sustainability

Question 1

what is a sustainable diet?

Answer 1

low impact on environment, contributes to food and nutrition security and healthy life for generations, respectful of ecosystems, affordable, safe and healthy

Question 2

what are the 3 levels of recommendations for “setting the table”

Answer 2

1. large (big) and immediate impact
2. medium impact
3. smaller impact

Question 3

what are the 3 ways of making a diet more sustainable for health, environment and economic and social impacts

Answer 3

1. reduce consumption of meat and dairy products
2. reduce consumption of food and drink w/ low nutritional value
3. reduce food waste

Question 4

what are the 2 ways of making a diet more sustainable for changes that have gain in on and negative impact in another

Answer 4

1. increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables and field grown
2. consuming only fish from sustainable stocks

Question 5

what are the 2 ways of making a diet more sustainable for change that will make smaller contribution to making our diet sustainable, with largely complementary effects

Answer 5

1. reducing energy input e.g. instead of driving walk to supermarkets
2. drinking tap water instead of bottled water

Question 6

what number SDG is targeting food waste

Answer 6

goal 12

Question 7

what is food loss from

Answer 7

food lost in the industry and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
e.g. not having enough workers to pick all the apricots

Question 8

what is food waste from

Answer 8

the retail and consumer levels,
e.g. supermarkets onwards

Question 9

what areas are the national food waste prevention project looking at

Answer 9

• households,
• cafes,
• supermarkets

Question 10

what has research found about were the most food wast comes from

Answer 10

household - consumer part of food chain

Question 11

how do we achieve a sustaibable diet

Answer 11

1. eat lancet
2. blue dot

Question 12

what 3 things in the EAT lancet report 2019 have they tried to achieve

Answer 12

1. change eating habits
2. improve food production
3. reduce food waste

Question 13

what is the main GHG that influences climate change

Answer 13

Carbon dioxide

Question 14

name the GHG in order from largest to smaller

Answer 14

1. carbon dioxide
2. methane
3. Nitrous oxide
4. fluoride gases

Question 15

where does methane come from

Answer 15

increase dairy cattle population - bi products of cows

Question 16

where does carbon dioxide come from

Answer 16

fuel used on road transport/ construction sites

Question 17

where does nitrous oxide come from

Answer 17

agricultural soils, from increase in fertiliser

Question 18

where does fluoride gases come from

Answer 18

industrial and household refrigeration and air conditioning systems

Question 19

what are the 2 largest contributors to gross emissions

Answer 19

agriculture and energy sectors

Question 20

how much of global emissions come from food

Answer 20

1/4 of GHG

Question 21

how much of food emissions come from animal products

Answer 21

more than 1/2

Question 22

how much of all farmed animal emissions come from beef and lamb

Answer 22

1/2

Question 23

what is the emissions trading scheme (ETS)

Answer 23

key policy tool for reducing emissions and meeting targets

Question 24

what does the zero carbon bill mean

Answer 24

zero emissions by 2050

Question 25

what effect of climate change has on health

Answer 25

climate change will make life hard for people who are already suffering (lack of money), e.g. damp homes will effect respiratory health will only get worst

Question 26

what is the life cycle assessment

Answer 26

a framework for estimating and assessing the environmental impacts attributable to the life cycle of a product e.g. beginning to end of a product

Question 27

where do most of the GHG come from = which section of the life cycle

Answer 27

farm

Question 28

when carbon footprint is measured per kg of food, tofu has the lowest impact and lamb the highest why?

Answer 28

tofu is the lowest for plant products, and will have lower carbon dioxide than animals because there is a lot of packaging needed for farms. ruminant animals will have issues with fermentation

Question 29

what impact does tropical fruits transported by air have on carbon emissions

Answer 29

high - because they have to travel by plane which used alot of GHG

Question 30

what are the sustainable food guidelines

Answer 30

eat plants, legumes, reduce meat (beef and lamb), sustainable seafood, drink tap water, reduce processed foods

Question 31

how much food is wasted

Answer 31

1/3

Question 32

what is food security

Answer 32

ability of individuals, households, and communities to acquire appropriate and nutritious food on regular basis

Question 33

what is food sovereignty

Answer 33

right of people and healthy culturally appropriate food through sustainable methods

Question 34

how much food is wasted in NZ

Answer 34

1/3