Q 01/05

Which fast-food chain supplies the industrial lunch that Michael Pollan and his family eat in their car?

A) Burger King

B) McDonald's

C) Wendy's

D) Taco Bell

Answer · why

B) McDonald's

McDonald's served a lunch that Pollan traces back to a single crop. That crop fed the cattle, became the oil for the fries and sweetened both the shak...

Q 02/05

Which animal does Michael Pollan hold up as the specialist eater that never has to wonder what is for dinner?

A) Panda

B) Anteater

C) Koala

D) Sloth

Answer · why

C) Koala

Koala diets come hardwired: if it looks and smells like a eucalyptus leaf, it is a meal. Omnivores get no such instructions, which is the dilemma of t...

Q 03/05

Which animal does Michael Pollan shoot in northern California as the main course of his hunter-gatherer meal?

A) Mule deer

B) Wild turkey

C) Black bear

D) Wild boar

Answer · why

D) Wild boar

Wild boar was the centrepiece, though Pollan had never hunted before. The animal he shot was a large grayish sow, and he was honest about how mixed hi...

Q 04/05

What is the name of Joel Salatin's farm, which Michael Pollan presents as a model of sustainable agriculture?

A) Stone Barns

B) Polyface

C) Full Belly

D) Blue Hill

Answer · why

B) Polyface

Polyface, when Pollan visited, sold only to customers, restaurants and shops within about half a day's drive. Its animals share the same pastures, eac...

Q 05/05

In which state's Shenandoah Valley does Joel Salatin raise the grass-fed animals that Michael Pollan helps tend?

A) Virginia

B) Pennsylvania

C) Tennessee

D) Kentucky

Answer · why

A) Virginia

Virginia is where the Salatin family bought worn-out land in 1961 and set about restoring it. It had been a run-down dairy operation scarred by erosio...