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

Description should include

- definition of food security with regard to the lack of available resources to obtain food (e.g., money, availability, socio-cultural factors)
- definition of food access with regard to the availability of resources to obtain healthy foods (e.g., financial resources, prices, region, socio-economic and cultural factors, transportation, food banks)
- identification of influential economic factors such as 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 security and safety?
- What factors affect food access?

Communication

- How can we understand and evaluate food security?
- What questions need to be answered in order to reduce food insecurity?

Leadership

- How can leaders reduce food insecurity?
- What factors influence consumers’ food choices and other nutritional practices?

Management

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