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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Monday, June 29, 2009
Food Miles
Circle the number you think is correct:
1. The average Canadian meal travels about: 10,000 - 2,500 - 1,000 km from farm to plate.
2. But when you buy food grown in the Ontario Greenbelt, the distance drops to: 250 - 1,000 - 2,500 km.
3. Farms use only 5% - 10% - 15% of the total fossil fuels used by the food industry; the rest goes to transportation, packaging and marketing.
ANSWERS: 2,500; 250; 10%.
Insert the following words in the text:
footprint, climate change, fruits, vegetables, meats,planet, produce, smog
Not only does shopping local mean you enjoy fresher and tastier _________, ____________ and ____________, but you're contributing to a healthier ____________. By shopping for Greenbelt grown _____________ and meat, you help reduce ____________ and lessen your carbon ________________ and emissions that cause ________ _________.
1. The average Canadian meal travels about: 10,000 - 2,500 - 1,000 km from farm to plate.
2. But when you buy food grown in the Ontario Greenbelt, the distance drops to: 250 - 1,000 - 2,500 km.
3. Farms use only 5% - 10% - 15% of the total fossil fuels used by the food industry; the rest goes to transportation, packaging and marketing.
ANSWERS: 2,500; 250; 10%.
Insert the following words in the text:
footprint, climate change, fruits, vegetables, meats,planet, produce, smog
Not only does shopping local mean you enjoy fresher and tastier _________, ____________ and ____________, but you're contributing to a healthier ____________. By shopping for Greenbelt grown _____________ and meat, you help reduce ____________ and lessen your carbon ________________ and emissions that cause ________ _________.
Monday, December 22, 2008
How Green Is Your Food?
Credit for this quiz goes to the Lifelines,the Voice of the Toronto Vegetarian Association.
1. The energy used to import a kilogram of fresh spinach from California to the UK is equivalent to running a 100 watt light bulb for:
a. 1 year
b. 1 month
c. 2 weeks
d. 1 week
2. It takes 3.5 times as much of what to produce a litre of non-organic milk compared to a litre of organic milk:
a. energy
b. water
c. fertilizer
d. land
3. A typical British family of four emits 4.2 tonnes of CO2 from their house each year and 4.4 tonnes from their car. How much is emitted from the production, packaging and distribution of the food they eat?
a. 1 tonne
b. 2 tonnes
c. 4 tonnes
d. 8 tonnes
ANSWERS:
1B
2A - Organic milk comes from cows which are fed on pasture which is not treated with fertilizers and pesticides. Much of the extra energy used in the production of non-organic milk is energy used in the production of the fertilizer.
3D.
1. The energy used to import a kilogram of fresh spinach from California to the UK is equivalent to running a 100 watt light bulb for:
a. 1 year
b. 1 month
c. 2 weeks
d. 1 week
2. It takes 3.5 times as much of what to produce a litre of non-organic milk compared to a litre of organic milk:
a. energy
b. water
c. fertilizer
d. land
3. A typical British family of four emits 4.2 tonnes of CO2 from their house each year and 4.4 tonnes from their car. How much is emitted from the production, packaging and distribution of the food they eat?
a. 1 tonne
b. 2 tonnes
c. 4 tonnes
d. 8 tonnes
ANSWERS:
1B
2A - Organic milk comes from cows which are fed on pasture which is not treated with fertilizers and pesticides. Much of the extra energy used in the production of non-organic milk is energy used in the production of the fertilizer.
3D.
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