Food Justice Intro Video

According to the USDA ______________ Americans reported experiencing food insecurity in 2017.

• 1 million

• one hundred thousand

• forty million

• four hundred thousand

Healthy food is

• grown with care for land, animals, and people

• nutritious

• available all year long

• affordable

• delicious

Food Justice is community actions such as food banks, soup kitchens, and community gardens.

• true

• false

The food we will grow in our garden will be

• donated to our school

• sold at local stores

• used for science experiments

• donated to families in need

The right to grow and sell healthy foods is a concern of food justice advocates

• true

• false

Food Justice is

• the fair treatment of animals

• the belief that access to healthy food is a human right

• humane treatment of all farm workers

• harsher punishment/ fines for people who break food related laws

The economic pressures food justice advocates refer to are

• pressure to make enough money to buy local organic foods

• the relationship between income, wealth, and access to healthy food

• the role of corporate profit in the food system

• the impacts our current food system have on worker health and well being

• the different prices of foods in different geographic regions

Community gardens, food banks, and soup kitchens are examples of

• food justice

• community actions

• welfare programs

• options for donating unwanted food