Title: Describe food security with regard to food access on a local, state, national, and international scale.
Course: Food Science and Dietetics (19254) > Section: Exploring Diet and Nutrition Fundamentals

Description should include

- exploration of food security with regard to available resources to obtain nutrient-dense food (e.g., money, availability, socio-cultural factors)
- definition of food access with regard to the availability of resources to obtain nutrient-dense foods (e.g., financial resources, prices, region, socio-economic and cultural factors, transportation, food banks, federal food programs, federal food nutrition assistance programs)
- identification of influential economic factors (e.g., agriculture) globalization of food (i.e., importing and exporting of food products), industrialization, use of technology, government subsidies for food production, price controls, food supply, and food distribution
- how these economic factors influence consumers' food choices and other nutritional practices
- identification of influential environmental factors such as soil and air quality, climate, practices to reduce food waste, practices to conserve energy and other resources, and practices to protect the environment
- explanation of how these environmental factors influence consumers' food choices and other nutritional practices.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the difference between food safety and food security?
- What factors affect food safety and security?
- What factors affect food access?
- What is a food desert?
- How does food security affect eating patterns?

Communication

- How can one understand and evaluate food security?
- What questions need to be answered to reduce food insecurity?
- How would one measure food security in a neighborhood?

Leadership

- How can leaders reduce food insecurity?
- What factors influence consumers’ food choices and other nutritional practices?
- Which economic or cultural factors most influence local food choices?

Management

- What resources would increase food security?
- What are the consequences of food insecurity?