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Question 1.
 When I go shopping, I pay special attention to
a. The brand and price.
b. The ingredients.
c. The certification label on the packaging.
d. Nothing, I just buy what I like.
     
Question 2.
 I associate the term ‘sustainable food’ with
a. Left-wing politics, doesn’t interest me one bit.
b. Fresh, unprocessed products and a healthy eating pattern.
c. Consuming more consciously, and by doing so helping to reduce hunger and poverty in the world.
d. 100% perfectly produced and traded food.
     
Question 3.
 Doing shopping with attention to sustainable products, in my opinion
a. It is not necessary.
b. Costs too much time. Is not worth the effort bicycling from one organic and health food store to the other.
c. It’s important. But I do not know how most products are produced.
d. It is easily done. All my groceries are produced sustainably.
     
Question 4.
 I consider sustainable products
a. Expensive.
b. Poorly available.
c. Taste bad.
d. None of the above misconceptions.
     
Question 5.
 I check for certification labels on the packaging of my purchases.
a. True, because I want to know whether a product is produced organically or not.
b. True, because I want to know whether a product is produced sustainably and traded fairly.
c. True, because I want to know weather a product is healthy for me or not.
d. Untrue, seals of approval tell me nothing.
     
Question 6.
 If my supermarket doesn’t sell any sustainably produced chocolate,
a. I just buy the chocolate that they have.
b. I buy something else; I am not a chocoholic.
c. I go to another shop.
d. I ask the manager whether he or she wants to include sustainably produced chocolate on their shelf.
     
     
Question 7.
 Okay, of course I know that in order to grow soybeans deforestation on a large scale, erosion, environmental pollution and oppression of small farmers are involved. But I
a. Never eat soybeans. I’m not vegetarian.
b. Only eat soybeans if they are included in food products, so not very much.
c. Try to eat products with ‘green’ or Basel soybeans.
d. Have signed the soybean petition, or I am going to do this.
     
Question 8.
 When a company is not transparent about its production methods,
a. I do understand this. But every company must still abide by the law.
b. I do understand this. A company has better things to do.
c. I do understand this. It is impossible to know everything about a product, especially with products from developing countries.
d. I don’t accept this. As a consumer, I have the right to know what I support with the products that I purchase. Who knows? Perhaps the company has something to hide?
     
Question 9.
 The responsibility for the level of sustainability of the food on my plate lies mainly on
a. The industry and the trade.
b. The supermarkets and the catering industry.
c. The government and the EU authorities.
d. Me.
     
Question 10.
 'Eat fair, beat hunger!'. This sounds good, but
a. What can I contribute to making the world market more sustainable?
b. Can it cost our jobs if products from developing countries have free access into Europe?
c. To be sure, I just buy nothing at all from these questionable sectors, such as tea, coffee, chocolate, soybeans, peanuts, rice, sugar, oranges, Brie, prawns?
d. No buts. I want to commit to consuming sustainable food and beverages for a fairer world. What can I do?