Answers: Chapter 6
Are you a Locavore?
Comprehension Questions
- How was the diet of the British Columbia couple restricted?
Answer: They only ate food that was grown in their immediate area. Eventually, this was a 100-mile radius of their home in Vancouver.
2. How is community enhanced by this type of diet?
Answer: There is more connection within the community. Money spent in local businesses is again spent within other local businesses. This increases communication and support.
3. What is CSA and how does it work?
Answer: CSA means community shared agriculture. It means that a consumer gets a box of produce weekly from a grower that they buy a share with.
4. Why does Ellen Clancy think a local diet is a good idea?
Answer: She thinks our body needs food and nutrition that changes with the seasons and the area where we live.
5. Having direct contact with a farmer you buy vegetables and/or fruit from means you can talk to them. What ideas does the writer suggest can be shared?
Answer: The farmer can share his challenges, his use of chemicals and additives, ripeness, storage, availability and the damage from a storm.
6. There are different reasons for restricing diet. What are some reasons that people may restrict the type of food that they eat?
Answer: Suggestions include health, religion, beliefs etc., but answers may vary.
7. What are other benefits to a local diet that are not mentioned in the article?
Answer: Answers may vary, but should suggest benefits of less pollution, lower cost because of less travel, sense of adventure etc…
