Food Inequality
According to Haynes-Maslow and Salvador, was the United States food system created independently from the country's history of inequality? (Yes or no)
No the author talks about the consistent connections to land appropriation, enslavement, and exploitation.
What was the Green Revolution?
A major transformation in agricultural production that used technologies such as high-yielding seeds, irrigation, fertilizer, pesticides, and machinery to dramatically increase agricultural output.
According to Haynes-Maslow and Salvador, who should establish overarching policies that create more equitable food-system outcomes?
Policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels
What major transformation dramatically changed food production and people's livelihoods during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
The industrialization of food.
According to Haynes-Maslow and Salvador, what should the food system prioritize rather than focusing exclusively on maximizing output and profit?
(3 right answers, only 1 needed for points )
Health, nourishment, and overall well-being.
According to the reading, which groups were originally granted the rights described in the Declaration of Independence?
White, land-owning males.
Name two crops whose production increased dramatically during the Green Revolution.
(1 will get half points 2 will get full points, secret 3rd gets an extra 100)
Maize, wheat, or rice.
Name one thing the authors believe food policy should support.
Sustainable farming
Farmers' research and marketing needs
Fair wages for food-system workers
Affordable healthy food
Environmental protection
What was one positive consequence of industrialized food production?
More people gained access to foods that had previously been considered luxuries, and hunger and anemia became less inevitable for working-class populations.
The food system is connected to several other parts of the economy. Name two that the authors specifically identify.
(4 righr answers but only need 2)
Labor, transportation, education, or health care.
Why do the authors argue that food policy should be concerned with equity?
A. Unequal access to resources
B. Economic opportunity
C. No idea
D. Healthy food
A/B
As they produce unequal outcomes across communities.
What was one major argument made by supporters of the Green Revolution?
modern agricultural technology could increase food production enough to support rapidly growing populations and reduce hunger.
Why is government intervention in the food system not necessarily something completely new?
Historically, governments have already intervened in food production, safety, inspection, and regulation.
What was one negative consequence of increased access to processed and refined foods?
heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.
True or False: The readings suggest that problems with hunger can always be explained by a lack of food production.
False
Food can exist in sufficient quantities while unequal distribution and access still leave people hungry.
The authors argue that marginalized communities should not simply be subjects of research. What role should they have?
partners and participants in the process of creating solutions to food-system problems.
What was one major criticism of the Green Revolution?
It could increase inequality. Due to wealthier landowners were better positioned to use new technologies and control scarce land and water resources
What happened after the publication of The Jungle in 1906?
exposure of unsanitary conditions in Chicago meatpacking helped generate political pressure for federal food inspection and regulation
What problem did early food-safety laws attempt to address?
Food adulteration and unsafe food production
What does it mean to take a systemic approach to food insecurity?
(If close enough points will be given but short answer format)
looking beyond individual food choices.
If two communities have access to the same amount of food but one has substantially less income, transportation, healthcare, and affordable healthy options, why might their food security still be different?
A. Economic resources
B. Transportation
C. Affordability
D. Outright Greed
Economic resources, transportation, affordability, and broader social conditions influence people's ability to actually obtain and benefit from food.
(Greed isnt an inherent reason)
Why does the Green Revolution complicate the idea that simply producing more food will eliminate hunger?
increasing production does not automatically guarantee equal access or distribution.
If government creates a policy that increases agricultural production but worsens inequality and environmental problems, would the authors necessarily consider that policy successful?
No.
Their framework evaluates the food system through broader outcomes such as health, equity, environmental sustainability, worker well-being, and accessibility not production alone.
The history reading describes industrialization as having both positive and negative consequences. Why is this important when analyzing food systems?
A development can improve availability and affordability while simultaneously creating new problems involving health, inequality, environmental sustainability, labor, or consumerism
(It rarely changing is accepted as well)
The country produces enough food to feed its population, but certain communities remain food insecure because they cannot afford or access that food. What does this example demonstrate?
inequality, and power of access