Meat
What are cows given to prevent them from getting sick when living in close quarters?
Antibiotics
This food retailer scored the highest for seafood sustainability.
Whole Foods
(From the article “Don’t Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Farmers”) Is it true or false that the popularity of “Farm-to-table” restaurants is making farmers rich?
False
Of the 260 million tons of plastic the world produces each year this percentage ends up in the Ocean.
10%
Single biggest occupant of U.S. landfills.
Food waste
From the reading "We Need to Eat Less Meat. Should The Government Step In?": The average American eats _____ times as much meat as experts deem healthy.
3
Taking wildlife from the sea faster than populations can reproduce.
Overfishing
What does GMO stand for?
Genetically Modified Organism
Who has to make the step towards reducing the use of packaging and creating sustainable packaging?
Retailers
This percent of the U.S. food supply becomes wasted each year.
30%-40%
Which country eats the least meat per person in the world?
Bangladesh
The unwanted fish and other marine creatures caught during commercial fishing for a different species.
Bycatch
According to the article “Is Organic Farming Really Better For The Environment” saving and improving the quality of _______ is the whole purpose of organic farming.
Soil
Why has plastic become so widely used?
Price and convenience
What is the average age of farmers in the U.S.?
56 years old
From the Business Insider article, The Top Ten Foods with the Biggest Environmental Footprint, Which farm animal is the worst for sustainability?
Lamb
This percent of the global fishing catch is estimated to become bycatch.
40%
Does it take more or less than a 1,000 gallons of water to grow 1 pound of pistachios?
More (1,362 gallons to be exact)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The largest accumulation of packaging/waste in the ocean is called this.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
You can reduce 30% of your household waste stream by doing this.
Composting
What is the average amount of chickens that live in a chicken house?
15,000
This species of fish has been negatively impacted by overfishing.
Tuna
What is growing plants without soil called?
Hydroponic Gardening
Name one development in packaging from the article "Food Packaging: Have Your Cake and Eat the Wrapper, Too".
Edible packaging
Nonstick packaging
Safety enhancing packaging (expiration dates)
Packaging that disappears
Super-compressed packaging
Organic material that can be added to soil to help plants grow
Compost