Segment B: Understanding Food Demand and Food Supply
Nicole Fields-Kyle is the director of programs and operations at Concrete Jungle, a company that transforms overlooked and underutilized nutrients into healthy food sources for communities in need. Hear her story and learn ways you can reduce food waste in this episode of Let's Go Enviro.
Segment B: Understanding Food Demand and Food Supply
Nicole Fields-Kyle is the director of programs and operations at Concrete Jungle, a company that transforms overlooked and underutilized nutrients into healthy food sources for communities in need. Hear her story and learn ways you can reduce food waste in this episode of Let's Go Enviro.
Science
Construct an argument to evaluate how human population growth affects food demand and food supply (GMOs, monocultures, desertification, Green Revolution).
Explain ways that food left on a farm can be recycled.
Explain how food waste found in landfills can pollute the atmosphere
Explain ways to be environmentally responsible regarding food wastes.
compost: a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land
conservation: the act of protecting Earth's natural resources for current and future generations
deforestation: the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use
desertification: the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture
emission: the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): United States federal government agency whose mission is to protect human and environmental health
equity: a country, or world, in which no single group or community faces disadvantages in dealing with environmental hazards, disasters, or pollution
food recovery: the practice of gleaning edible food that would otherwise go to waste from places such as farms, produce markets, grocery stores, restaurants, or dining facilities and distributing it to local emergency food programs
food waste: food that is fit for consumption but consciously discarded at the retail or consumption phases
genetically modified organism (GMO): an animal, plant, or microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques
green revolution: great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century
landfill: a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land
microorganism: a microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus
