Food & Food Alternatives

Question 1

Estimated that the food an American

family eats travels ______ miles to get to the dinner table

Answer 1

4,200

Question 2

The Global _____ largely serves as the supermarket for the Global _____.

Answer 2

South

North

Question 3

Globally, four firms control ___% of seed production and ___% of pesticides

Answer 3

56

59

Question 4

Horizontal integration

Answer 4

a few firms control a sector or stage of

production

Question 5

vertical integration

Answer 5

where a corporation controls multiple parts of the supply chain

Question 6

Today, less than __% of Americans farm for a living

Answer 6

2

Question 7

What factor facilitate increased productivity?

Answer 7

chemical and synthetic inputs

Question 8

In major rivers and streams, pesticides detected ___% of time in water and in over ___% of sampled fish

Answer 8

90

80

Question 9

___ _____ of coastal rivers and bays face nitrogen pollution, with ___% resulting in periodic dead zones

Answer 9

One third

20

Question 10

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ can contaminate
waterways by causing growth in
algae and other aquatic plants
which use up oxygen and block
light, leading to “dead zones”

Answer 10

Nitrogen

Question 11

Food deserts

Answer 11

Urban and rural areas where people lack access to

fresh and nutritious foods

Question 12

In the United States, food waste is estimated at __-

__% of the food supply

Answer 12

30-40

Question 13

_____ is biggest main component of waste going to landfills, making up ___% of waste stream

Answer 13

Food

21

Question 14

Estimates are that dairy and meat production
contribute to anywhere from ___% to ___% of global
greenhouse gas emissions.

Answer 14

18

50

Question 15

Meat consumption is ________ globally

Answer 15

increasing

Question 16

Beef requires ___ times more land to produce
than pork or chicken, ___ times more water and
results in ___ times more climate-warming
emissions

Answer 16

28
11
5

Question 17

Roundup Ready Crops

Answer 17

Genetically modified to be resistant to the roundup

herbicide (glyphosate)

Question 18

AquaAdvantage salmon

Answer 18

Atlantic salmon engineered to grow

twice as fast

Question 19

What are 3 ways we can retrieve our own food?

Answer 19

1) Hunting
2) Foraging
3) Organic farming

Question 20

What are some of the benefits of eating insects like crickets?

Answer 20

1) Can be grown anywhere, even in cities
2) Emit fewer greenhouse gases and consume less water
3) Small ecological footprint (doesn’t take up a lot of space)
4) Can eat food wastes like compost
5) Can be a form of pest management