Food Inc. 2

Today we’ll watch Unintended Consequences and The Dollar Menu. Unintended Consequences: •Who is responsible for keeping our food safe? •Any ideas for ways to improve that system? The Dollar Menu: •The film gives the impression that food is either cheap … Continue reading

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Semester Wrap Up- Food Inc.

We’ll be watching Food Inc. over the next four days.  Each day there will be a response to post on your blog.  This will be our Semester Post.  All posts must be done on time! Fast Food to All Food: … Continue reading

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