Name _________________________________________________ Date _____________

APESMr. Dillman Period ____________

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

The Meatrix I
1. What is The Meatrix? All around you, story we tell ourselves where meat and stuff comes from
2. What is a factory farm? Harvest eggs milk and meat
3. What happens to the animals on a factory farm? They are packed in tight and given pills of antibiotics
4. Why are the animals given antibiotics? What is the problem with this? Disease, they create super diseases that are immune
to the antibiotics
5. What is happening to family farms? They are being overrun by big businesses
The Meatrix II: Revolting
1. What has happened in regards to sustainable eating in the past few years? People have realized what they are eating, its
increasing
2. What happens to cows in dairy factories? Their tails are cut off, babies separated from mothers
3. What is rBGH? Why is it given to cows? Artificial growth hormone, it makes them produce more milk
4. What happens to the calves? Fed a milk replacer which gives them more nutrients to grow larger
5. What can be caused by this? Mad cows disease can be given.
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 cut themselves (injured)
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? What bacteria does this substance contain? What
problems can this cause? Ecoli and manure, 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
2. Feed- Cows should be fed grass and silage but they are fed antibiotics and unsavory byproducts.
3. Policy & legislation
4. Health-
5. Community- The closer a house is to a factory farm, the less its worth.
6. Family farms- Since the 1930s the USA has lose 5million farmers.
7. Cows- Hoofrat, mastitis, and horrible living conditions for cows.
8. Milk- Many of todays farms are actually large industrial facilities, not 40 acres of pastures, red barns, and
rows of mixed vegetable crops that most Americans imagine. These consolidated operations are able to
produce food in high volume but have little to no regard for the environment, animal welfare, soil and water
quality, or food safety. In order to maximize profits, industrial agriculture often trades the health of
consumers and rural communities, as well as the nutritional quality of the product, for an economy of scale
through consolidation and mechanization.
9. Processing- After cows can no longer give meat they are sent to slaughter houses.
10. Workers- Low paid, hazardous working conditions, some have even died on the job.
11. Downer cows- Dead, may have diseases by flies.
12. Pesticides- residue that is in the fat of the animals tissue
Name _________________________________________________ Date _____________
APESMr. Dillman Period ____________
Questions for The Meatrix Trilogy http://www.themeatrix.com/

13. Antibiotics- Given to cows to make them grow faster and fight diseases.
14. rBGH-Milk from cows injected with artificial growth hormones.
15. Agribusiness- Lots of farms are taken over by agribusiness because it is just to big. Huge corporations.
16. waste recycling- methane digesters not susceptible and still leave behind manures and heavy metal and other waste
products.
17. waste- Over applied to fields causing many problems.
18. water pollution- Runoff from factory farms has killed millions of fish.
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?

That its completely harsh. Cows arent milked by hand. To teach you whats happening and put a stop to it. Probably, they may
gross you out enough to make sure youre eating something that hasnt been mistreated or anything bad.