Conservation of Amount & Quality of Non-Renewable Resources
A non-renewable resource that is crucial for growing food and must be conserved through careful management.
What is water?
A type of habitat that is crucial for the survival of many species and is often protected in sustainable farming practices.
What are natural habitats? (e.g., wetlands, forests, grasslands)
That term that describes a diet that incorporates food from local sources, helping sustain traditional food practices.
What is the locavore or local food movement?
A type of business practice that focuses on producing goods and services in a way that doesn’t harm the environment.
What is sustainable business?
A way families can make their food consumption more sustainable.
What is reducing food waste?
A type of farming practice that helps conserve the quality of soil and prevent erosion.
What is crop rotation?
A farming practice that can damage ecosystems and threaten species' survival by destroying their habitats.
What is deforestation?
One way growing indigenous crops helps sustain human cultures.
What is by preserving cultural heritage?
A way that food companies reduce waste to become more sustainable.
What is composting?
An at-home or community practice that reduces the need to buy food that requires resources to transport and store.
What is growing a vegetable garden?
A term for reducing the amount of fossil fuels used in food production, such as through local farming.
What is carbon footprint reduction?
A practice that helps protect pollinator species, such as bees, that are critical to food production.
What is avoiding harmful pesticides?
The reason heirloom seeds are important for sustaining cultural food practices.
What is preserving traditional plants passed down through generations?
The practice of making business decisions that consider long-term environmental impacts.
What is corporate sustainability?
A type of diet that is considered more sustainable for the environment and can be adopted by families.
What is a plant-based diet?
An essential nutrient, required for plant growth and often supplied through synthetic fertilizers but can cause environmental harm if overused.
What is nitrogen?
A type of fishing practice that depletes fish populations faster than they can reproduce
What is overfishing?
A way that community gardens help sustain urban communities?
What is providing access to fresh, local food?
A type of certification food products often receive if they meet specific environmental and social sustainability standards.
What is Fair Trade certification?
Something families can do to reduce the environmental impact of their food choices when shopping.
What is choosing local and seasonal foods?
A technology that allows farmers to use precise amounts of water, fertilizer, and pesticides to conserve non-renewable resources.
What is precision agriculture?
A farming practice that helps restore soil health, improve biodiversity, and support the survival of species by focusing on leaving ecosystems better than they were before?
What is regenerative agriculture?
One way that globalization threatens traditional food cultures.
What is through having the same processed food everywhere?
The practice of adopting renewable energy sources to help businesses in food production become more sustainable.
What is reducing reliance on fossil fuels?
A way of passing sustainable food practices and knowledge from one generation to another within a family.
What are sharing stories and recipes?