The Salt
3:00 pm
Wed October 17, 2012


Orchards like this one in Adams County, PA, and other U.S. farms face worldwide competition for their apples and apple products due to imports.
Credit Brad C. Bower / AP


The official answer is Yes, according to the James Beard Foundation, which put out the quiz. (You can see the whole quiz below). But we reached out to Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund who's being honored by the JBF tonight, for a slightly more nuanced response.

For starters, Clay says, it's important to point out that we import about 30 percent of the fresh fruits we consume now. So perhaps we could make up difference by increasing our imports.



So, there's really no quick and easy answer.

Here's the whole quiz:

A. Rice
B. Soybeans
C. Cotton
D. Oats

A. Corn
B. Broccoli
C. Carrots
D. Cauliflower
E. None of the above

A. True
B. False

A. True
B. False

A. 2 percent
B. 5 percent
C. 10 percent
D. 20 percent

6. How much of the nation's total land area is controlled by farmers?
A. 10 percent
B. 20 percent
C. 40 percent
D. 60 percent

A. 10 million
B. 20 million

A. True
B. False

A. True
B. False

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P.S: JBF is hosting foodies and food thinkers today and tomorrow at a conference called "Creating a Better, More Sustainable Food World We Can Trust." (You can watch it all on the live stream.) I was supposed to be there moderating but was felled by a stomach bug, so I'm at home in DC recovering with some chamomile tea.

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