FOOD AND SOCIETY NUFD 153 FINAL
EXAM
AMOUNT OF CALORIES NECESSARY FOR FOOD SECURITY - ANS-2,100 cal per day
AQUA ADVANTAGE SALMON - ANS-Inserted gene for growth hormone from Chinnok
salmon. Same as atlantic salmon growth hormone.
FDA approval Nove2015
CAFE - ANS-Coffee and farmer equity practice
> helps farmers > provides equipment and education on how to run farms more efficiently
providing more money to the farmer
>farms become CAFE certified
>Starbucks own set of environmental social standards
CATTLE INDUSTRY - ANS-largest segment of agriculture based on cash receipts.
1.4 million people work in industry
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) - ANS-A system in which consumers
pay farmers in advance for a share of their yield, usually in the form of weekly deliveries of
produce.
sustainability
COUNTRY WITH THE MOST GMO CROP PRODUCTION - ANS-United States
DOUBLE BURDEN - ANS-It is not uncommon to find under-nutrition and obesity existing
side-
by-side within the same country, the same community and the same
household
.
•
EU APPROACH TO GMO'S - ANS-precautionary principle
seeks to minimize the risk of new technologies by avoiding implementation on the innovation
until all potential risks are thoroughly tested
FAIR TRADE - ANS-trade in which fair prices are paid to producers in developing countries.
production must be free of forced labor or poor working conditions for laborers.
floor price for products > product can not be sold below certain price
protects small farms from market fluctuations
FIVE MAIN STEPS IN THE FOOD SYSTEM - ANS-food production > grown harvest or
caught
food processing (transformation) > change in structure,animal products
food purchase (distribution)> dividing up, selling, marketing, transporting,
food consumption (access) > hunger, look, taste, health, culture, religious views,
Psych/social needs, budgets
Discard >
FLAVR SAVR TOMATO - ANS-first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be
granted license for human consumption. 1994
FOOD SECURITY - ANS-A condition in which people have access to sufficient, safe, and
nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for an active and healthy life.
EXAM
AMOUNT OF CALORIES NECESSARY FOR FOOD SECURITY - ANS-2,100 cal per day
AQUA ADVANTAGE SALMON - ANS-Inserted gene for growth hormone from Chinnok
salmon. Same as atlantic salmon growth hormone.
FDA approval Nove2015
CAFE - ANS-Coffee and farmer equity practice
> helps farmers > provides equipment and education on how to run farms more efficiently
providing more money to the farmer
>farms become CAFE certified
>Starbucks own set of environmental social standards
CATTLE INDUSTRY - ANS-largest segment of agriculture based on cash receipts.
1.4 million people work in industry
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) - ANS-A system in which consumers
pay farmers in advance for a share of their yield, usually in the form of weekly deliveries of
produce.
sustainability
COUNTRY WITH THE MOST GMO CROP PRODUCTION - ANS-United States
DOUBLE BURDEN - ANS-It is not uncommon to find under-nutrition and obesity existing
side-
by-side within the same country, the same community and the same
household
.
•
EU APPROACH TO GMO'S - ANS-precautionary principle
seeks to minimize the risk of new technologies by avoiding implementation on the innovation
until all potential risks are thoroughly tested
FAIR TRADE - ANS-trade in which fair prices are paid to producers in developing countries.
production must be free of forced labor or poor working conditions for laborers.
floor price for products > product can not be sold below certain price
protects small farms from market fluctuations
FIVE MAIN STEPS IN THE FOOD SYSTEM - ANS-food production > grown harvest or
caught
food processing (transformation) > change in structure,animal products
food purchase (distribution)> dividing up, selling, marketing, transporting,
food consumption (access) > hunger, look, taste, health, culture, religious views,
Psych/social needs, budgets
Discard >
FLAVR SAVR TOMATO - ANS-first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be
granted license for human consumption. 1994
FOOD SECURITY - ANS-A condition in which people have access to sufficient, safe, and
nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for an active and healthy life.
