MONDAY - Pass the Piggy- I’ll collect your family scrapbooks…- Last day of notes!!!! – Meatpacking- Introducing “Food Inc.”- Introducing our 1st Cultural Experience!- Absolute last call for Dino Dollars?!?!- Who is doing Ce’s tomorrow & Wednesday?- Pd. 4/5: your BBs will be given out Thursday

An Introduction to the Meatpacking Industry

Meatpacking Industry: handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, & distribution of animals

such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other

livestock.

The meat packing industry grew with… 1. railroads & refrigeration2. Railroads made possible the transport of stock to central points for processing

Where did it come from?

“The Jungle”- Upton Sinclair novel - 1906- Shocked public with the truths of poor working

conditions & unsanitary practices in meat packing plants in the U.S.

- Specifically targets Chicago.

- Overworked their employees- Failed to hold safety measures- Employers HATED unionization

Problems with the meatpacking industry

Immigrants & Meatpacking

- Immigrants used as strikebreakers - Employers pay migrant workers MUCH less

… Food for Thought …Keep a “food journal” for this week (until Thursday)…to make: fold a piece of paper into 2 so you have a

top, and a bottom.

FRONT: Write what you eat, on average, per dayBACK: Write what you eat, on average, per week

**BE GENERAL & PICK A DAY WHERE YOU EAT MORE THAN LESS*