Food Insecurity Jeopardy!

Food Security and Transportation

100

an area with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly such an area composed of predominantly lower-income neighborhoods and communities

What is a food desert?

200

Food deserts that are >1 mile from nearest grocery store

What are urban food deserts?

300

Food deserts that are >10 miles from nearest grocery store

What are rural food deserts?

400

Every additional mile travelled equates to this % higher obesity likelihood.

What is 5%?

500

For primary shoppers in the U.S. who did not use a vehicle for shopping purposes, this percent had full food security.

What is 21%?

Charitable Food System

100

The food pantry available to UMaine students and staff

What is the Black Bear Exchange?

200

Community gardens have been shown to have this positive effect on food insecurity.

What is higher fruit and vegetable intake?

300

This organization is based out of Brewer and coordinates a variety of community gardens in the greater Bangor area.

What is Food and Medicine?

400

This is a limitation of academic studies on community driven food insecurity solutions.

What is squishy data?

500

The place in Orono where you can go to get free dinner on Thursday night's from 6 to 8 pm

What is the Wilson Center?

Government Food System

100

This government program provides nutrition assistance to low-income individuals and families in the United States.

What is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)?

200

This is the year when Food Stamps were renamed to SNAP

When is 2008?

300

Debit cards with SNAP benefits that can be used to purchase food but not alcohol

What are EBT cards?

400

This government program differs from SNAP because it benefits women and children.

What is WIC?

500

This is the second largest nutrition assistance program in the United States.

What is the National School Lunch Breakfast Program?

Tribal Food Insecurity

100

This is the number of grocery stores in the Navajo Nation.

What is 13?

200

This is the percent of people in Indigenous communities that are reported to be food insecure.

What are 25% of people?

300

This is land that the U.S. Government owns but that was not initially claimed when Native land dispute treaties were signed.

What is ceded land?

400

The Navajo Nation put a 2% tax on this type of food products. The money from this tax was used to fund wellness programs.

What is junk food?

500

In this year, the water dispute between the upper and lower basins of the Colorado River was finally settled.

What is 2005?

Food Security Legislation

100

This title of the Farm Bill uses the most money.

What is the Nutrition title?

200

The official name of the Farm Bill

What is the Agriculture Improvement Act?

300

The policy from this year is the current active Farm Bill legislation.

What is the 2018 Farm Bill?

400

This plan is the least expensive representation of the weekly cost of buying food for SNAP beneficiaries.

What is The Thrifty Food Plan?

500

What isn't Involved in the Farm Bill

WIC, Irrigation/Water Rights, School Meals, Labor Protections for farm/food workers.