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Food Forest Frenzy
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In 1800, this percentage of employed Americans (US) were farmers. (Get within plus or minus 10%.)
What is 90%
200
This is the #1 crop grown in the US in terms of area harvested, covering 90 million acres, an area almost the size of the state of Montana.
What is corn (maize)?
200
About a third of all US emissions of this greenhouse gas come from raising cattle (and other ruminants).
What is methane (CH4)?
200
Once known as food stamps, the nutrition assistance program currently used in the US is called this.
What is SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)?
200
Unlike annual plants that need to be planted every year, the plants in the food forest beds are these.
What are perennials?
400
In 1900, this percentage of employed Americans (US) were farmers. (Get within plus or minus 10%.)
What is 40%
400
In recent years, the largest proportion of domestic corn use is for this, just beating out the second largest proportion for livestock feed.
What is ethanol for fuel? (Domestic human consumption of corn accounts for about 10%.)
400
Of the following parts of the food system, this one results in the highest contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions:
Pre-production (fertilizer & pesticide manufacture, animal feed production)
Production (growing crops and raising livestock) Postproduction (Transportation, Processing, Storage/Refrigeration, Retail)
What is Production?
400
In the US, as income rises, food spending as a share of income does this.
What is declines?
400
These food forest members, best known for their flowers, produce edible fruits called hips, which are high in vitamin C.
What are roses? (The food forest has native Rosa virginiana)
600
Currently, this percentage of employed Americans (US) are farmers. (Get within plus or minus 10%.)
What is 1.2%
600
The US is the world's largest producer of this crop, the second-highest crop grown in the US, of which about half is exported.
What are soybeans?
600
Agri-food systems account for roughly this proportion of global greenhouse emissions. (Choose from: a tenth, a quarter, a third, half)
What is a third (31%)?
600
One in [choose from: 63, 25, 7, 3] Americans are currently enrolled in nutrition assistance programs.
What is 1 in 7?
600
This native North American fruit tree and food forest member produces green fruits with a custard-like texture and tropical flavor, often described as a mixture between banana, mango, and pineapple.
What is a Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)?
800
During the peak of the "Victory Garden" era in WWII, Americans produced this percentage (get within plus or minus 10%) of the nations's produce from home gardens.
What is 40%
800
This is the top single crop globally, in terms of weight produced, though grains as a group outpace it.
What is sugarcane?
800
The average greenhouse gas impact of getting 50 grams of protein is the lowest for this food (Choose from: beans, beef, cheese, eggs, farmed seafood, lamb, nuts, pork, poultry, tofu)
What are nuts?
800
A food desert is a neighborhood with limited access to healthy food, whereas a neighborhood predominated by unhealthy food choices is sometimes referred to as this term.
What is a food swamp?
800
This native crop plant and food forest member is the top crop grown in New Jersey in terms of production $ value.
What are blueberries? ($69 million in 2022)
1000
This historical event triggered the creation in 1933 of the first Agricultural Adjustment Act, more commonly known as the "Farm Bill".
What is The Great Depression?
1000
Though it is not New Jersey's top crop, the garden state produces more of this than any other state in the US.
What is eggplant?
1000
In the US, 74% of total emissions of this greenhouse gas are associated with agricultural soil management.
What is nitrous oxide (N2O)?
1000
The average American consumes this many pounds of cheese each year. (Get within plus or minus 5 pounds!)
What is 35.3 pounds?
1000
The semi-circular cuts on these leaves are evidence of activity by these insects.
What are leafcutter bees?