Nutrients
This nutrient is found in bread, fruit, and vegetables and gives energy to your body.
What is a carbohydrate?
Foods such as whole grains, tubers, legumes, fruits, and vegetables.
What is a whole food?
The recommended amount of a food or drink that you should eat.
What is a serving size?
There are many varieties of this fruit including gala, granny smith, and honeycrisp.
What is an apple?
This is food that is grown by farmers that live near you. If you buy this food it helps reduce the food miles your food has to travel to get to you, which reduces pollutants like CO2.
What is local food?
This nutrient, found in nuts, avocado, and dairy products, helps support cell growth.
What is fat?
This substance is added to food to change flavor, appearance, and/or to preserve it.
What is an additive?
You should fill half of your plate with these two food groups.
What are fruits and vegetables?
This food group provides your body with calcium, vitamin D, and protein.
What is dairy?
Food that is grown without the use of synthetic pesticides and herbicides and promotes biodiversity.
What is organic food?
This nutrient is found in meat, legumes, and milk and helps grow strong muscles.
What is protein?
This is an additive sweetener that is made from corn starch.
What is high fructose corn syrup?
This is the recommended number of bread slices you should eat per serving.
What is two slices of bread?
This type of food, typically used to make sandwiches, has lots of iron.
What is whole wheat bread?
This is a way to dispose of food waste in an environmentally responsible manner.
What is composting?
This nutrient group includes vitamins and minerals.
What are micronutrients?
Any food that has been changed from its original form to something else.
What is a processed food?
You should drink at least 64 ounces of this a day.
What is water?
This vegetable, usually served mashed or fried, has lots of vitamin C.
What is a potato?
Farming that uses synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and usually grows one crop on a large-scale.
What is industrial farming?
These are chemicals produced by plants that protect them from germs and insects and ALSO provides benefits to humans who eat plant foods.
What are phytonutrients?
This type of fat lowers your good cholesterol and increases your bad cholesterol.
What is trans fat?
This is information found on food packages that details a food's nutrition content including the amount of fat, sugar, protein, and fiber it has.
What is a nutrition label?
The average American consumes 66 pounds of this per year.
What is sugar?
This term refers to the idea that human activity should be guided by the principle that the welfare of the environment and future generations should always be considered.
What is sustainability?