Carbon Footprint
What is the carbon footprint per person of total meat, poultry, and eggs consumed in the US annually?
A) ~225kg
B) ~680kg
C) ~760kg
D) ~1040kg
~680kg per person annually
2700 gallons of water is required to produce how many pounds of cotton (easy number)?
1lb
(data from India)
At Fountain Dining Hall, where can you find how far your food has traveled to you?
Behind the register/swipe desk
Define food insecurity
Unable to consistently access or afford adequate food
Food waste should go into what type of waste management?
+100: list 3 food groups that can't go into this
Compost
Dairy, meat, oils
What is the carbon footprint per person of total fruit consumed in the US annually?
A) ~10kg
B) ~40kg
C) ~60kg
D) ~75kg
~60kg per person
Reducing U.S. irrigation demands by what percent could free up enough freshwater to meet the new demands anticipated for 2025
10%
What is a food mile?
Amount of miles a certain product traveled to its final destination
Describe the difference between malnourishment and undernourishment
malnourished – lack of essential nutrients
undernourished – lack of sufficient calories in food
List 3 things you (individually) can do to reduce food waste
Use more parts of vegetables (greens especially), purchase from farmers' markets, purchase "ugly" produce, meal plan, keep track of food in fridge, know, proper storage, composting, gardening, foraging, etc.
What food has the greatest carbon footprint?
Lamb
Agriculture accounts for what percentage of fresh water taken out of of the 1% available for human use?
70% of available fresh water is used for agriculture
What is one reason that lamb has the greatest carbon footprint of all foods?
It often has to travel overseas
(And lamb produce the most carbon emissions themselves)
What percentage of households in the US were food insecure in 2018?
A) 6.3%
B) 11.1%
C) 14.2%
D) 23.8%
B) 11.1%
True or false, bread can be composted?
False, it is attractive to pests
Name three aspects of agriculture that contribute to its carbon footprint
travel, deforestation, animals, soil care and erosion, etc.
One pound of beef requires how many gallons of water? (+/-100 gallons)
~1,840 gallons
Name 3 ways that you can reduce food miles
Eat local produce; reduce, reuse, repurpose food waste; go shopping less often; buy less packaged food; go shopping less often (use a list)
What population of NC State students are food insecure?
14% (recorded in 2017)
Food waste annually adds up to what fraction of food produced for consumption?
1/3
Food production contributes to more than what percentage of the average household’s food-related carbon emissions? (Hint, greater than 75%, MUST guess +/-2%)
83%
The average diet of a US citizen uses how much water daily?
1,320 gallons
Food miles may equate to less than what percentage of food's carbon footprint?
10%
Weber, Christopher L., and H. Scott Matthews. “Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States.” Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 42, no. 10, 2008, pp. 3508–3513., doi:10.1021/es702969f.
Name 3 factors that might make a family more likely to experience food insecurity
Black or Hispanic households, single parents, impoverished, households in cities, people living alone
In the US, less than what percent of food waste was composted rather than sent to landfill?
Less than 10%
(6.3%)