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Consumer Choices Air miles and carbon footprint

Explore how food miles, organic produce, and carbon footprint impact your food decisions. Discover why our food comes from afar and delve into factors such as climate, cost, and availability. Learn about carbon footprint, organic farming, fair trade, and the concept of food miles, all crucial for sustainable and conscious consumer choices.

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Consumer Choices Air miles and carbon footprint

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  1. Consumer Choices Air miles and carbon footprint

  2. Success Criteria • Explain how food miles and organic foods can influence food choices. • Explain the term Food Miles, Organic, Carbon footprint,

  3. Why does so much of our food come from abroad?

  4. Why does so much of our food come from abroad? • Climate • Cost • We want availability all year round. Food out of season is more expensive for example strawberries in December will cost more than in July.

  5. Research and explain the following terms • Carbon Footprint • Organic • Fair Trade • Food Miles

  6. Explain the following terms • Carbon Footprint – the emissions a product makes [food miles]. • Organic – foods that have been grown or reared without chemicals. • Fair Trade – means that the farmers gets a fair price for their product. • Food Miles – the distance a product travels from harvesting to the supermarket.

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