What is meant by food poverty and what problems are associated with an increased likelihood of food poverty?
Q. 2Which of the following recommendations would contribute to food sustainability?
a. Give up eating fresh fruits.
b. Go vegetarian most days of the week.
c. Buy grain-fed beef.
d. Support large-scale industrial farmers.
e. Reduce genetic diversity in food animals.
Q. 3Deforestation results in:
a. beneficial growing land.
b. soil depletion.
c. loss of grazing land.
d. the return of land to its natural state.
e. formation of greenhouse gases.
Q. 4Which food requires the least energy to produce?
a. animal fats
b. dairy products
c. poultry
d. animal protein
e. locally-grown produce
Q. 5What type of diet requires the most energy to produce?
a. a vegetarian diet
b. a vegan diet
c. a high-protein diet
d. a meat-heavy diet
e. an omnivorous diet
Q. 6The best way to approach making individual changes to reduce your ecological footprint is to:
a. make a list of everything you could do.
b. begin with changes after you have convinced 10 people to join you.
c. start with the most challenging change so you will feel better when it is accomplished.
d. make changes that will benefit the environment and your health one at a time.
e. have your ecological footprint assessed by the EPA.
Q. 7What is NOT characteristic of a sustainable diet?
a. It has a low environmental impact.
b. It does not contribute to food insecurity.
c. It contributes to economic disparities.
d. It protects biodiversity and ecosystems.
e. It optimizes natural and human resources.
Q. 8Recommendations for conserving and recycling energy include:
a. burying plant waste in landfills to protect arable land.
b. purchasing commercial fertilizer for home gardens.
c. burying cow manure to remove the excess methane from the air.
d. production of biofuels from plants such as native grasses and algae that use less energy to grow.
e. employing high-input agricultural techniques.
Q. 9As consumers we can purchase foods that require a low energy input by:
a. buying grain-fed rather than grass-fed beef.
b. purchasing more processed foods.
c. purchasing frozen corn on the cob rather than fresh corn.
d. buying legumes and whole grains.
e. purchasing more animal than plant proteins.
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