part 3 Flashcards
1
Q
more people in market = ______ = _______
A
more food, larger food
2
Q
what are CAFOs
A
concentrated animal feeding operations, animals live in dense unnatural area’s.
(fish farms)
3
Q
explain additives:
A
90% of food budget=procesed
- -substances intended to change the food in some way before it is sold,
- improves look, taste, and shelf life
4
Q
use of antibiotics
A
- to kill bacteria in food
ex: more cows in area=more waste=more E. Coli
5
Q
gmo’s
A
70% of processed foods contain Genetically modified ingredients
6
Q
hormones
A
animals grow faster and bigger
- 2/3 of cattle injected with them in the US
- concern they might be harmful
7
Q
pesticides
A
over 1 billion tons used every year
8
Q
banana’s: __% traded by _ companies
A
80%, 5
9
Q
lobster:
A
1800s-1900s fed to servants, prisoners, cats
- loppe=spider
- served on trains to non coastal americans as exotic meat, started to ask for it off train
- WW2 not rationed
10
Q
explain the calcium paradox and milk
A
calcium paradox
- highest dairy consumption nations=highest rates of bone fractures
- recognized by WHO
- 75% of world pop unable to digest milk
- dairy farming more environmentally destructive than beef farming
- 3785 litres of water to produce 1 litre of milk
- non-milk calcium=healthier and more easily absorbed