Food Provenance

Question 1

What is food provenance?

Answer 1

Where your food comes from -where it is grown, reared or caught. Its point of origin.

Question 2

What does the term ‘farm to fork’ mean?

Answer 2

The process in which food goes through from being reared on a farm to being eaten on a fork.

Question 3

Name some examples of food that has been Grown, Reared and Caught

Answer 3

GROWN- carrots, potatoes and apples

REARED- cows, sheep and pigs

CAUGHT- fish, rabbit and deer

Question 4

List three reasons why consumers may want to know where their food comes from.

Answer 4

1. HYGIENE- to ensure the food is handled with complete care and is safe to consume
2. TRACK and TRACE- the ability to know that the food comes from a place with certified cooking, safety and hygiene conditions
3. ALLERGIES- to know that the food isn’t being contaminated with other foods that could result in an allergic reaction

Question 5

What does the term PGI mean?

Answer 5

Protected Geographical Indication
- protects food to a certain geographical area. The food is named after the place it is being produced and it can only be made in that area.

Question 6

Give three examples of food or drink which is is protected under the PGI status.

Answer 6

1. Armagh Bramley Apples
2. Champagne (France)
3. Irish Whisky

Question 7

State three advantages of buying local food.

Answer 7

1. Supporting local businesses
2. Environmentally friendly
3. Food safety - disease (meat)

Question 8

What are the steps in crop production?

Answer 8

1. PREPARING the soil
2. SOWING the seeds
3. WATERING
4. FERTALISING (adding suitable substances)
5. WEEDING
6. PROTECTING from pests
7. HARVESTING (gathering in crops)
8. SEPERATION and INSPECTION
9. STORAGE

Question 9

What is the primary industry?

Answer 9

Harvesting raw materials from nature

-eg. agriculture and fishing

Question 10

What are the two different types of primary industry rearing methods?

Answer 10

1. Field (free range production)
2. Factory (Intensive Farming)
   - Battery hen factory
   - Zero grazing milk production

Question 11

What is free range production?

Answer 11

When hens, chickens, cattle and pigs have the ability to roam freely outdoors.

Disease is low.

Question 12

What is a battery hen factory?

Answer 12

A form of intensive farming where cages are used to house hens in large numbers with limited space to nest.

Animal welfare is not a priority, mass production is the aim.

Question 13

What is zero grazing milk production?

Answer 13

A production where grass is mechanically mown and brought to cattle, preventing them from needing access to the outdoors. #

Increases productivity in farms.

Question 14

What is intensive farming?

Answer 14

A large scale operation that prioritises profitability and efficiency

Question 15

What is organic farming?

Answer 15

An alternative type of farming which focuses on producing food in ways that minimise harm to the environment or animals.

Question 16

What are the characteristics of intensive farming?

Answer 16

> High yield crops (mass production)

> Pesticides used to control weeds

> Chemical fertilisers used to enrich soil

> Animals kept indoors with limited amounts of space

> Mechanised agriculture

Question 17

What are the characteristics of organic farming?

Answer 17

> Crop rotation linked to seasons

> Hand weeding and natural pest control

> Green manure and composting to enrich soil

> Animals are given space to move freely

> Labor-intensive agriculture

Question 18

Give examples of oily fish, white fish and shellfish.

Answer 18

OILY- salmon, trout, mackerel, sardines, harring

WHITE- cod, haddock, pollock

SHELL- crab, shrimp, lobster, mussels, oysters

Question 19

Explain how Pots and Creels are used.

Answer 19

The are cages that are baited with fish, lower to the sea bed and collected later.

They usually collect lobsters.

Question 20

Explain how Line Caught fish works.

Answer 20

Fish are caught on a hook that is baited. This can be large or small scale and catches fish like mackerel.

Question 21

Explain how Trawling works.

Answer 21

Drawing a net towed by a boat around a school of fish eg. tuna.

Question 22

Explain how Dredging works.

Answer 22

Metal formed nets with rakes attached that are laid across the sea bed and towed by a boat they catch shellfish eg. muscles

Question 23

What is aquaculture?

Answer 23

Fish farming

Question 24

Explain the term ‘sustainable fishing’.

Answer 24

Leaving enough fish in the sea to protect habitats and also endangered species of marine animals. This can also be known as aqua farming.

Question 25

What does the Red Tractor Logo mean?

Answer 25

The food has been managed with high standards the whole way from ‘farm to fork’. This is important as it means people can guarantee that there food is being prepared to the highest of standards before consumption.

Question 26

What does the Farm Quality Assured Logo mean?

Answer 26

That the quality of the overall production, the quality of the animal and the quality of their environment is reaching the highest standards. This is important so that the consumer can have knowledge of the quality of their food, knowing that it comes from a safe and hygienic place.

Question 27

What does the Marine Stewardship Council Logo mean?

Answer 27

That the fish come from a government assured marine farm where they are treated appropriately under high safety cautions to prevent transfer of disease from fish to human.

Question 28

Discuss the benefits of zero grazing milk production.

Answer 28

This means that cows do not roam freely for their own grass, instead it is mown mechanically and brought to them. This is more time efficient for farmers as they do not have to gather up the cattle after each grazing session. It also ensures that the cows are getting all of their necessary vitamins.