Food Security
condition of not having access to sufficient food, or food of an adequate quality, to meet one's basic needs
food insecurity
practice of cultivating land to grow crops and raise livestock
agriculture
surface soil usually including the rich upper layer in which plants have most of their roots and which the farmer turns over in plowing
topsoil
insect or small animal that is harmful or damages crops
pest
practice of growing several different crops or keeping several different types of animal on an area of land
polyculture
refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person's intake of energy and/or nutrients
malnutrition
cultivation or growth of a single crop or organism especially on agricultural or forest land
monoculture
process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture
desertification
substances that are used to control pests. They include herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides, and many others
pesticide
money given by a government or an organization to reduce the cost of producing food, a product, etc. and to help to keep prices low
subsidy
True or false: there isn't enough food to feed ALL the people on earth.
false
3 systems that supply food
croplands
rangelands, pastures, feedlots (meat)
fish & shellfish
percent of US energy used for farming
17
1 advantage of pesticide use
save lives from insect transmitted disease
food supplies are increased
1 way to make crop production more sustainable
organic
renewable energy
polyculture
1 health impact of overnutrition & malnutrition
lower life expectancy
more susceptible to disease & illness
lower productivity & quality of life
number of species that feeds most of world
14
benefit of industrialized agriculture
uses less land to produce more food
2 disadvantages of pesticide use
pesticide resistance
less effective over time
kills pest’s natural enemies
pollutes
health effects
1 way to make meat production more sustainable
free-range
reduce meat consumption
use manure for fertilizer
2 characteristics of a food desert
>1 mile to a supermarket in an urban area
limited reliable transportation
poverty rate of at least 20%
corner stores & fast food with limited healthy food options
2 negatives of industrialized farming
pollution
environmental degradation
health related costs
2 harmful environmental outcomes of agriculture
loss of biodiversity
deforestation
water usage
pesticide & fertilizer usage
animal wastes
2 alternatives to synthetic pesticides
crop rotation
GMOs
pheromone traps
natural enemies
polyculture
natural weed control
hormones to disrupt insect’s life cycle