Writing Prompt - "Mystery Ingredients"
This journal writing assignment has students take an ingredients list from a processed food item, research each one, and determine its purpose. The goal is to draw attention to the huge number of artificially derived ingredients that are added to many foods to enhance their flavor, texture, or shelf-life.
Essential concepts: Agriculture, factory farming, industrialized agriculture, nutrition, human health, malnutrition, food poisoning, subtheraputic antibiotics, animal welfare.