Michael Pollan, What’s Eating America
Read What’s Eating America and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. What is the biological foundation of the variety and choice of the supermarket?
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2. Corn is native to what region?
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3. In addition to being an excellent source of nitrogen for plants, what other important use does ammonium nitrate have?
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4. What does the Haber-Bosch process do?
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5. What does Pollan mean when he says our farms have been turned into factories?
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