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Global issues, local action Part 4

Global issues, local action Part 4. Learning objectives. Where does your food come from?. Icons key:. For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation. Flash activity. These activities are not editable. Teacher’s notes included in the Notes Page. Printable activity.

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Global issues, local action Part 4

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  1. Global issues, local actionPart 4

  2. Learning objectives • Where does your food come from? Icons key: For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation Flash activity. These activities are not editable. Teacher’s notes included in the Notes Page Printable activity Extension activities Web addresses Sound

  3. Where’s your food from? To prepare them for sale, foods must be processed, packaged and then transported to the shops. However, all of these processes have negative impacts on sustainable development. For example: • Preservatives used in food processing can have adverse health effects on some consumers. • Excess food packaging creates unnecessary waste, which impacts on the environment. • Food transported over long distances from other countries, often by air, contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

  4. Case study: naked cucumbers

  5. Food miles Chicken from Thailand: 5,930 miles Carrots from South Africa: 5,987 miles Apples fromChile: 7,239 miles Jelly sweets from Germany: 476 miles Tomatoes from Saudi Arabia: 3,079 miles To meet the demand for fresh produce all year round, many retailers source foods from all over the world. The distance this produce has travelled is measured in food miles:

  6. 1,358 miles Cheese from Switzerland: 477 miles Ham from Denmark: 596 miles Lettuce from Spain: 285 miles The amazing travelling sandwich (1) How far might the contents of your sandwich have travelled? Take a typical cheese and ham sandwich…

  7. Peppers from Holland: 223 miles Tomatoes from Saudi Arabia: 3,079 miles Prawns from Indonesia: 7,279 miles Lettuce from Spain: 285 miles The amazing travelling sandwich (2) Or a prawn salad sandwich… 10,866 miles What is being done to try and reduce the distance our food has travelled?

  8. Activity Produce one of the following to try to encourage the purchase of locally sourced goods: • an article for the local news • a blog / article for a local website • a poster for your school. Think carefully about your target audience for this marketing campaign, and give reasons why you have chosen to target them. Find out what factors would be most likely to persuade them to buy local food products and incorporate these into your campaign.

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