Fries Before Guys
This industry includes farming, processing, marketing, distribution, and retail.
What is the food industry?
This term refers to debates over how food is produced, marketed, regulated, and consumed.
What is food politics?
Having continual access to enough safe and nutritious food is called this.
What is food security?
This grain is the staple food throughout much of Asia.
What is rice?
Adding nutrients back after processing is called this.
What is enrichment?
This process destroys harmful microorganisms using controlled radiation.
What is irradiation?
This federal law expanded the FDA's authority to improve food safety.
What is the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)?
This federal program helps low-income individuals purchase groceries.
What is SNAP?
These two staple foods dominate many diets in Mexico and Central and South America.
What are rice and corn?
Adding nutrients that weren't originally present is called this.
What is fortification?
These two processes make foods last longer but may reduce nutrient content.
What are food preservation and food processing?
This major piece of legislation determines U.S. agricultural and food policy.
What is the Farm Bill?
This nutrition program serves women, infants, and children.
What is WIC?
This Korean side dish is made from fermented vegetables.
What is kimchi?
This government agency regulates pesticides and protects the environment.
What is the EPA?
There are over this many food additives currently used in food processing.
What is more than 3,000?
Eating less processed food, buying local produce, and eating more plants are examples of this type of eating.
What is sustainable eating?
Name three groups in the United States most at risk for hunger.
Who are low-income families, children, senior citizens, the working poor, or unhoused individuals?
Italy is famous for these four foods.
What are pasta, pizza, risotto, and polenta?
This government agency regulates food labeling and the safety of most packaged foods.
What is the FDA?
This crop, along with soybeans and canola, is commonly genetically modified in the United States.
What is corn?
Name four major food controversies discussed in this chapter.
What are GM foods, pesticides, food additives, factory farming, antibiotics in livestock, junk food marketing to children, bottled water, or chemical runoff?
Name five characteristics of a sustainable eater.
What are
Ethiopia commonly uses these four spices in its cuisine.
What are fenugreek, cumin, cardamom, and coriander?
Name the three federal agencies responsible for regulating food in the United States.
What are the USDA, FDA, and EPA?