Climate Action Quiz: Food

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  How often do you eat meat?

  • A.
    Every meal
  • B.
    Once a day
  • C.
    A couple times a week
  • D.
    Once a week
  • E.
    Couple times a month
• 2.
  Select your diet 

  • A.
    Omnivore
  • B.
    Vegetarian
  • C.
    Vegan
• 3.
  Where do you shop for groceries?

  • A.
    At the local farmer's market
  • B.
    At the grocery store
  • C.
    Community shared agriculture delivery
  • D.
    Amazon(or similar site)
• 4.
  Do you shop for organic products?

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    No
  • C.
    Only for vegetables products
• 5.
  how important is meat to your diet?

  • A.
    Very important/irreplaceable 
  • B.
    Preferred protein source
  • C.
    Not important/replaceable
• 6.
  How often do you buy produce locally?

  • A.
    Every week
  • B.
    Sometimes
  • C.
    Never
• 7.
  Where does your meat come from?

  • A.
    Generic brand
  • B.
    Organic/ natural at the grocery store
  • C.
    Locally
• 8.
  How often do you consume dairy products?

  • A.
    Every Meal
  • B.
    Once a day
  • C.
    Couple times a week
  • D.
    Once a week
  • E.
    Rarely or never
• 9.
  What do you prioritize most in a diet?

  • A.
    Flexibility
  • B.
    Low Cost
  • C.
    Nutritional Value
• 10.
  Which type of meat do you consume the most of?

  • A.
    Lamb
  • B.
    Beef
  • C.
    Pork
  • D.
    Chicken
  • E.
    Turkey
• 11.
  What do you prioritize most in a diet

  • A.
    Low cost
  • B.
    Nutritional value
• 12.
  What do you value in a diet

  • A.
    Convenience 
  • B.
    Flexibility 
  • C.
    Nutritional Value
  • D.
    Locally sourced
• 13.
  Why do you incorperate animal based protein into your diet?

  • A.
    Connivence 
  • B.
    Habit 
  • C.
    Preference
  • D.
    Nutritional Value
• 14.
  What do you value most in a vegetarian diet?

  • A.
    Health reasons
  • B.
    Environmental factors
  • C.
    Ethical considerations
  • D.
    Budget Constraints
  • E.
    All of the above
  • F.
    Other
• 15.
  Where do you purchase your produce?

  • A.
    Conventional produce at grocery store
  • B.
    Organic at grocery store
  • C.
    Local at grocery store
  • D.
    Local Farm
  • E.
    CSA subscription
  • F.
    Other
• 16.
  What do you value the most in a vegetarian diet?

  • A.
    Health benefits
  • B.
    Environmental impact
  • C.
    Ethical considerations

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Commit to Meatless Mondays

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  By committing to just one meatless Monday, swapping that hamburger for a veggie burger, you will save 425 gallons of water. That equivalent to a days supply of water for 1,700 people. Take the pledge here
• 2.
  Replace beef with chicken

  By switching your beef consumption to chicken for one year, you will save carbon emissions for 993 miles driven.
• 3.
  Go Vegan

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  Based on your responses, by going vegan it will fit the best with your lifestyle as well as have the most significant impact with it's carbon savings. According to Project Drawdown's comprehensive climate survey, eating a plant-based diet is the #2 most impactful individual action we can take for our climate globally, with more than 13x the emissions reductions of recycling. Each day as a vegan you will save 1,100 gallons of water. By going vegan for a full year, you will save 8,370 miles driven.
• 4.
  Go Vegetarian

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  According to Project Drawdown's comprehensive climate survey, eating a plant-based diet is the #2 most impactful individual action we can take for our climate globally, with more than 13x the emissions reductions of recycling. Cattle emit harmful greenhouses gasses and if they made up their own nation, they would be the 3rd largest emitter of greenhouse gas in the world! Not only will going vegetarian help the climate, but it is also healthier, tied with lower rates of chronic disease.One year of going vegetarian is the equivalent of 1,811 miles driven. See how much carbon you will save. Learn more about food emissions on Climactor.
• 5.
  Visit a Farmers Market

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  When you’re looking for the freshest ingredients cultivated and created in New Hampshire, there’s no better place to browse than the local farmers markets. With live music, baked goods, gourmet delights, and home-grown fruits and vegetables at every turn, a day at the farmers market will entertain your entire family during the warmer months. Whether you’re taking a leisurely stroll or you’re looking to shop artisanal products, you’ll find all of your favorite locally made granite state goods. When the temperatures drop, you’ll find winter farmers markets pop up throughout New Hampshire, keeping fresh food on plates and the celebration of abundance and local flavor alive in every season. In the United States, conventionally produced foods are often said to travel 1,500 miles from farm to plate. Rich Pirog, senior associate director of the C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems, found that conventional food distribution was responsible for 5 to 17 times more CO2 than local and regionally produced food
• 6.
  Local Produce

  For many fruits and vegetables, roughly half of their emissions come from transportation and preservation. In order to cut your produce emissions in half, consider switching to buying local produce.
• 7.
  High Protein Plant Based Switch Once a Week

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  While meat is known to be high in protein, there are other plant based foods like beans and tofu that have considerably high amounts of protein.
• 8.
  Replace Beef with Chicken 1 day per week

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  Beef has nearly four times the carbon emissions of chicken. One kilogram of beef has a carbon footprint of 27 kilograms of carbon dioxide while chicken has only 6.9 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilo of meat.
• 9.
  Replace 1/3 of Beef Patty with Mushrooms

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  Switching a portion of your beef to plant-based proteins like tofu and beans will reduce your carbon footprint. Beef production and consumption produces 27 kilograms of carbon for each kilo of beef, 13 times as much carbon dioxide per kilogram as plant-based proteins, which typically produce around 2 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilogram of food.
• 10.
  Replace Beef with Turkey 1 day per week

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  Switching from beef to turkey can save 16.1 kilograms of carbon per kilogram of meat. Even switching one day of the week can create a big reduction in carbon emissions.
• 11.
  Join a CSA

  For many fruits and vegetables, roughly half of their emissions come from transportation and preservation. In order to further reduce your carbon emissions, consider joining a CSA as convenient way to enjoy local food. Learn more about what local CSA you can join: Searchable list of Vermont CSA's List of New Hampshire CSA's
• 12.
  High Protein: Replace Beef with Chicken

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  A 6oz chicken breast has 54g of protein per serving compared to beef steak which has 48g of protein per serving. Not only does chicken have a higher amount of protein per serving than beef, it is significantly better for the environment, releasing less than 1/3 of the carbon emissions as beef does.
• 13.
  High Protein: Replace beef with canned tuna

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  Not only is canned tuna significantly less expensive than beef, it contains a higher amount of protein per serving and has less than 1/3 of the carbon emissions that beef does.
• 14.
  Replace some poultry with wild caught fish

  While poultry emits significantly less emissions than beef, you can further reduce your emissions further by swapping some of your chicken dinners with wild caught fish. Learn more about the different types of diets choices you can make here
• 15.
  Considering becoming a Flexatarian 

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  While you may know that meat production is very carbon intensive and that you should cut back on meat for the environment, however, going full vegetarian seems a little daunting and restrictive. Consider different things like: 1. Going vegetarian during the week and eating omnivore on the weekend 2. Going meatless
• 16.
  Consider reducing your cheese intake

  Even though cheese may be a vegetarian food, it actually has a higher carbon footprint than some sources of meat like poultry. Consider decreasing some of your cheese intake in order reduce your carbon emissions.
• 17.
  Consider reducing palm oil use

  While palm oil is technically vegan, it is higher in carbon emissions than some forms of meat and fish. It's production contains a high amount of land use and deforestation. Consider reducing foods containing palm oil in order to make the biggest environmental impact.
• 18.
  Consider reducing your dairy intake

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  Milk is produced by cows which a ruminating livestock that produce methane, a very powerful greenhouse gas, and high amounts of carbon dioxide. Plant-based alternatives produce far less carbon dioxide and do not release methane.Even though cheese may be a vegetarian food, it actually has a carbon footprint more than 3 times higher than some sources of meat like poultry. Consider decreasing some of your cheese intake in order reduce your carbon emissions.