Food Security

Question 1

4 factors that determine Food security?

Answer 1

• food availability
• food accessibility
• knowledge and resources to use food appropiately
• food stability

Question 2

what is food security?

Answer 2

when all people at all times have economical and physical access to food

Question 3

what is food availability?

Answer 3

People have enough food of appropiate quality available on a consistent basis

Question 4

what is food accessibility

Answer 4

Not having to travel really far to have access to food. ( Do you have to travel 50km to a market? )

Question 5

what are the knowledge and resources to use food appropriately

Answer 5

using food safely and applying knowledge about nutrition, clean water and sanitation when preparing food

Question 6

what is food stability?

Answer 6

Having a reliable supply of food over time. Not having to wait for your next paycheck to buy food

Question 7

Melbourne’s inner food bowl

Answer 7

The inner food bowl grows highly perishable food crops on just 2% of Victoria’s agricultural land and produces a significant proportion of Victoria’s total agricultural produce

Question 8

what foods does Melbourne’s inner food bowl produce?

Answer 8

• 96% berry fruits
• 94% asparagus
• 92% cauliflowers

Question 9

Melbourne’s outer food bowl

Answer 9

The outer foodbowl is a diverse region of food production that grows between 10% and 15% of a broad range of crops, including fruit and vegetables, as well as livestock.

Question 10

What does the outer food bowl produce?

Answer 10

• 40% of the state’s potatoes
• 32% eggs
• 19% of onions

Question 11

Where do Melbournians get their food from?

Answer 11

Melbournians get their food produced by Australian farmers located either in the inner or outer food bowls.

Question 12

Urban sprawl

Answer 12

the name of a city growing in areas which have been unpopulated so far

Question 13

What role do biomes play in food production

Answer 13

It controls when certain foods will be available to the public as well as the seasons.

Question 14

What advantages of farming on Melbourne’s fringe?

Answer 14

• Cuts travel time
• Makes the food fresher for people to eat

Question 15

Outcomes of urban sprawl on Melbourne’s food bowl

Answer 15

• Lose of supply of fresh, local foods
• the vegetable supply will be affected
• food supply will be less reliant
• increase in food prices

Question 16

what can we do to protect Melbourne’s food bowl?

Answer 16

• buy food from the city’s food bowl and support the farmers that farm there
• educate yourself on where your food comes from
• reduce how much food you are throwing out
• build upwards instead of outwards
• permanent protection

Question 17

What methods are being used globally to ensure future food security

Answer 17

1. Land use planning - Smarter urban planning and avoiding urban sprawl
2. Growing food locally - supporting residents to grow and harvest food
3. Creating water treatment plants for more accessible water