food and agriculture

Question 1

Beginning of agriculture

Answer 1

10,000 years ago

Question 2

Terrace farming, 3 sisters farming, and fallow rotations

Answer 2

Ancient farming practices

Question 3

Layers of soil

Answer 3

Horizons

Question 4

20th century movement to increase crop yields and decrease labor requirements via mechanization, irrigation, pesticide and fertilizer improvements, and genetic manipulation

Answer 4

Green revolution

Question 5

Scientist leading the green revolution

Answer 5

Norman Borlaug

Question 6

Decrease in variation of agriculture plant species that occurred during the green revolution due to planting monocultures, makes crops more susceptible to disease and pests

Answer 6

Agrobiodiversity loss

Question 7

Toxic to consumers and workers, causes bred resistance in pests, harms pollinators

Answer 7

Pesticides

Question 8

Placing desired genes from one species into another organism, can increase nutrition, decrease price, and control pests

Answer 8

Genetically modified organisms

Question 9

Soil degradation from over farming on the edges of arid regions

Answer 9

Desertification

Question 10

Occurs when water in the soil is depleted leaving the minerals

Answer 10

Salinization

Question 11

Meat with the largest increase in production over the last 60 years

Answer 11

Chicken

Question 12

locations that allow for high volumes of meat production by raising a single species for food

Answer 12

CAFOs

Question 13

use of artificial insemination, widespread antibiotic use, use of artificial light, use of unnatural feed, creates concentrated waste pollution

Answer 13

downsides of CAFOs

Question 14

flooded during hurricane Florence causing overflowing of waste lagoons

Answer 14

Bay of Pigs in North Carolina

Question 15

where is the majority of seafood produced

Answer 15

Asia

Question 16

method of wild fish harvesting that is most damaging to the ocean

Answer 16

bottom Trawling

Question 17

fish farming done in indoor tanks or enclosed waterways

Answer 17

aquaculture

Question 18

how many species of plants did we consume historically and how many species do we consume today

Answer 18

3000 vs. 150

Question 19

where do 60% of human calories come from

Answer 19

rice, wheat, corn

Question 20

affordable access to nutritious food to maintain dietary needs

Answer 20

food security

Question 21

rising health concern due to diet changes in the modern world including less fruits and vegetables, more meat, more processed foods, and larger portions

Answer 21

obesity

Question 22

who makes up 80% of farmworkers and 65% of meat packing workers

Answer 22

people of color

Question 23

how may people can be fed from a certain food source

Answer 23

food efficiency

Question 24

farming with no synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, GMOs, or antibiotics

Answer 24

organic