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Producing & Consuming Processed Foods: A Critical-Thinking Exercise
Lauren G. Ruane, Daniel M. Ruane
The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 75 No. 3, March 2013; (pp. 220-221) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2013.75.3.12
LAUREN G. RUANE is Assistant Professor in the Department of Organismal and Environmental Biology at Christopher Newport University, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA 23606; e-mail: lauren.ruane@cnu.edu.
DANIEL M. RUANE is a physician at the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Organismal and Environmental Biology at Christopher Newport University; e-mail: daniel.ruane@cnu.edu.
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The goal of this interdisciplinary activity is to encourage students to think critically about the ethical, environmental, and human health consequences of producing and consuming processed foods.

  • Botany
  • critical thinking
  • environmental studies
  • ethics
  • genetically modified crops
  • human health
  • nutrition
  • processed foods
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Producing & Consuming Processed Foods: A Critical-Thinking Exercise
Lauren G. Ruane, Daniel M. Ruane
The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 75 No. 3, March 2013; (pp. 220-221) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2013.75.3.12
LAUREN G. RUANE is Assistant Professor in the Department of Organismal and Environmental Biology at Christopher Newport University, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA 23606; e-mail: lauren.ruane@cnu.edu.
DANIEL M. RUANE is a physician at the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Organismal and Environmental Biology at Christopher Newport University; e-mail: daniel.ruane@cnu.edu.

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Producing & Consuming Processed Foods: A Critical-Thinking Exercise
Lauren G. Ruane, Daniel M. Ruane
The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 75 No. 3, March 2013; (pp. 220-221) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2013.75.3.12
LAUREN G. RUANE is Assistant Professor in the Department of Organismal and Environmental Biology at Christopher Newport University, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA 23606; e-mail: lauren.ruane@cnu.edu.
DANIEL M. RUANE is a physician at the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Organismal and Environmental Biology at Christopher Newport University; e-mail: daniel.ruane@cnu.edu.
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