Food Systems
Food History
GMOS
Meat Production
Miscellaneous
100
This food system does not care about where the food comes from, only the amount of money they will make.
What is conventional
100
200 years ago, this is the percentage of people who lived on farms.
What is 90%
100
This is what GMO stands for
What is Genetically Modified Organism
100
This is the state of meat production in the U.S.
What is: Industrialized, cramped and unsanitary quarters, animals are fed antibiotics
100
These are the 5 nutrients our bodies need in order to survive.
What are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals.
200
This food system may not use pesticides but it still cares more about the money.
What is organic
200
This is the percentage of people who live on farms today.
What is 2%
200
These are 3 reasons people do no like GMOs
What are: linked to cancer, food allergies, and have not been proven safe. They also lower the nutritional value, increase our resistance to antibiotics, and encourages corporate control of the food supply.
200
This is the illness people get when they come in contact with cow feces
What is e. coli
200
Pasta contains this type of nutrient
What is carbohydrate
300
This food system includes community supported gardens, where each person owns a share of the produce.
What is cooperative
300
This is one way technology has changed to make farming more efficient
What is automatic milking of cows, tractors instead of horses
300
These are 3 reasons GMOs are supported.
What are, they keep us from having to spray pesticides, they allow for more food to be produced, the food lasts longer without going bad, can provide cheaper food, crops can be weather resistant and insect resistant.
300
This is the illness that comes from chickens and their eggs.
What is salmonella
300
A major source of protein is this
What is meat
400
These four things influence the food systems people can choose.
What are economics, politics, environment, and social.
400
According to the article we read, this is why cows are given mattresses or water beds.
What is to make them more comfortable so they make more milk.
400
This is the name of the company that has control over farmers' seeds.
What is Monsanto
400
This is the problem with pumping animals full of antibiotics
What is humans may become immune to those antibiotics, causing wide-spread illnesses.
400
Sugar is this type of carbohydrate
What is simple
500
Think about the 4 things that influence one's choices. List those 4 things and explain one way someone's food choice is influenced in each category.
500
In 1940, a farmer could only feed 19 people. Today, with the use of technology, a farmer can feed up to this many people.
What is 155
500
Monsanto originally created this product
What is Round Up
500
This is the reason animals are pumped full of antibiotics
What is it makes them bigger, faster and it keeps illness from spreading in the feed lots.
500
This vitamin is essential for preventing birth defects
What is Folic Acid
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