Food

Question 1

Food
provenance

Answer 1

Knowing where food was grown, caught or raised and how it was produced.

Question 2

Free range

Answer 2

Animals that are allowed to roam freely while being bred

Question 3

Grown

Answer 3

Method of farming used for plants

Question 4

Reared

Answer 4

Method of farming used for animals

Question 5

Caught

Answer 5

Method of farming – use for fished

Question 6

Animal
source

Answer 6

Foods derived from animals eg meat, milk, honey

Question 7

Plant source

Answer 7

Food derived from plants eg soy

Question 8

Photosynthesis

Answer 8

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesise nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.

Question 9

Seasonal

Answer 9

Fruit and vegetables naturally grow in cycles, and ripen during a certain season each year.

Question 10

Farming systems - intensive

Answer 10

Intensive – a system of production using large amounts of labour and money in relation to the area of land being farmed (high input / high output)

Question 11

Farming systems - Extensive

Answer 11

A system of production using small amounts of labour and money in relation to area of land being farmed (low input / lower output);

Question 12

Farming systems - Conventional

Answer 12

A system that may use
1. artificial and natural pesticides (to control pests, weeds and diseases),
2. artificial fertilisers and organic manures;
3. concentrated animal feeding / rearing operations,
(Can be both intensive and extensive)

Question 13

Farming systems - Organic

Answer 13

A system where artificial fertilisers are not allowed to be used,
soil fertility is built through crop
rotation,
and inorganic pesticide use is severely restricted.
It is a form of extensive farming (low input / lower output)

Question 14

Farming systems - Free-range

Answer 14

A system where animals, for at least part of the day, can roam freely outdoors. This may be done within a conventional or an organic system

Question 15

Farming systems - Regenerative farming

Answer 15

A cropping system and grazing practice that may reverse damage caused by climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity, resulting in both
carbon capture and improving the water cycle.

Question 16

What do food certification and assurance schemes do?

Answer 16

They guarantee defined standards of food safety or animal welfare e.g. the Red Tractor