Unit 1
Fake burger that could save the world
Is a meat-free diet to preserve our planet the future of eating? The value of the start-up, Impossible Foods, which makes a convincing alternative meat burger, has soared to $2 billion.
Unit 1: Questions for Discussion
If you are working in a group, please discuss these questions with your group members. If you are working individually, please write a paragraph, in your own words, about each of the questions below.
1. Would you eat a fake-meat burger? Why?
2. Should we all be vegetarians? Why?
3. Consider this statement: “It is immoral to eat animals.” Write down three reasons in support of this statement,
and three reasons against. Discuss your ideas with your classmates. Which side do you agree with?
4. Anthony Bourdain said, “Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon: completely self-indulgent.”
What do you think?