Sustainable food production

Sustainable food production means ...

• eating enough to give you sustenance

• being able to feed the whole planet

• creating food without damaging the planet

• being able to do something forever

Beef and dairy herds create the most amount of carbon emissions

• True

• False

Reorder the following, from the most to the least sustainable protein source:

• Chicken

• Nuts

• Chickpeas

• Beef

• Lamb

Carbon emissions from food production are greater than carbon emissions from all transport methods

• True

• False

Match the following ideas to reduce food waste:

• Create a vegetable stir-fry

• Ripe bananas

• Cook it or freeze it

• Leftover vegetables

• Make banana bread

• Meat

• Make croutons

• Overripe tomatoes

• Prepare tomato sauce

• Stale bread

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) High protein foods

,

(b) Low protein foods

• tofu
• beans
• bread
• oats
• corn
• eggs
• quinoa
• potatoes
• olive oil
• chicken
• nuts
• meat

• rice
• pasta
• avocado
• fish

A convenient food product has been ​ (a)   and requires ​ (b)   ​ (c)   by the consumer

• commercially prepared
• minimum
• preparation
• homemade
• maximum

Water and land use are sustainability issues related to food production

• True

• False

A third of all food purchased is wasted/thrown away

• True

• False

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Animal protein foods

,

(b) Plant protein foods

• chicken
• peas
• turkey
• quinoa
• beef
• duck
• lamb
• edamame
• black beans
• tofu
• nuts

• lentils
• chickpeas
• pork
• tempeh
• fish