Food Provenance Flashcards
What is food provenance
The origin of food
What does food provenance mean knowing
How food is transported
How food is produced
Where food was grown raised or caught
How does food provenance help customers when shopping for food
Allows consumers to choose specific products
Assists customers in eating a more seasonal diet
Engage direct key with producers
Farm to fork
Examples of pgi status foods
Eg comber potatoes, laugh neagh eels
What is meant by PGI status
When a producer applies to have name of their product protected under EU law, food must be produced processed or prepared in the geographical area the producer wants associated with
What is rearing
When animals are reared on farms to produce food
What is free range
Animals have ability to roam freely outdoors
Low disease r ages
What is batter hen factory
Factory where Cages are used to house hens in large numbers
Limited space for hens to rest and animal welfare isn’t a priority
Intensive farming characteristic
High yield crops
Pesticides used to control weeds
Chemical fertilisers
Animals may be kept indoors with limited space
Mechanised agriculture
Organic farming
Crop production linked to season
Hand weeding
Green manure/ composing to enrich soil
Labour intensive agriculture
Why would consumers rather by organic farming products
Think it’s healthier
Assume there’s more nutrients
Better for environment
What is trawling
A fishing method where u draw a net by boat around a school of fish
What is dredging
Dragging metal farmed nets through sea bed to catch fish
What is Pots and creels
Eco friendly
Pots left until fishers come back
