Ancient Ag
This crop was first domesticated in Mesoamerica over 9,000 years ago.
What is corn (maize)?
This method removes moisture to prevent spoilage.
What is drying?
This global organization was founded in 1945 to combat hunger.
What is the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)?
This act established school lunch programs in 1946.
What is the National School Lunch Act?
This process uses beneficial microbes to preserve food.
What is fermentation?
The Fertile Crescent is known for early domestication of this grain.
What is wheat?
This method uses vinegar or brine to preserve vegetables.
What is pickling?
: This event in Ireland led to mass starvation and migration.
What is the Potato Famine?
This U.S. agency was created in 1906 to regulate food safety.
What is the FDA?
This invention in 1810 revolutionized long-term food storage.
What is canning?
This ancient civilization used aqueducts to irrigate crops.
What is Rome?
This preservation method involves freezing below 0°F.
What is freezing?
This 1970s event caused global concern over food prices.
What is the Global Food Crisis?
This act required nutrition labels on packaged food.
What is the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (1990)?
This scientist discovered pasteurization.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This crop was sacred to the Incas and is now a global superfood
What is quinoa?
This method uses salt to draw moisture and preserve meat.
What is salting?
This 2015 UN goal aimed to end hunger by 2030.
What is Sustainable Development Goal 2?
This U.S. president signed the Pure Food and Drug Act.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This 20th-century innovation allowed food to be preserved in vacuum-sealed bags.
What is vacuum packaging?
This early farming tool helped revolutionize soil preparation.
What is the plow?
This method uses controlled heat and pressure to kill microbes.
What is pressure canning?
This global summit in 1996 focused on food security.
What is the World Food Summit?
This act created the USDA in 1862.
What is the Organic Act?
This 21st-century tech uses DNA to improve crop traits.
What is genetic modification (GMOs)?