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In their article Rescuing things: Food wast in the rural environment in the Czech Republic (2019)
the three authors conclude important findings regarding waste management in the villages. What
are these findings? Correct Ans-Waste is much lower in rural areas.
Where was beer brewed in the Middle Ages? Correct Ans-Produced in monasteries. - First
evidence of using hops in Europe in 822 AD and produced in individual houses.
In which century the Pilsner lager started to be brewed in Pilsen? Correct Ans-19th century
Describe your fieldwork experience in the Brevnov Brewery. What kind of beer do they brew?
Correct Ans-Lager, Stout, IPA
Susanna Trnka writes that food and drink are the technologies of? (Fill in) Correct Ans-
Pleasure, sustenance and dissolution.
What is organic farming? Correct Ans-Progressive form of economy based on natural cycle
and relations in nature without using artificial fertilizers, chemical protection, hormones, and
artificial substances
What is organic farming? Correct Ans-Progressive form of economy based on natural cycle
and relations in nature without using artificial fertilizers, chemical protection, hormones, and
artificial substances
, When does organic/bio come to develop characteristics of social movement (related to important
social movement in the US)? Correct Ans-It was a countercultural movement in the 1960s
What organic food can you buy in Czech? What is the shortage? Correct Ans-Cereals, snacks,
and beverages/ Animal products, milk, and eggs
What is the main motivation amongst Czechs to buy organic food? Correct Ans-Health
related benefits of organic foods
What is the main obstacle in the organic sector? Why aren't people purchasing more? Correct
Ans-The price of organic food is the main obstacle. Prices can be almost 4 times larger for
organic foods
Give a definition of tourism using your own words. Correct Ans-When one travels away of
home for recreation and pleasure with the use of commercial provision of services
What kind of tourism/tourist do we encounter in the Czech Republic? Correct Ans-Food
tourism, cultural tourism, beer tourism.
What is the invention of tradition? (Main characteristics. Give an example from the Czech
Republic). Correct Ans-Cultural practices that are presented as tradition and claimed to be old
but are actually relatively recent inventions.