General / W&L
How much (%) has consumer-level waste increased since the 1970s?
What is 50%?
What is the 40-day season of Christianity involving fasting and prayer called?
What is Lent?
This US president budgeted over $75 million to purchase food for farmers, giving them revenue and a reason to continue farming during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl (a time when food waste was almost nonexistent in the US.)
Who is President Roosevelt?
Which country produces the most amount of household food waste?
China: produces an estimated 92 million tons of household food waste annually
Other answers: Japan, Indonesia, India
What programs does W&L offer to combat food waste?
SEAL, Compost Crew, Campus Kitchen
What is the holiest month for the Islamic calendar that is marked by a period of fasting?
What is Ramadan?
This Native American tribe was known for hunting bison and using every part of the animal for sustenance and products/tools.
Who is the Sioux Tribe?
What group in the UK formed a group to restructure the concept of food waste?
Answer: Squatters,
Other answers: The non-food wasters, Greenpeace, Friends of Earth
What kind of products can be composted at W&L?
What is Food waste & ECO Products?
Most religions share what values regarding food? (2 possible answers)
What is Feasting and Fasting?
The US government partnered with this famous entertainment company to produce ads discouraging food waste during WWII.
What is Disney?
Which country’s main culture prides itself on generating large offerings of food to visiting tourists?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Other: Canada, India, Greenland
This is the number one thing found in American Landfills.
What is food?
What EPA initiative was released to try and engage religious groups to reduce food waste by distributing excess foods to communities in need?
What is the Food Steward’s Pledge?
During this decade, the disposal of food waste in the streets become a serious health problem in US cities. (Hint: in the 1800s?)
What is the 1860s?
In what country is the culture that defines a ceremony as successful only when large amounts of food are offered located?
Answer: Nigeria
Other: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Mexico
What percentage of global greenhouse emissions is attributed to food waste?
What is 10%?
How can Churches make their worship practices greener in practice?
What is a Green Faith Certification?
During WWI, The US and its Allies’ best hope was if soldiers were to have enough food to outlast the Axis powers. This slogan was developed based on this idea.
What is “Food will win the war!”
What is the definition of “freeganism”
Answer: a broad set of anti-consumerist practices based on consuming only items that are acquired for free
Other: the concept of a gift economy in which goods are free and exchanged for other goods
Other: a set of beliefs and values derived from religious practices which state that humans should not engage in wasteful practices.