Macronutrients
This Macronutrient is the body's primary source of energy.
What is carbohydrate?
GMOs are often modified to resist these crop-damaging organisms.
What are pests?
Dairy products come from primarily form this farm animal.
What is a cow?
This method of farming avoids synthetic chemicals and GMOs.
What is organic farming?
This condition results from a lack of sufficient food.
What is hunger?
This macronutrient is essential for muscle building and repair.
What is protein?
This process involves inserting foreign genes into an organism's DNA to enhance traits.
What is genetic engineering?
This staple grain is the most widely consumed in the world.
What is rice?
Rotating different crops each season improves soil health.
What is crop rotation?
This term describes food grown and consumed in the same local area.
What is local food?
The body stores this macronutrient for long-term energy.
What is fat?
This US agency regulates the safety of genetically modified crops for human consumption.
What is the FDA?
The practice of growing crops without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
What is organic farming?
This practice reduces soil erosion by leaving old crop residue on fields.
What is conservation tillage?
Food waste is a major issues; this practice turns organic waste into fertilizer.
What is composting?
Fiber is a type of this macronutrient that aids digestion.
What is carbohydrate?
This vitamin-enhanced GMO rice was developed to combat vitamin A deficiency.
What is Golden Rice?
This process removes bacteria from milk using heat.
What is pasteurization?
Farmers use this type of farming in urban areas, often in stacked layers.
What is vertical farming?
This phenomenon threatens food Production due to rising global temperatures.
What is climate change?
This macronutrient provides the highest calorie per gram.
What is fat?
The first commercially grown genetically modified crops in the US was this vegetable.
What is the Flavr Savr tomato?
This legume is a key protein source and is used to make tofu.
This type of farming integrates crops and livestock to reduce waste.
What is agroecology?
This global organization fights hunger and malnutrition.
What is the World Food Programme?