Nutrition 1100

The authors describe a food dessert population as living _______ miles from a supermarket or supercenter.

10

Which of the following defines a "severe" food desert county?

A county in which the total county population resides in a food desert

What is the main reason continuing community food projects are successful?

A strong and visionary leader

Which city has received praise for supplying children in schools with locally produced food?

Berkley, CA

Consumer demand for locally grown and produced food is based on which of the following?

Decreasing trust in the safety of industrially produced food and a want to contribute to the local economy

The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

False

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a food desert as any census district where at least 50 percent of the inhabitants are below the poverty line and 33 percent live over a mile from the nearest supermarket .

False

What are the three major impacts of food policy?

Human health, the environment, and social relations

Which of the following does not describe the methods of sustainable agriculture?

Is always organic

Which of the following areas of the U.S. has the most food desert counties?

Mountain West

Which of the following states has no food desert counties?

New Jersey

Which of the following regions has the highest amount of fruit and vegetable markets?

Northeast - Non food desert

Which of the following is a key concept introduced in modern food policy?

Notions of power relationships

Which of the following contribute to the difficulty of people living in food deserts to access fresh and healthy food?

Physical disabilities, problems with vehicles, and lack of public transportation

It is important the the federal government bridge the gap between low-income consumers and small local farmers because?

Small local farmers generally have production costs that cannot be recovered directly from low-income consumers

Which of the following is NOT part of the food dessert problem?

Small-scale local grocers who sell fresh produce

Collectively, community food projects are important to our...

Social interactions, politics, and economy

The 1996 amendment to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 did NOT result in which of the following?

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was founded

What country has measured food deserts through site visits and direct observation of neighborhoods?

The UK

Which of the following is a problem associated with the introduction of a superstore (i.e. Wal-Mart) into a small town?

The decline of small-scale local grocers who offer fresh produce and the negative affect on small farmers

Which of the following is not an issue associated with building a food policy perspective?

The increasing amount of food deserts

Which of the following is NOT a key trend found in United States?

There is a high concentration of food desert counties stretching from Maine and the northeastern United States down through Pennsylvania.

Which of the following is NOT an action or trait of successful food project leaders?

They all have a master's degree in nutrition or public health

What was one reason that rural community food projects were successful?

They connected small farmers with restaurants, hotels, and local markets.

What is a problem associated with food pantries?

They mostly serve highly processed food and they could be contributing to health problems among the poor because they do not serve nutritionally dense food

Which of the following does NOT describe the Community Food Security Coalition?

They oversee programs such as the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act

Food policy is the area of public policy concerning how food is produced, processed, distributed, and purchased.

True

Many important aspects of food policy happen at levels within and below the national, also above and beyond it.

True

Sustainable agriculture is a way of raising food that is healthy for consumers and animals.

True

When can food governance occur without the direct involvement of the state?

When private and societal interests seek to exert forms of control within the market economy