Starter quiz
- Match the key words to the correct definition.
- in season⇔the time of year a food is ready to be harvested ✓
- out of seasonol⇔the time of year when a food is not naturally ready for harvesting ✓
- import⇔goods brought in from another country ✓
- Different foods grow better in different ______
- 'climates' ✓
- Which of these describe a tropical climate?
- hot and wet ✓
- dry and hot
- mild and wet
- dry and cold
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- Which of these are tropical fruits?
- Pineapples ✓
- Apples
- Bananas ✓
- Strawberries
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- When can you start to harvest these foods in the UK?
- Strawberries⇔Early summer ✓
- Cabbages⇔All year ✓
- Apples⇔Late summer ✓
- Where do many of the fruit and vegetables in our supermarkets come from?
- Spain ✓
- Australia
- Norway
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Exit quiz
- Match the key word to the correct term.
- import⇔goods that are brought in from another country ✓
- export⇔goods that are sent out to another country ✓
- greenhouse gases⇔gases in the atmosphere that trap heat ✓
- What are food miles?
- The distance between where a food is grown or made to where it is eaten. ✓
- The distance you walk eating your food.
- The length of the farmers fields who grow the crops.
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- Put the journey of a banana in the correct order.
- 1⇔plantation
- 2⇔washing and packaging
- 3⇔port
- 4⇔distributor
- 5⇔supermarket
- 6⇔you
- Which of the stages of a bananas journey happens in the UK?
- plantation
- washing and packaging
- port
- distributor ✓
- supermarket ✓
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- A __________ footprint is a measure of the total amount of greenhouse gases that are released as a result of our actions.
- Carbon ✓
- greenhouse
- food
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- What are reasons to 'buy local'?
- support British farmers ✓
- reduces our food miles ✓
- reduces availability of food out of season
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Worksheet
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- All food has to travel to reach our plates and the distance it travels is known as food miles.
- The total food miles will depend on the different stages and route of a food’s journey.
- Maps or the internet can be used to calculate the approximate food miles of different food products.
- There is debate about the relative positive and negative consequences of sourcing food locally versus importing it.
Common misconception
All food has the same carbon footprint.
Meat and dairy products have a higher carbon footprint than most fruit or vegetables.
Keywords
Exported - Goods that are exported are sent out to another country
Carbon footprint - A carbon footprint is a measure of the total amount of greenhouses gases that are released as a result of our actions
Greenhouse gas emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions are the release of gases into Earth's atmosphere that trap heat and contribute to climate change
Food miles - Food miles measure the distance between where a food is grown or made to where it is eaten
Intensive farming - Intensive agriculture is farming that uses more machines, workers and chemicals so that as many crops or animals as possible can be farmed on the space available