THE KCA PLATE
SEEDS & THEIR FRUIT
THE GARDEN ECOSYSTEM
GARDEN FOODS
ODDS 'N ENDS
100
#1 Local; #2 Organic
What are Chef Mark's priorities in choosing food for the KCA Plate?
100

which of these is not a seed?

1. mustard

2. test

3. test2


1. mustard

100
Organisms that get energy by changing light into chemical energy, producing food.
What are Producers?
100
Vegetables like potatoes, carrots, turnips, radishes, yams.
What are root vegetables?
100
The reason cows are said to contribute to Global Warming.
What is because they fart carbon dioxide?
200
Seasonality, ethnicity, flavors, cost.
What guides Chef Mark's selection of food for the KCA Plate?
200
Seeds whose fruit are more uniform in shape and have a high tolerance for transportation.
What are Hybrids?
200
Organisms that get energy by breaking down dead organic material which is then recycled into the soil as nutrients.
What are Decomposers?
200
Vegetables like lettuce, spinach, kale.
What are leafy vegetables or vegetables we eat the foliage of?
200
A storage facility in Norway that encourages biodiversity.
What is the Seed Bank?
300
The Industrial Food Distributor that Chef Mark uses.
What is SYSCO?
300
Seeds that can be patented because they are created by humans.
What are GMOs?
300
Substrate or source of nutrients for living organisms.
What is Soil.
300
Sage, thyme, parsley.
What are herbs?
300
Seeds that will sprout for at least two years.
What are Perennials?
400
GNFF
What is Good Nature Family Farms?
400
Seeds that produce fruit which is naturally pest-avoidant and often not uniform in size or shape.
What Heirloom Seeds?
400
Leaf litter, soil particles, dead plant or animal material.
What is Organic Matter?
400
Peas, beans, squash, peppers, tomatoes.
What foods are the "fruit" or produce of a plant?
400
Energy and nutrients passing from one organism to another through the food chain or predator-prey relationships.
What is the Web of Life?
500
Two grocery stores the Ball Family has supported in selling locally-grown produce.
What are Hen House and Price Chopper?
500
Seeds with limited biodiversity that are banned in Europe, India, and parts of Africa.
What are GMOs?
500
Chlorophyll in green plants turning light energy into chemical energy to make food.
What is Photosynthesis?
500
A seasonal garden food with many varieties that appears on the KCA plate frequently in the fall.
What is squash?
500
The quandry about whether to eat meat and processed foods or to eat whole, locally-grown foods.
What is The Ominvore's Dilemma?
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