Food Waste Vocabulary Quiz

Agriculture

• meeting the economic, social and environmental needs of the present

  without compromising the needs of the future.

• The science or practice of farming; cultivating the soil, producing crops or

  raising livestock.

• a measurable loss of a product that can occur at any of the steps in the

  food system after harvest.

Sustainability

• meeting the economic, social and environmental needs of the present

  without compromising the needs of the future.

• The science or practice of farming; cultivating the soil, producing crops or

  raising livestock.

• a measurable loss of a product that can occur at any of the steps in the

  food system after harvest.

Post-harvest loss

• waste created by food preparation that is not edible under

  normal circumstances (bones, egg shells, coffee grounds etc.).

• waste created by food that was edible at some point prior to being

  thrown away (restaurant portions that were too large, uneaten leftovers, excess produce

  that went bad before it could be consumed etc.)

• a measurable loss of a product that can occur at any of the steps in the

  food system after harvest

Inputs

• the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile

  land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain

• The resources that are used in food production, such as water, fuel, energy, land,

  soil, and soil nutrients

Natural resources

• the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

• materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile

  land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

• The resources that are used in food production, such as water, fuel, energy, land,

  soil, and soil nutrients.

Biodiversity

• gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat and contribute to climate

  change.

• the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• The resources that are used in food production, such as water, fuel, energy, land,

  soil, and soil nutrients.

Greenhouse gases

• gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat and contribute to climate

  change.

• waste created by food that was edible at some point prior to being

  thrown away (restaurant portions that were too large, uneaten leftovers, excess produce

  that went bad before it could be consumed etc.).

• The science or practice of farming; cultivating the soil, producing crops or

  raising livestock.

Avoidable food waste

• waste created by food that was edible at some point prior to being

  thrown away (restaurant portions that were too large, uneaten leftovers, excess produce

  that went bad before it could be consumed etc.).

• waste created by food preparation that is not edible under

  normal circumstances (bones, egg shells, coffee grounds etc.).

• a measurable loss of a product that can occur at any of the steps in the

  food system after harvest

Unavoidable food waste

• waste created by food that was edible at some point prior to being

  thrown away (restaurant portions that were too large, uneaten leftovers, excess produce

  that went bad before it could be consumed etc.).

• waste created by food preparation that is not edible under

  normal circumstances (bones, egg shells, coffee grounds etc.).

• a measurable loss of a product that can occur at any of the steps in the

  food system after harvest