Question

PART C
The following graph shows the same data from the graph you just labeled, but in a slightly different way and with one addition. The energy consumption bars are now stacked into a single bar to make energy consumption in the system easier to compare to the energy output of the system. Can you interpret the graph of energy flow in the U.S. food system?
Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. Terms may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
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Agricultural production
transportation
household storage & preparation1. The largest portion of energy in the food system is consumed by household storage and preparation.
2. Food processing and packaging together account for a little over 25% or 3.5 quads of the energy consumed in the food system annually.
3. Purchasing organically grown food would save energy involved with agricultural production as it would reduce the energy that goes into producing chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
4. Consolidation in the food system means that there are fewer food processing operations, which increases energy used in transportation by increasing the distance between food sources and consumers.
5. Purchasing locally grown produce would reduce energy used in transportation.
6. Eating less meat would reduce energy used in agricultural production.
7. Buying frozen convenience food in bulk could increase energy used in household storage and preparation.
8. The U.S. food system is rather inefficient as it consumes almost 8 times as much energy in producing, processing, packaging, and transporting food than it makes available as food energy output.

Answer 1

Buying organic food would reduce the energy used to produce chemical fertilisers and pesticides, which is used in agricultural production.

Why is agricultural production important?

1. Home storage and preparation account for the lion's share of the energy used in the food chain.

2. A little over 25%, or 3.5 quads, of the energy used in the food system yearly is consumed by food processing and packaging combined.

3. By reducing the energy used to produce chemical pesticides and fertilisers, buying food that has been grown organically can minimise the energy used in agricultural production.

4. As the distance between food suppliers and consumers grows as a result of the food system's consolidation, there are fewer food processing facilities, which increases the amount of energy consumed in transportation.

5. Buying locally produced food would save energy on transportation.

6. Consuming less meat would cut down on the energy required for agricultural production.

7. Bulk purchases of frozen convenience meals may result in an increase in the energy required for home preparation and storage.

8. The American food system is rather inefficient because it uses roughly eight times as much energy to produce, process, package, and transport food as it does to produce food.

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