Urban Farming Quiz
Test Your Urban Farming Knowledge
Welcome to the Urban Farming Quiz where you can put your knowledge of urban agriculture to the test! This quiz covers various aspects of urban farming, food deserts, and how community gardening can transform neighborhoods.
Join us for an engaging experience that will help you:
- Learn about the impact of urban farms.
- Understand the challenges of food deserts.
- Explore the benefits of sustainable agriculture.
At the end of the online article on US urban farms, Marc White, 55, Rid-All’s chief farmer & compost guru states. “Our soil is the secret sauce for nutrition … it is _________ gold.” (Fill in the blank)
Blue
Blonde
Blood
Black
Co-founder Randy McShepard describes the farms logic, “The idea was to show people how to turn vacant urban plots into green spaces that generate _____________________________ and _________________________________. (Fill in the blanks with the correct answers)
Community watch
Community pride
Economic disparity
Economic opportunities
Economic agenda
One in thirty people in Cleveland, Ohio lives in a food desert.
True
False
A food desert is a neighbourhood with high rates of poverty and no supermarket within half a mile.
True
False
In the black neighbourhoods in East Cleveland, more than half the people rely on______________________________________________ to eat. (Fill in the correct answers)
Minimarts
Fast-food outlets
Gas stations
All the above
In what year was the Rid-All farm created?
2008
2009
2010
2020
What did they call 1960's racist home ownership zoning policies in Cleveland, Ohio?
Reimagining
Reaquainting
Renewal
Redlining
None of the above
Disproportionately, African Americans make up 30% of the county’s population, but are __% more likely to die from diabetes than their white counterparts. (fill in the blank)
99%
79%
59%
39%
The Rid-All farms' socially minded entrepreneurs are tackling big, interconnected global challenges such as: ___________________________________________________________________________. (fill in the blanks)
Climate change
Obesity
Infant mortality
Educational inequality
All of the above
A Rid-All spokesperson exclaims, "Diabetes, heart disease and obesity are killing us, yet these diseases can all be mitigated by unhealthy diets, which is what we’re trying to teach our communities.”
True
False
What American city has the highest rate of child poverty?
Detroit
Cleveland
New York City
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Baltimore
A definition of an "urban farm" is abandoned land that is acquired and cleaned up, then zoned by city permits to grow vegetables in greenhouses.
True
False
Rid-All has created not-for profit businesses like vegan catering, theatre shows, comics, beekeeping, and a vegetarian restaurant and juice bar. Another name for not-for profit is:
Spin classes
Spinster
Spin-ins
Spinoffs
None of the above
The "multiplier effect" is when:
More poor people move into a neighbourhood
Land that was once deemed habitable is now uninhabitable
Fast food outlets expand into poor neighbourhoods without grocery stores
People are trained as gardeners and double the number of garden plots in a community
The Rid-All farm turns community waste into compost, which is sold to commercial farmers, community gardens, local residents, and ___________________________ growers. (fill in the blank)
Bonus: Rate the Rid-All's ability to reduce the City of Cleveland's carbon footprint, which is the amount of carbon/methane emissions prevented from being released into the Earth's atmosphere, that would help prevent climate change.
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