Food Science: Science Exam with
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Food system - ✔✔An interconnected web of activities, resources and people that extends
across all domains involved in providing human nourishment and sustaining health, including:
-production
-processing
-packaging
-distribution
-marketing
-consumption
-disposal of food
Organization of food systems - ✔✔responds to
- social
- cultural
- political
- economic
- health
- environmental
can be identified at multiple scales, from household kitchen to city, country, state, or nation
6 major segments of a food system - ✔✔- production
- distribution
- consumption
- manufacturing
, - marketing
- waste and disposal
sub-systems - ✔✔farming system, waste management systems, input supply system
Key systems - ✔✔energy system, trade systems, health systems
Industry allies - ✔✔• packaging industry
• chemical manufacturers
• food machinery and equipment manufacturers
• monitoring and regulatory agencies
Trends - ✔✔• income growth and demographics
• global food demand
• packaged foods and beverages
• government regulations (food additives, composition, labeling)
• technical innovations (processing methods, ingredients, new packaging)
Food system and its drivers - ✔✔- food system outcomes: food security, social welfare,
environmental welfare
- Environmental feedbacks -> environmental/"natural" drivers
- socioeconomic feedbacks -> socioeconomic drivers
Challenges facing the food system - ✔✔• population growth
• economic growth (effects how food is purchased and marketed)
• competition for natural resources (land, energy, water)
- producing more food with less resources
Accurate Answers
Food system - ✔✔An interconnected web of activities, resources and people that extends
across all domains involved in providing human nourishment and sustaining health, including:
-production
-processing
-packaging
-distribution
-marketing
-consumption
-disposal of food
Organization of food systems - ✔✔responds to
- social
- cultural
- political
- economic
- health
- environmental
can be identified at multiple scales, from household kitchen to city, country, state, or nation
6 major segments of a food system - ✔✔- production
- distribution
- consumption
- manufacturing
, - marketing
- waste and disposal
sub-systems - ✔✔farming system, waste management systems, input supply system
Key systems - ✔✔energy system, trade systems, health systems
Industry allies - ✔✔• packaging industry
• chemical manufacturers
• food machinery and equipment manufacturers
• monitoring and regulatory agencies
Trends - ✔✔• income growth and demographics
• global food demand
• packaged foods and beverages
• government regulations (food additives, composition, labeling)
• technical innovations (processing methods, ingredients, new packaging)
Food system and its drivers - ✔✔- food system outcomes: food security, social welfare,
environmental welfare
- Environmental feedbacks -> environmental/"natural" drivers
- socioeconomic feedbacks -> socioeconomic drivers
Challenges facing the food system - ✔✔• population growth
• economic growth (effects how food is purchased and marketed)
• competition for natural resources (land, energy, water)
- producing more food with less resources
