Understanding Food Systems

What can organic food waste be used for?

• Advertising

• Composting

• Marketing

• Purchasing

Local food systems refer to place-specific networks of agricultural producers. True or False?

• True

• False

Farmers' Markets are a part of which initiative?

• Food processing

• Projects and Programs

• Distribution

• Marketing

Farm to School programs aim to connect farms to what?

• Grocery stores

• Cafeteria

• Markets

• Banks

Food production includes farms that raise livestock, dairy, or eggs. Fill in the blank: It also includes farms that grow ______.

• Cars

• Crops

• Computers

• Clothes

What is one goal of food marketing?

• Reducing brand awareness

• Promoting sales

• Decreasing product variety

• Limiting advertising

Local foods are typically produced, raised, processed, and ______ locally.

• imported

• distributed

• exported

• ignored

Advertising and marketing influence food choices by appealing to ______.

• Emotions

• Logic

• Price

• Availability

What do many food ads promote despite being less healthy?

• Low sugar content

• High sugar or fat content

• Freshness

• Organic ingredients

GMOs refer to foods where the genetic material has been modified by ______.

• Traditional breeding

• Biotechnology

• Natural selection

• Cross-pollination