Organic vs. Conventional Foods

Health Saftey

100

What Ingredients can be found in conventional foods? Name 3

Large Amounts of Salt, Trans Fat, Large Amounts of sugar

200

What cancer can be caused by eating large amounts of conventional meat?

Prostate Cancer

300

What is the main difference between health outcomes from organic vs. conventional foods?

Organic foods do not have diseases.

400

Now that you have a background of organic and conventional foods, name 2 organic foods and 2 conventional foods.

Conventional- Candy, Mcdonalds. Organic- Freshly Grown Vegetables, Venison

500

In the 7 year study at the University of Hawaii, 2000,000 people were tested during the experiment. For the people who ate conventional foods as apart of their diet, how much more likely were those people likely to get cancer?

67%

Enviorment

100

How is wildlife affected by water pollution?

The chemicals used in industrial agriculture go into water and kill many animals and damage water supply.

200

How does biodiversity decrease due to monoculture?

Having one crop limits how many different organisms will come to an environment.

300

Why is hunting good for the environment?

Hunting causes animal populations to be stable. If hunting didn't exist then animals would overpopulate, take up all their resources and die. If one species overpopulates, many other species are affected.

400

In industrial agriculture, what causes air pollution? The large amount of manure from the thousands of animals.

The large amount of manure from the thousands of animals.

500

Why is organic farming better for biodiversity and the environment?

There are no pesticides, chemicals, or hormones in the farming process, causing there to be no pollution. Also, there are more than one type of crop planted at a time causing there to be more biodiversity.

Econonmics

100

What has conventional farming done to the organic farming industry?

Put organic farms out of business due to being faster and producing more food.

200

Name 2 reasons why organic food has a higher cost than conventional food.

It takes longer to produce and the farmers have to pay for the farming material themselves.

300

Name an economic benefit from organic farming.

Community Supported Agriculture.

400

Does organic farming use fresher, higher quality ingredients than foods from factory farms?

Yes

500

Why is it harder to find organic foods today?

Factory farms are cheaper, and provide food faster, which makes organic farms go out of business.

True Or False

100

Anytime your eating meat, you are risking your health.

False.

200

Organic harvesting from animal is much more sustainable and respectable towards the animal than in factory farms?

True.

300

Organic farming can cause as much pollution as factory farms.

False.

400

Pesticides can enter water and cause water pollution due to factory farming.

True.

500

If you eat even a small amount of food from a factory farm you have a high risk of getting cancer.

False.