NUFD 153 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE
Regional Fare - Answers - Food produced within the same region as where the
consumer lives
-homestyle food prepared with local ingredients
Food companies in NJ - Answers - Goya inc, Campbell soup, Lipton
New england regional food - Answers - Fish (lobster, cod), One pot meals, Beans,
Pies savory
Makah Indians - Answers - Whaling
tribe from Washington State, reinstated their tribal whale hunts to preserve traditional
culture
Five steps in food system - Answers - Production- grown, harvested, raised. happens
regionally, depends on whether/climate
Processing- Change in structure, packaging, shipping
Purchase- ability to access the food
Consumption- influences on food to consume
Discard- waste, garbage, recycle
Food System Input - Answers - Machinery- how it is harvested, different technologies
influence how plants are picked
Transportation
Factories; human resources (labor, research, education)
water consumption in agriculture - Answers - Agriculture accounts for about 70% of
fresh water consumption.
-needs new system on how to use water in a sustainable way
What are fossil fuels? - Answers - coal, oil, natural gas
-eight times what it used to be
Cattle industry - Answers - One of the largest based on cash receipts.
-provides b vitamins, zinc, medicine,
concerns
-environment, sat fat, use of antibiotics
Where are consumers purchasing food? - Answers - Grocery stores (Walmart the
biggest)
Farmers market
Fast food
, Monsanto - Answers - The largest American agriculture company that researches
agritechnology and sells genetically modified seeds and other agriculture products
globally.
aqua advantage salmon - Answers - -Same biologically and nutritionally as an atlantic
salmon, received FDA approval in 2015
-Inserted gene for growth hormone from Chinnok salmon under regulation of promoter
from Ocean Pout
Amount of calories needed for food security - Answers - 2,100
food security- enough food for a healthy active life
Most food insecure region in the world? - Answers - Sub-saharan Africa
food waste - Answers - -22 million pounds of uneaten food per year
-any edible food that is discarded, such as uneaten servings on plate
-College students waste 142 pounds
fair trade - Answers - Alternative to international trade that emphasizes small
businesses and worker owned and democratically run cooperatives and requires
employers to pay workers fair wages, permit union organizing, and comply with
minimum environmental and safety standards.
World Food Programme - Answers - Largest Humanitarian agency, fights hunger,
provides emergency food, prevent death from famine (social), provided aid to millions of
people in Yemen since 2015
-feeds 90 million people a year
Gates Foundation Nutrition Program - Answers - Provides info on nutrition un women
from nursing to age 2.
improves breast feeding practices, addresses nutrition deficiencies
double burden - Answers - While certain countries deal with under nutrition and
infectious diseases, they also deal with obesity and overweightness aka non
communicable diseases.
Starbucks: CAFE meaning - Answers - Coffee and Farmer Equity
Starbucks: CAFE benefits and criticisms - Answers - Benefits:
-sets environmental standards
-provides equipments and loans to farmers
-trains coffee farmers
Criticisms
-for marketing only
-no ground work being done
-unable to meet long term commitments
Regional Fare - Answers - Food produced within the same region as where the
consumer lives
-homestyle food prepared with local ingredients
Food companies in NJ - Answers - Goya inc, Campbell soup, Lipton
New england regional food - Answers - Fish (lobster, cod), One pot meals, Beans,
Pies savory
Makah Indians - Answers - Whaling
tribe from Washington State, reinstated their tribal whale hunts to preserve traditional
culture
Five steps in food system - Answers - Production- grown, harvested, raised. happens
regionally, depends on whether/climate
Processing- Change in structure, packaging, shipping
Purchase- ability to access the food
Consumption- influences on food to consume
Discard- waste, garbage, recycle
Food System Input - Answers - Machinery- how it is harvested, different technologies
influence how plants are picked
Transportation
Factories; human resources (labor, research, education)
water consumption in agriculture - Answers - Agriculture accounts for about 70% of
fresh water consumption.
-needs new system on how to use water in a sustainable way
What are fossil fuels? - Answers - coal, oil, natural gas
-eight times what it used to be
Cattle industry - Answers - One of the largest based on cash receipts.
-provides b vitamins, zinc, medicine,
concerns
-environment, sat fat, use of antibiotics
Where are consumers purchasing food? - Answers - Grocery stores (Walmart the
biggest)
Farmers market
Fast food
, Monsanto - Answers - The largest American agriculture company that researches
agritechnology and sells genetically modified seeds and other agriculture products
globally.
aqua advantage salmon - Answers - -Same biologically and nutritionally as an atlantic
salmon, received FDA approval in 2015
-Inserted gene for growth hormone from Chinnok salmon under regulation of promoter
from Ocean Pout
Amount of calories needed for food security - Answers - 2,100
food security- enough food for a healthy active life
Most food insecure region in the world? - Answers - Sub-saharan Africa
food waste - Answers - -22 million pounds of uneaten food per year
-any edible food that is discarded, such as uneaten servings on plate
-College students waste 142 pounds
fair trade - Answers - Alternative to international trade that emphasizes small
businesses and worker owned and democratically run cooperatives and requires
employers to pay workers fair wages, permit union organizing, and comply with
minimum environmental and safety standards.
World Food Programme - Answers - Largest Humanitarian agency, fights hunger,
provides emergency food, prevent death from famine (social), provided aid to millions of
people in Yemen since 2015
-feeds 90 million people a year
Gates Foundation Nutrition Program - Answers - Provides info on nutrition un women
from nursing to age 2.
improves breast feeding practices, addresses nutrition deficiencies
double burden - Answers - While certain countries deal with under nutrition and
infectious diseases, they also deal with obesity and overweightness aka non
communicable diseases.
Starbucks: CAFE meaning - Answers - Coffee and Farmer Equity
Starbucks: CAFE benefits and criticisms - Answers - Benefits:
-sets environmental standards
-provides equipments and loans to farmers
-trains coffee farmers
Criticisms
-for marketing only
-no ground work being done
-unable to meet long term commitments
