Health & Safety
Name 3 unhealthy ingredients that can be found in conventional foods
What are sugar, salt and trans fat
What has conventional farming done to the organic farming industry
What is made competition harder due to the imbalance in size of production.
How does biodiversity decrease due to monoculture?
What is having one crop limits how many different organisms will come to an environment.
Organic harvesting from animal is much more sustainable and respectable towards the animal than in factory farms?
What is true.
Name a benefits of organic foods
What cancer can be caused by eating large amounts of conventional meat?
What is prostrate.
Name a reason organic food has a higher cost than conventional food.
What is it takes longer to produce.
In industrial agriculture, what causes air pollution?
What is the large amount of manure from the thousands of animals.
Q: What percent of farm land is certified organic?
What is less than 1%
Q: Name a con of organic foods.
What is:
Generally more expensive
Shorter shelf life
Harder to find
Just as susceptible to foodborne illnesses like E. Coli and Salmonella
If you eat even a small amount of food from a factory farm you have a high risk of getting cancer.
Name two companies that sell organic food
What are Trader Joes, and Whole Foods
Why is organic farming better for biodiversity and the environment?
What are there are no pesticides, chemicals, or hormones in the farming process, causing there to be no pollution. Also, there are more than one type of crop planted at a time causing there to be more biodiversity.
What percentage of American families say they buy some organic foods?
What is 80%
Q: Organic harvesting from animal is much more sustainable and respectable towards the animal than in factory farms?
What is true?
Pesticides can enter water and cause water pollution due to factory farming.
What is true.
What is the most famous organic store in the country?
What is Whole Foods
How are animals effected by commercial farming
What is that agriculture run off gets into water supply and kills animals
What seal should you look for in organic foods?
What is the USDA Organic seal
Q: Organic farming can cause as much pollution as factory farms.
What is false.
Name an organic food.
What is almost anything
Q: Why is it harder to find organic foods?
What is factory farms are cheaper, and grow food faster, which makes organic farms go out of business.
Name a benefits of organic foods
1. Often fresher
2. Richer in nutrients
3. GMO free
4. Low amounts of pesticides
5. Better taste
6. Better animal care (no cages)
Q: What is the first digit of a foods PLU code that indicates it is organic?
What is 9
Q: Anytime you’re eating meat, you are risking your health
What is false