Unit 8: The Omnivore's Dilemma (excerpt); Math for Locavores

Learn these words from the different viewpoints of Michael Pollan and Stephen Budiansky (Inside: Level C, Unit 8).

Here are our links to the selections of "Food for Thought": Feeding the World, Market Women; Soup for the Soul, Would it be fun to run a restaurant, Holding Up the Sky; The Girl and the Chenoo, The Omnivore's Dilemma; Math for Locavores

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  1. omnivore
    an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
  2. dilemma
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  3. viewpoint
    a mental position from which things are considered
  4. organic
    grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides
  5. industrial
    having highly developed commercial enterprise
  6. pesticide
    a chemical used to kill destructive insects or animals
  7. proposition
    a task to be dealt with
  8. petroleum
    a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
  9. efficient
    being effective without wasting time, effort, or expense
  10. ingredient
    a component of a mixture or compound
  11. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  12. sustainability
    the capacity of being prolonged
  13. virtuous
    morally excellent
  14. conventional
    conforming with accepted standards
  15. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  16. expenditure
    the act of spending money for goods or services
  17. manual
    doing or requiring physical work
  18. labor
    productive work, especially physical work done for wages
  19. relative
    properly linked in size or degree or other characteristics
  20. pittance
    an inadequate payment
Created on Wed Aug 03 14:54:24 EDT 2016 (updated Wed Aug 17 16:14:15 EDT 2016)

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