1. What percentage of total U.S. energy consumption is accounted for by the food system?

A) 1-4%
B) 5-9%
C) 10-17%
D) 18-25%

2. In 1975, about 21% of American fresh fruit was imported from other countries. What was that percentage in 2001?

A) 19%
B) 29%
C) 39%
D) 49%

3. An ear of local sweet corn in America travels an average of about 20 miles to market, where it is sold. Conventional (non-local) sweet corn is hauled how many miles, on average, to market?

A) 40 miles
B) 100 miles
C) 150 miles
D)  More than 200 miles

4. Which of the following pieces of information are food retailers required to provide consumers?

A) Origination of the product
B) Rating (low, medium, high) of energy use required to bring the product to market
C) Date product was harvested or processed
D) Surgeon General’s warning that products shipped more than 1,500 miles may be harmful to the planet’s health

5. An “organic” label guarantees consumers which of the following?

A) The food is produced within 500 miles of its market.
B) The food is 95-100% produced without antibiotics, hormones, pesticides or irradiation.
C) The food is healthier than conventional, non-organic equivalents
D) The food is produced without bioengineering

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Answers:
1:   C, 10-17%
2.   C, 39%
3:   D, more than 200 miles
4:   None are required (exception: Origin of fish and shellfish products are required)
5:   B and D

Sources: Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University; National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service