Why is it important for food and nutrition professionals to understand local food?

Which federally assisted meal program provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children enrolled in public and nonprofit private schools?

Local food, as defined by the United States Farm Bill, must be grown and transported less than:

Grass-fed beef is likely to have what health implication?

Which food products most likely feature a cartoon character in their ads to appeal favorably to young children?

The success of any business, from small-scale to multimillion-dollar food industries, depends on:

Which foods are most likely to have more marketing?

Farms that raise livestock, dairy, or fish; farms that grow produce; diversified farms; commercial fishing; and all types of gardens exemplify which stage in the food system?

Who most likely lives in a food desert?

Which region of North Carolina has a strong agriculture industry with large amounts of land being used for pork, poultry, blueberries, sweet potatoes, and watermelon?

Costs of renting land, hiring labor, and getting credit are all examples of which influence on food systems?

Which is true about local food?

Shauna lives in Asheville, North Carolina and is an advocate for purchasing local food. Which food label claim will best guide her decision when she selects food?

A local entrepreneur is selling a hot sauce with 75% of the ingredients being organic. Which is an acceptable label she can use in marketing her hot sauce?

An apple core is discarded and used to help more apples grow. This is an example of which resource and waste recovery technique?

Freezing and canning allow consumers to enjoy foods out of season. At which stage in the food system does this occur?

Feeding the Carolinas takes surplus and fruits and vegetables and gets them to those dealing with hunger and food insecurity. This is an example of an intervention at which step in the food system?

Sarah is a single pregnant mom with a two-year-old. She needs food assistance for her family. What government program should she apply for?

Which is most likely the correct order of steps in the food supply chain?

What is farm-to-table?

Fruit loops cereal is a nutritional breakfast because it is fruit flavored.

After learning what farm-to-table is, how similar is it to how you currently eat at home?

Why do some foods grow in certain regions of the world but not others?

What is a food staple?

Who should be reading a food label?

What is a calorie?

Eating too many calories per day is linked to overweight and obesity.

Serving size could be represented in cups and pieces.

Nutrients you should get more of are Saturated Fat, Sodium, and Added Sugars.

Nutrients you should get less of is Dietary Fiber, Vitamin D, Calcium, Iron, and Potassium.

For a Cheetos Packet, If the serving size is 21 chips, and the servings per container is 4, this means the whole packet has

Other than Vitamins and Minerals, what nutrient do we want more of in a food label and in our food?

What should be the first ingredient in a healthy and energizing cereal/cereal bar

an expandable sac or pouch in humans and animals in which gas or liquid, especially urine, collects.

disorder in which a large quantity of food is consumed in a short period of time, often followed by feelings of guilt or shame.

a unit of heat equal to the amount necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius

any of a class of organic compounds including sugars, starches, and celluloses that are formed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that are important in plants and necessary to animal and human nutrition.

a white substance, found in various tissues of all animals, which serves as a detoxifier in the bloodstream and surrounds certain nerve sheaths, and an excess of which is thought to contribute to hardening of the arteries.

the main part of the large intestine, which passes from the cecum to the rectum and absorbs water and electrolytes from food that has remained undigested.

the process by which the body converts food into absorbable substances.

the parts of the body that work together to break down food so that it can be used by the body as energy. The human __________ includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

the act or process of eliminating bodily waste matter.

animal or plant substance that is composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, is greasy to the touch, and is white or yellowish in color.

dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin, which are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.

a small muscular sac that is attached to the liver and that stores bile.

either of a pair of organs located high in the abdominal cavity near the spine which extract waste products from the blood and excrete them in urine.

a large reddish brown organ in vertebrates that secretes bile and cleanses the blood and is located in the abdominal cavity.

any of the inorganic elements, as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, or sodium, that are essential to the functioning of the human body and are obtained from foods.

providing or being food; having nourishing qualities.

the act or process of ingesting and using nutrients or of providing nourishment.

a gland located near the stomach that secretes a digestive juice into the intestine and insulin into the blood.

any of a group of complex organic compounds containing nitrogen and composed of chains of amino acids, found in all living organisms and considered essential to all animal life processes.

the colorless, tasteless liquid that is produced by glands in the mouth and that aids in the tasting, chewing, and digestion of food.

in vertebrates, the narrow part of the intestine in which digestion takes place, extending from the pyloric end of the stomach to the large intestine and consisting of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

a narrow duct through which urine moves from the kidney to the bladder

a duct that carries urine outside the body from the bladder

any of a number of natural or synthetic substances required in human nutrition to regulate metabolism and maintain health.