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Food Justice Facts
Hunger, Food and Torah
Hunger Facts
Community Action
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Why is it important that all human beings have access to healthy food?
Not having access to healthy foods can lead to diseases such as Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease, some kinds of Cancer
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What is the first story about eating in the Torah?
Eve eating from the tree of knowledge
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T/F: All neighborhoods in the US have supermarkets with a variety of fresh, healthy food.
False, low income neighborhoods generally do not have supermarkets but do have liquor stores and fast food restaurants
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Over the last few years, Clergy and families across America participated in the great SNAP (supplemental nutritional assistance program) challenge. How much money a week were they allowed to spend on food?
$31.50 a week
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“Food Justice” means: communities exercising their right to grow, sell and ___ healthy food
Eat
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After the Israelites were freed from Egypt, what was the first thing they were able to make in the desert?
Matzah
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What is one impact hunger has on children who are in school?
It is hard to focus, hard to learn, and can cause a lack of brain development
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MAZON is a national organization that helps to fight hunger in the US and abroad. What does the hebrew word Mazon mean?
Sustenance
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The goal of the food justice movement is for all people to have access to healthy food which means: fresh, nutritious, and _____.
Affordable
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Name a commandment about food/eating that we learn from the Torah.
Kashrut - keeping kosher
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What does it mean to be food insecure?
Lack of access at all times to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life
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The website justfood.org promotes knowledge about food justice, hunger, and food in general, like the term GMO. What does GMO stand for?
Genetically Modified Organism
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What is one part of food justice that does not have to do with people eating food?
Caring for the land, the workers and the animals
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What did Rebekah offer to Abraham’s servant that made him know for sure she would be the wife of Isaac, Abraham’s son.
Water from the well for the servant and his camels (Clean water for humans and animals is an important part of food justice).
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Of the 50 million people in the US that are hungry or food insecure everyday, how many of those are children (under 18)?
17 million
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The Farm Bill is up for re-authorization in congress at the end of the year and many Jewish organizations are fighting to maintain it. What is one impact the Farm Bill has on Food Justice?
It affects how much farmers charge for food, the guidlines for SNAP, as well as global and domestic food security