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Food Pronence Flashcards

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Definition of food Provence

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  • The origin of food, where it comes from
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Definition of food security

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-Having access to the information about where food comes from and assurance that food safe to consume

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Definition of primary industry

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  • An industry that harvests raw matrices from nature including agriculture
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Definition of intensive farming

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A large scale operation where profitability and efficiency are prioritised

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Definition of organic farming

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  • A type of farming that focus on producing food in way that minimises harm to the Environment.
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Definition of arable farming

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Farms that grow crops such wheat, barley and oats

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Definition of pest control

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-Methods used to prevent or control pest e. g. Insects rodentsthat would harm the crop

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Definition of yield

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  • the produce of a crop
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Definition of aquaculture

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-Fish farming

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Definition of sustainability

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  • A way of producing and consuming food that protects the environment and economy
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Examples of food that are grown

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  • Cereals
    -Fruit
    -Oil seeds
  • potatoes
    -Vegtables
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Examples of food that are reared

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-Beef
- pork
-goat & kid
-Poltrey
- veal

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Examples of foods that are caught

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  • Fish
  • game
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Food Provence means

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  • Knowing where food was grown reared or caught
    -Knowing how food was transported
  • knowing how food was produced
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15
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Food Provence helps to

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  • protect animal welfare
  • develop a more sustainable food system
  • maintain food culture
    -increase food knowledge
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How is food grown

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  1. Preparing the soil
  2. Sowing the seeds
  3. Watering
  4. Fertilising
  5. Weeding
  6. Protecting from pests
  7. Harvesting
  8. Separating & inspecting
  9. Storage
17
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Common places for growing crops

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  1. Fields
  2. Polytunnels
  3. Orchards
18
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Uses of chemical when growing plants

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  1. Pesticides
    - chemical used to destroy pests
  2. Fertilisers
    - improve the soil
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Growing organic products

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  • Strict regulations
  • pesticides and fertilisers are not used
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Buying locally grown foods

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  • Beneficial to the local economy and environment
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Gm foods

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-Changed to enable better growth, resistance to pests and abil-tig to coke in extreme weather

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Ways animas are reared & examples

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  1. Field
    - animals have the ability  to roam freely
  2. Factory
    - battery hen factory - intensive farming is common with hen rearing
    - milking factory - cattle can also be reared in this manner
  3. Organic farming
    -Organic animals are not subject to indoor rearing
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Characteristics of intensive farming

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  • Pesticides are used to control pests
  • Mechanic agriculture
  • high yield crops
  • chemical used to enrich soil
  • animals kep indoors
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Characteristics of organic farming

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  • Labour inteside agriculture
    -Hand weeding & natural pest control
    -Crop rotation linked to seasons
  • animals given space to roam freely
25
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Examples of oily fish

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  • Salmon
  • Mackrell
  • sardines
    -trout
    -Fresh tuna
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Examples of white fish

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  • Cod
  • pollock
  • haddock
    -Seabass
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Examples of shellfish

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  • Muscles
    -crab
    -Prawns
  • scallops
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Examples of shellfish

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  • Muscles
    -crab
    -Prawns
  • scallops
29
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Traditional methods for catching fish

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1.trawling
2. Jigging
3. Lobster and crab pots
4. Dreading

30
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What is trawling

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Caches fish with a net that is dragged along the sea floor

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What is jigging

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Hand cashing fish such as mackerel fishing lines withAttached placedin water fish are attracted to the lights on the trailer

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What are lobster and crab pots

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Does submerged on to the seabed with bait placed inside to attract lobster and crabs which stay alive until fishermen lift them out

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What is dredging

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A large basket usually made from metal that is pond along the seabed to collect speeches

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Aquaculture

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A lawny fish farming ck of wild fish is one reason has become more prevalent
- more sustainable

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