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Migrating Food

Migrating Food. By Hélène, Eline, Jóhann, Falko, Melisa and Kristina. Origin. Pineapple : Tropical plant; originates from the area between Southern Brazil and Paraguay. Tomatoes : Originating in South America and was spread around the world during the Spanish colonization there.

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Migrating Food

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  1. Migrating Food By Hélène, Eline, Jóhann, Falko, Melisa and Kristina

  2. Origin • Pineapple : Tropical plant; originates from the area between Southern Brazil and Paraguay. • Tomatoes : Originating in South America and was spread around the world during the Spanish colonization there. • Beans : The oldest-known domesticated beans in the Americas were found in Guitarrero Cave • Banana: Southeast Asian farmers first domesticated bananas. • Coffee: the cultivation of coffee first expanded in the Arab world • Tea: Tea plants are native to East and South Asia and probably originated around the point of confluence of the lands of northeast India, north Burma, southwest China, and Tibet.

  3. Environmental impact • Life-Cycle assessment : technique to evaluateenviromental impact • Food miles: term used to describe the food´s transportation distance • Carbon emission label: describes how much carbon dioxide is caused by a product’s transportation http://design.open.ac.uk/research/documents/GreenDesRptFinalPix3_000.pdf (page 27)

  4. Transport By airplane By ship By train By Truck

  5. Pineapples • Countries with tropical climates for example: Costa Rica • By airplane

  6. Banana • Countries with tropical climates for example: Costa Rica • By ship

  7. Tomatoes • Everywhere • In containers by boat, to hold fresh

  8. Grapes • Everywhere from the temperate zone for example : Italy, France and Usa • By train, truck and plane

  9. Beans • Everywhere in the world • By trucks, auto, ship

  10. Paprika • Plant in South-America • By ship

  11. Coffee • First expanded in the Arab world • In containers by ship or truck

  12. Tea • South-Asia • By ship

  13. Lemons • Mostly come from mediterranean countries like Spain, Italy or Portugal but also fromSouth Africa and Tasmania Island. • By ship in containers

  14. Migrated food For example pizza: Between 1870 and 1970, over 26 million individuals departed from Italy as migrants, typically in search of work. The residents of Italy had long been poor, but only in the late nineteenth century did their poverty motivate them to travel such long distances. When Italians sought work, they tended to travel along well- established commercial routes.

  15. conclusion The world is becoming more and more aware of the pollution. The transport is also getting more expensive, so are the products.

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