Unit 01- Food and Agriculture in Canada Flashcards
A food Calorie is the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celcius
FALSE
Canadians waste approximately 10% of the food we purchase
FALSE- We actually waste much more, almost 30%
Our food exports are greater (in terms of dollar value) than our food imports
TRUE
Canada ranks in the top 10 of global producers of freshwater fish and seafood
FALSE- We only rank 19th for fish and seafood
The secondary sector of the Canadian agri-food industry involves transportation
FALSE- Food transportation is a part of the tertiary sector
A hectare is larger than an acre
TRUE
Canada’s “prime” agriculture land is made up of Class 1 and 2 soils
FALSE- also includes Class 3
In the Canada Land Inventory sub-class P refers to limitations due to stoniness
TRUE- P as in pebbles
On approximately how much of Earths land can we grow crops?
11%
The Green Revolution involved:
a) the development of high-yielding grain varieties
b) the development of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers
c) the expansion of irrigation infrastructure
d) all of the above
D) All of the above
Where does more than half of our imported food come from?
United States
How much of Canada’s land mass is free from severe limitations for crop production?
5%
According to the Canada Land Inventory how many classes of agricultural land exist in Canada?
7
Which province has the highest concentration of urban land in Canada?
Ontario
The Neolithic Revolution occurred approximately 100, 000 years ago
FALSE
The agricultural revolution that coincided with the scientific and industrial revolutions is considered to be the British Agricultural Revolution
TRUE
The main benefit of the Green Revolution was that it increased agricultural production worldwide
TRUE
Agriculture is considered to have originated first in…
The fertile crescent of the Middle East
The largest source of food waste in Canada is associated with:
The consumer
Canada is #1 in the world in the production of the following crop…
Canola (Rapeseed)
Which of the following has decreased over the last 100 years in Canada:
a) Cropped land areas
b) Wheat production
c) Aquaculture production
d) Number of farms
D) Number of farms
What does Ag Canada, and OMAF stand for?
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
What is the CLI and what does it do? There are __ classes and __ subclasses for mineral soils
Canada Land Inventory helps us with land use planning. There are 7 class and 13 subclasses for mineral soils
What do the different classes for the CLI mean?
Class 1- non significant limitations
Classes 1-3- “prime”
Classes 4-6- severe limitations that restrict range of crops
Class 7- no capacity for arable culture
75% of Canada’s agricultural land come from which 3 provinces?
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
What are the three sectors for the AgriFood industry?
Primary Sector- agriculture and fisheries
Secondary Sector- food related manufacturing (food and beverage, fertilizer and pesticide manufacturing etc.)
Tertiary Sector- food related services (transportation etc.)
Cultivation
Managing wild populations of plants
Domestication
Human modification of a plant/animal, identifiably different from wild counterpart
Neolithic Revolution- What/When/Why?
- Move from hunter gatherers to agriculture
- 10,000 to 12,000 years ago
- The driving force was the cultivation and domestication of crops
British Agricultural Revolution- What/When/Example
- Essentially “organic” culture was replaced by a farming system that depended on energy-intensive inputs (inventions etc.)
- After 1750 to the end of the 19th century
- Jethro Tull- Invented the Seed Drill
Green Revolution- What/When/Example
- 1940’s to 1960’s
- Father considered- Norman Bourlaug- developed disease resistant wheat varieties that created high yields of wheat
- Greed revolution resulted in increased food population
- Other things happening: modernization of management techniques, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides etc.
Place in order of date:
a) British Agricultural Revolution
b) Neolithic Revolution
c) Green Revolution
B
A
C
What do some of the 13 subclasses mean (CLI)
C- adverse climate E- erosion F- low fertility P- stoniness T- topography M- moisture deficiency
