Title: Where in the
1Where in the world -- does our food come from?
By Therese Spellman, Jane Hicks, Peggy Emling
2What did you eat for breakfast?
3GOT MILK?
4The milk we drink comes from local dairy farms,
like this one in Highland, IL.
5wheat
What goes into the cow before the milk comes out?
alfalfa
soybeans
6This is Karl Baumann, a dairy farmer in Highland.
7How about soy milk, which is made from soybeans?
8Did you eat toast?
9Toast is made from flour, which is made from
wheat.
10Would you like bacon with your eggs?
11Miss Piggy lives in Clinton County in Southern
Illinois and she will be sausage in just a few
short weeks.
12Seventy percent of Miss Piggys diet is corn.
13Miss Piggys food is stored, ground and mixed
with soy meal and other nutrients (including
recycled hog fat) at this southern Illinois feed
mill.
14How do you like your eggs?
15You could get your eggs from the Bivers organic
farm in Edwardsville, IL.
16Organic farmer Brett ensures that his products,
including eggs, are grown chemical-free.
17So you think all of your food is locally grown?
Most of what you eat comes from other states and
other countries.
18How do you take your coffee?
19Coffee is grown in tropical climates. Most of our
coffee beans are grown in Central and South
America.
20What's your favorite juice?
21Most citrus fruit that we consume is trucked in
from Texas, California and Florida.
22Did you have cookies for breakfast?
Well, just this once.
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