Food Justice Facts
What is food security?
Equal access to healthy, affordable, and culturally-appropriate foods.
T/F: All neighborhoods in the US have supermarkets with a variety of fresh, healthy food.
False, low income neighborhoods generally do not have supermarkets but do have liquor stores and fast food restaurants. These areas are called food deserts.
What are community gardens?
They are pieces of land cultivated by a collective group of people living in the area.
What is malnutrition?
A lack of healthy food or an excessive intake of unhealthy foods in the diet.
A food system includes the growing, _____, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consuming, and disposing of food.
Harvesting
“Food Justice” means: communities exercising their right to grow, sell and ___ healthy food
Eat
(Food Injustice is any equality within the food system (ex. lack of access to healthy and affordable foods).
What is one impact hunger has on children who are in school?
It is hard to focus, hard to learn, and can cause a lack of brain development
What are farmer's markets?
Public markets that sell fresh farm produce
Which of these fat sources has no cholesterol?
animal
vegetable
mineral
We can enhance the regional economy, improve food and environmental quality, and foster community food security by buying produce grown _____.
Locally
The goal of the food justice movement is for all people to have access to healthy food which means: fresh, nutritious, and _____.
Affordable
How many Americans are “food insecure” – what does it mean to be food insecure?
1 in 6; Lack of access at all times to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life
What is community-supported agriculture (CSA)?
A network of individuals who support a local farm in return for a share of the harvest
Which of these food offers more protein per 100 grams?
ground chuck
chicken breast
caterpillars
Caterpillars! (28g protein/100g)
Ground chuck (24g)
Chicken breast (23g)
What does sustainability mean in terms of food systems?
The maintainable and justifiable usage of a resource so that it is not depleted or damaged.
What is one part of food justice that does not have to do with people eating food?
Caring for the land, the workers and the animals
Of the 50 million people in the US that are hungry or food insecure everyday, how many of those are children (under 18)?
17 million
The Farm Bill was recently reauthorized in congress. What is one impact of the Farm Bill on Food Justice?
How much farmers charge for food, SNAP, global and domestic food security.
Which of these drinks has the most calories?
12 oz beer
12 oz cola
5 oz red wine
Beer (153 calories)
Cola (136 calories)
Red Wine (123 calories)
What is a primary benefit of buying locally grown produce?
Locally grown foods reduce the food-related carbon footprint by minimizing the distance produce must be transported
Why is it important that all human beings have access to healthy food?
Not having access to healthy foods can lead to diseases such as Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease, some kinds of Cancer
___% of El Centro Students reported experiencing food insecurity.
72% of ECC students reported experiences marginal or worse food insecurity
The North Texas Food Bank provides access to more than ________ meals each day for hungry children, seniors, and families across a 13-county service area.
200,000
What is the family of health-benefiting plant compounds that gives dark vegetables their distinct colors called?
Phytochemicals
______ is a non-profit that works to connect North Texans to food, farms, and community in order to create a sustainable, secure regional food system that enriches the land, encourages economic opportunity through food and agriculture, and provides equitable access to healthy, nutritious food for all residents.
GROW North Texas