Quiz 2 (Food culture and Food security)

Question 1

What is culture?

Answer 1

Human capacity to create and share meaning, and values, includes norms, beliefs, values that arise from social interactions with other people, identifiable group (nationallity, ethnicity, class, etc.)

Question 2

Intra-cultural varition

Answer 2

Cultural differences between individuals, all of whom belong to the same, larger cultural group.

Question 3

Integrated social system

Answer 3

The process during which newcomers or minorities are incorporated into the social structure of the host society

Question 4

How does culture influence food?

Answer 4

1. Ideology (creation of meaning, rules governing behaviours according to that meaning.
2. Social organization (Political structures, family units, social classes
3. Technology (Food production, processing, distribution

Question 5

Ethno-medical system

Answer 5

Medical knowledge, beliefs, and practices that are associated with a particular cultural group

Question 6

Ayurvedic medicine

Answer 6

The ancient Indian medical system, holistic, diet includes plants, animal, metal, mineral

Question 7

Cultural competence

Answer 7

Ability to recognize and respect norms, values, and beliefs of other cultural groups, respond appropriately to cultural differences in planning.

Question 8

cultural variance (food)

Answer 8

the rule of how we use food to demonstrate inclusion, exclusion, love, hospitality, and invite friendship differs from culture to culture
(what food means to each culture varries)

Question 9

Foodways

Answer 9

patterns that establish “what we eat, as well as how and why and under what circumstances we eat” (socially constructed, cultures, social groups, and institutions can share foodways)

Question 10

Key ideas about social organization and food

Answer 10

1. Individual and national identity
2. Food practices can represent membership to nations, geographic regions, racial ethnic groups, social class, and gender
3. This comes with racism

Question 11

What are cuisines

Answer 11

distinct sets of ingredients, flavour principles, and cooking technique

Question 12

World Food Summit defenition of food security

Answer 12

“when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”
Pillars:
1. Access
2. Availability
3. Stability
4. Utilization

Question 13

What factors affect a families food security?

Answer 13

• Race (ex. indigenous families in Canada)
• Chronically unemployed
• Female income earners

Question 14

Building food security, steps

Answer 14

1. Short term relief
2. Skill and capacity building
3. System change

Question 15

Types of Policies (food security)

Answer 15

• Organizational policies
• Public policies
• personal policies