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SUSTAINABLE FOOD QUIZ.
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AIMS
This quick quiz about food sustainability

  • Checks what people think and
  • Finds out what you already know

TASK

Select one of the four possible answers for each question from those available (to deselect a choice click the tick next to it). Click 'answers and score' at the bottom of the page to see how you have done.

1. What proportion of people in UK buy organic food regularly?

Everybody
 1/2
 1/3
 1/4
2. What is the reason most people buy organic food?
Environmental/Animal Friendly
 GM Free
 Health
 Taste
3. What proportion of the population do not want GM crops grown in the UK ?
Everybody
 3/4
 1/2
 1/4
4. How many calories of fossil fuel energy are need to produce a calorie of conventional food energy?
10 - 15
 5 - 10
 2 - 5
 Even
5. Where is most fuel used in food production?
Processing
 Home production
 Transport
 On farm production
6. How much of the nation's energy does the production, processing and distribution of food take?
25%
 20%
 15%
 10%
7. Which major retailer built its empire by educating consumers to the benefits of wholesome, unadulterated, food?
ASDA
 Marks & Spencer
 Co-op
 TESCO

8. What % of the UK population had at least one case of food poisoning over the last year?

20%
 15%
 10%
 5%
9. What proportion of people in the UK are now obese?
1 in 20
 1 in 10
 1 in 5
 1 in 3
10. What % of the UK population are concerned about food safety?
25%
 50%
 75%
 100%
11. What food would most people like retailers to buy?
Food that has not been grown using
 Food where pesticide use is minimal
 Food with government permitted pesticides
 Any food regardless of pesticide use
12. What proportion of Europeans want to be able to choose whether they eat GM food?
50%
 75%
 95%
 Everybody

You have scored out of a possible 12

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