Self-assessment

Food and Water

This chapter explores sustainable eating practices and responsible water consumption, emphasising the importance of being conscious of food choices, verifying their origins, selecting seasonal products, and avoiding wasteful consumption. Sustainable nutrition ensures access to wholesome, nutrient-dense foods while preserving environmental resources and supporting local communities. Eating sustainably can significantly reduce one's carbon footprint and lessen the environmental impact of agriculture.

Self-assessment

Food and Water

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Food and Water

Exercise: Multiple choice

What is the most important criteria when selecting sustainable food products?

Exercise: Multiple choice

Which food product has the second biggest carbon footprint?

Exercise: Multiple choice

What are the benefits of buying local foods?

Exercise: Multiple choice

Upcycled food is all about elevating food to its:

Exercise: Multiple choice

Which of the following resources are wasted or lost when the produced food goes uneaten?

Exercise: True / False

Dairy milk has a significantly higher greenhouse gas emission than plant-based milks.

Exercise: True / False

Using seasonal fruits and vegetables is better for the climate than buying locally.

Exercise: True / False

Producing fruits and veggies in a greenhouse is always better for the environment than importing it from other parts of the world.

Exercise: True / False

Despite improvements in efficiency and water management, water supplies are still in danger across Europe.