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WHAT IS THE COST OF OUR FOOD?

WHAT IS THE COST OF OUR FOOD?. It is amazing when you consider all of the weird and wonderful foods from all over the world that we can just pop into a supermarket and buy. However, by making these foods available to us all year round, are we having an affect on our environment?

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WHAT IS THE COST OF OUR FOOD?

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  1. WHAT IS THE COST OF OUR FOOD?

  2. It is amazing when you consider all of the weird and wonderful foods from all over the world that we can just pop into a supermarket and buy. However, by making these foods available to us all year round, are we having an affect on our environment? Your task is to investigate this. Use the information on the following pages to help you complete your task. Having completed the tasks, you will have to decide; are we paying too high a price for our food?

  3. TASK 1: Choose one of the meals below. This will be the food you track throughout the tasks. ROAST DINNER Chicken Maris Piper potatoes Carrots Brussel Sprouts Parsnips Paxo sage and onion stuffing Pigs in blankets – sausages and bacon LASAGNE Fresh lasagne sheets Minced beef White onion Red onion Red pepper Green pepper Tinned tomatoes Mature cheddar cheese FISH PIE Cod Salmon Smoked haddock Prawns Peas Broccoli Mature cheddar cheese Milk

  4. TASK 2: Calculate your dinner’s food miles. Our food supply comes from all over the world. Although this offers us a fantastic range of different foods to eat, it has an environmental cost due to the fossil fuels used when transporting the foods. For this task you need to first visit your local supermarket. For each of the ingredients in the list, find out where in the world the supermarket has sourced them from. (This should be found on the packaging of the food or on the shelf-edge label for fruit and vegetables). Next you need to use the World map on the next page and trace each ingredient. To do this, draw a line from London to the country where the ingredient comes from. The third part of the task is to use the internet to find out how far away that country is from London. For example, oranges are from Spain. I would first draw a line from London to Spain on the World map. Next I would use the internet to find out that Spain is 785 miles from London. Label the line with the distance that you have found. When you have completed that for all of the ingredients in your dinner, add them up and calculate your dinner’s food miles.

  5. Food miles working out sheet Ingredient Country Country Distance from London (miles) Total food miles =

  6. TASK 3: Researching farming Nowadays there are 2 types of commercial farming; organic and intensive. Research 3 facts about organic farming and 3 facts about intensive farming. There is some information on the following pages to help you. Organic farming: 1)................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2).................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3).................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Intensive farming: 1)................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2).................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3)..................................................................................................................................................................................................................

  7. ORGANIC FARMING INTENSIVE FARMING Intensive livestock farming – also known as factory farming – is designed to yield the highest profit from the least amount of labor and costs. For example, instead of being allowed to wander around pastures and munch on grass, cows are usually confined to small areas and may not spend time outdoors. Intensive livestock farming is an issue much larger than the welfare of the animals, although this is certainly an aspect of the issue that has received a great deal of attention. Other issues surrounding this type of farming include: The prevalent use of antibiotics Chemical herbicide and pesticide use The use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and other items as feed for the animals The potential benefits of this type of farming include: Mass production of meat for consumers Farming operations at the lowest cost available A big concern among environmental experts is that while factory farming may not be the most ecologically sound choice for livestock production, it may be the only way to supply all the food necessary for the ever-expanding global population of meat eaters. Proponents of organic farming, however, dispute this claim. • Organic livestock farming differs greatly from intensive farming. Organic farming includes: • No use of antibiotics unless necessary • The use of natural solutions for pest and weed problems • No use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) • Livestock is also allowed to roam around the farm and graze on foods that are also organic. This method of farming usually costs more money to maintain and generally does not yield the mass quantities of products that intensive farming does. This method of farming, however, is designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible. • It does not take the same amount of toil on the land and surrounding areas as farming that involves harsh chemicals and overcrowded livestock populations.

  8. Use the facts that you found on organic and intensive farming to complete the following questions: Why might people be for and against organic farming? Why might people be for and against intensive farming? What do you think about organic and intensive farming? .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

  9. TASK 5: FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS Look at the food web below and answer the following questions. In intensive farming, a large amount of pesticides are used. This killed off a lot of the grass in the area. What affect would that have on the food web? ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... A farmer decides that he no longer wants to grow carrots. How would this impact the food web? ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... The fox keeps eating the farmers chickens so the farmer decides to cull the foxes. What affect would this have on the food web? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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