The Good Food Revolution Scavenger Hunt
These questions will be answered as you read the book; page numbers provided:
1. Who’s missing from “The Talented Tenth?” | more |
2. What is hip-to-eye ratio? | more |
3. Why did inner-city grocery stores disappear in the 1970’s and 80’s? | more |
4. Who invented peanut butter, and why? | more |
5. Where was the very first McDonalds burger restaurant? | more |
6. What major transformation did the DC suburb of Montgomery County, Maryland undergo in the late 1940’s? | more |
7. What unique community sprang up just ten miles from The White House in the early 20th Century? | more |
8. What do people and seeds have in common? | more |
9. What was it like for Allen to be among the first African American athletes at the University of Miami (FL)? | more |
10. What was the penalty for dunking during an NCAA basketball game in the time Allen played? | more |
11. What surprising designation does the USDA give to earthworms? | more |
12. What do worms and people have in common? | more |
13. What was Brooklyn, NY known for in the late 19th Century? | more |
14. How far does the food we eat typically travel to reach us? | more |
15. Why is food a civil rights issue? | more |
16. What is meant by the phrase “food insecure?” | more |
17. How much of our food do bees produce? | more |
18. Which professions are most prone to suicide, according to an old survey? | more |
19. What are the nutritional benefits of sunflower sprouts? | more |
20. How are urban and rural areas interdependent? | more |
21. What surprising use did Allen make of a clearance-priced 5000 gallon swimming pool? | more |
22. What is a “hoop house?” | more |
23. What is a “MacArthur Genius?” | more |
24. What city consumes the most potato chips per capita? | more |
25. What’s the connection between food waste and global warming? | more |
26. What kind of “miracle” does Bill Gates say he hopes for? | more |
27. Why did Allen partner with WalMart, which, he says, “seemed to be for everything I was against”? | more |
28. What’s the problem with fences? | more |
