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Local Food II Flashcards

1
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What are the challenges some businesses face when trying to support local?

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Financial Burden

Social Disincentive

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What are the financial burdens of supporting local as a business?

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High cost of land
-very expensive upfront in populated areas because they are the best markets

High cost to process
-Meat must be slaughtered in certified abattoir, Can be costly if abattoir is far away

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What is a social disincentive?

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Complains from neighbours

-live stock stink

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What are the financial benefits of supporting local?

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The benefits of local food are promoted to customers, including sustainability and ethics.
-It attracts customers who focus on buying local foods

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What are the social incentives of supporting local?

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Selling directly to customers provides an opportunity to connect with community members and build trusting relationships

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What do farmers who go to farmers markets benefit from?

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Social and financial incentives

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What are the challenges of farmers who go to farmers markets?

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Financial risk

Financial Burden

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What is the financial risk of going to a farmers market for farmers?

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Committing time off farm

  • needed for customer relations, travel, processing and packaging
  • Being off-farm risks reducing the amount of food that is produced.

Fluctuating customer attendance

  • vendors depend on revenue from returning customers
  • unless suppliers buy from farmers and reduces the risk
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What are the financial burdench challenges of farmers going to a farmers market?

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High cost of infrastructure

  • high upfront costs, some mandatory
  • most farmers can’t afford

Demanding variety

  • may not know how to grow, maintain and harvest a certain crop or have the tools to manage it.
  • More diversity requires more expertise and infrastructure
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What are the benefits to farmers going to farmers markets?

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Social incentive of building relationships with customers

Financial incentives:

  • improving farm resilience nay planting a variety of crops
  • Opportunity for improving profit (dont go through supply chain)
  • Marketing advantage that lattracts customers focused on buying local
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Why do restaurants use fresh and local food?

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Fresh
Unique
Attract Customers

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What are the Financial risks of restaurants and local food?

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Inconsistent supply
-Foods that are available during specific times of the year have an inconsistent supply leads to disapproval of customers

Inadequate quantity
-There is not an adequate quantity of certain foods that are locally availabl

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What are the financial restrictions of restaurants and local food?

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Lack of staff
-can be challenging to devote time to preparing fresh foods (resort to prepacked or cut)

Business agreements

  • Business agreements are commonly year-round agreements because monthly agreements are unpredictable for all people involved
  • local food may not be available from the company providing year-round service.
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What are the benefits of restaurants and local food?

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Building relationships by Buying directly from farmers provides an opportunity to connect with them and build trusting relationships
-learn about seasonality

Marketing advantage to attract a certain population, portrayed in positive light

Sourcing unique foods to help distinguish between other restaurnts

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What is the Premiers award for agrifood innovation excellence?

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Recognizes innovations in Ontario:

  • Improving existing products or methods
  • Creating new jobs
  • Contributing to Ontario’s economy
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16
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Are claims on labels regulated?

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Yes by law

17
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What is the rule and exception for products made in Canada?

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Rule: All major ingredients, processing, and labour used to make the food product are Canadian.

Exception: Less than a total of 2% of the product is non-Canadian (vanilla, spices, sugar).

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What is the rule for made in canada from domestic and imported ingredients?

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Rule: Ingredients are sourced from inside and outside Canada and the product is processed in Canada.

19
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What is the rule for made in canada from imported ingredients?

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Rule: Ingredients are sourced from outside Canada and the product is processed in Canada.

20
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What is Ontarios local food strategy?

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The Local Food Act 2013 was created by the government to support local food and to make it accessible to people who value local food.

21
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What re the 3 targets of the local food strategy?

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Establishing goals for local food use in consultation with interested organizations.

Creating a tax credit for farmers who donate food to community food programs.

Summarizing government local food activities in an annual report.

22
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What is local food week and when is it?

A

opportunity to appreciate the variety of local foods available in Ontario.

First week of june

23
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What does in season mean?

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refers to the time window when a food is harvested and flavourful
-Certain fruits and vegetables must be eaten within days of a narrow harvest period when they are in-season

24
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Which foods are naturally suited to storage over long periods of time?

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Root crops:

  • beet
  • carrot
  • Turnip
  • Potato
  • Garlic
25
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What are the ways to feed products fresh?

A

Temp
Humidity
Atmosphere

26
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What is the goal of controlled atmosphere?

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The goal of controlling the atmosphere is to create storage conditions with low oxygen
- slows cell activities that use oxygen to spoil fruit quality

27
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What are the ways ini which to preserve food?

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Freezing to preserve nurtietns
Canning for safety and flavour
Dehydrating for a lightweight snack

28
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What is the purpose of canning?

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preserves foods by heating to kill bacteria and seals the food in an oxygen-free environment

29
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When dehydrating foods what is used to preserve colour and deter bacteria?

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Vitamin C or lemon juice

30
Q

What should you do before you plant a home garden?

A

Look for enough sunlight

ather knowledge about soil health, plant spacing, and know how to control pests and diseases

31
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What are the benefits of community gardens?

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friendships that form between garden neighbours.

-valuable source of knowledge

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