Food Provenance Flashcards
What is food provenance?
Where your food comes from -where it is grown, reared or caught. Its point of origin.
What does the term ‘farm to fork’ mean?
The process in which food goes through from being reared on a farm to being eaten on a fork.
Name some examples of food that has been Grown, Reared and Caught
GROWN- carrots, potatoes and apples
REARED- cows, sheep and pigs
CAUGHT- fish, rabbit and deer
List three reasons why consumers may want to know where their food comes from.
- HYGIENE- to ensure the food is handled with complete care and is safe to consume
- TRACK and TRACE- the ability to know that the food comes from a place with certified cooking, safety and hygiene conditions
- ALLERGIES- to know that the food isn’t being contaminated with other foods that could result in an allergic reaction
What does the term PGI mean?
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.
Give three examples of food or drink which is is protected under the PGI status.
- Armagh Bramley Apples
- Champagne (France)
- Irish Whisky
State three advantages of buying local food.
- Supporting local businesses
- Environmentally friendly
- Food safety - disease (meat)
What are the steps in crop production?
- PREPARING the soil
- SOWING the seeds
- WATERING
- FERTALISING (adding suitable substances)
- WEEDING
- PROTECTING from pests
- HARVESTING (gathering in crops)
- SEPERATION and INSPECTION
- STORAGE
What is the primary industry?
Harvesting raw materials from nature
-eg. agriculture and fishing
What are the two different types of primary industry rearing methods?
- Field (free range production)
- Factory (Intensive Farming)
- Battery hen factory
- Zero grazing milk production
What is free range production?
When hens, chickens, cattle and pigs have the ability to roam freely outdoors.
Disease is low.
What is a battery hen factory?
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.
What is zero grazing milk production?
A production where grass is mechanically mown and brought to cattle, preventing them from needing access to the outdoors. #
Increases productivity in farms.
What is intensive farming?
A large scale operation that prioritises profitability and efficiency
What is organic farming?
An alternative type of farming which focuses on producing food in ways that minimise harm to the environment or animals.
What are the characteristics of intensive farming?
> 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
What are the characteristics of organic farming?
> 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
Give examples of oily fish, white fish and shellfish.
OILY- salmon, trout, mackerel, sardines, harring
WHITE- cod, haddock, pollock
SHELL- crab, shrimp, lobster, mussels, oysters
Explain how Pots and Creels are used.
The are cages that are baited with fish, lower to the sea bed and collected later.
They usually collect lobsters.
Explain how Line Caught fish works.
Fish are caught on a hook that is baited. This can be large or small scale and catches fish like mackerel.
Explain how Trawling works.
Drawing a net towed by a boat around a school of fish eg. tuna.
Explain how Dredging works.
Metal formed nets with rakes attached that are laid across the sea bed and towed by a boat they catch shellfish eg. muscles
What is aquaculture?
Fish farming
Explain the term ‘sustainable fishing’.
Leaving enough fish in the sea to protect habitats and also endangered species of marine animals. This can also be known as aqua farming.
What does the Red Tractor Logo mean?
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.
What does the Farm Quality Assured Logo mean?
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.
What does the Marine Stewardship Council Logo mean?
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.
Discuss the benefits of zero grazing milk production.
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.
