Agriculture
Growing food for human consumption
What is Agriculture or Food Production?
An example of a natural resource
What is water, soil, sunlight?
T or F: In the U.S., we produce 63 million tons of food waste per year.
What is True?
T or F: Composting means we can continue to waste food.
What is false?
The word to describe putting something on a different path than where its headed
A harmful agricultural practice
What is deforestation, spraying chemicals, over production/waste, natural resource depletion?
An economically valuable, naturally occurring material
What is a natural resource?
Food that is discarded or lost uneaten, and is safe and nutritious for humans to eat
What is food waste?
Measuring the amount and type of food being wasted in a cafeteria or kitchen
What is a food waste audit?
Out of 6 Americans, this many are food insecure
What is 1 of every 6?
The percent of freshwater claimed by agriculture
What is 70%?
T or F: A plate of veggies requires 12,000 gallons of water to produce while a plate of steak requires 200 gallon.
What is false?
The place where most food waste is taken after being thrown away
What is the Landfill?
The people you should share your food waste audit results with
What is Cafeteria staff, teachers, relatives and friends?
A strategy for food waste rescue
What is donating leftovers or starting a sharing table?
Carbon dioxide and methane
What are greenhouse gases?
The variety of ALL life on Earth, including plants, animals, microorganisms and genes.
What is Biodiversity?
A process where organic materials are broken down naturally with oxygen
What is composting?
A prevention strategy for home food waste
What is buy less, meal plan, find new recipes that use the leftovers and extras?
A strategy for food waste landfill diversion
What is composting or farmers who collect scraps to feed livestock?
The percent of livable land converted to farming
What is 50%
The percent of freshwater that is used for wasted food
What is 25%?
The amount of greenhouse gases emitted from landfill food waste per year
What is 124 million tons?
A prevention strategy for school cafeterias and kitchens
What is food waste audits, make food fun, recess before lunch and longer lunch periods?
The effect a wasted chocolate bar can have on an orangutan in Indonesia
What is loss of land, water and possibly life?