You are what you eat!

1. You are what you eat! Peaches

2. What did you have for dinner last night? Tell the person next to you!

3. 6000 miles away What does that mean? It means that it is time to think about where your food has come from and what environmental effects this has had.

4. The Dirty Secrets of 6 Scandalous Foods

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6. Bananas • Giving money to terrorists • Intensive deforestation of natural habitats for banana growth • Heavy use of pesticides

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8. Corn • Corn requires a lot of land and energy to produce. • The increase in corn harvesting has resulted in massive deforestation across the world. • The widespread use of chemical fertilizer on corn fields in the U.S. has created a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico – a 7,900 square-mile area patch of water that is so oxygen-depleted that sea life cannot survive.

9. Eutrophication Algae

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12. Steak • Livestock contribute more green house gases than the emissions from all the cars and trucks in the world. • The amount of grain needed feed a cow to produce an 8oz steak, would be enough to feed 45-60 people. • Almost half of all water in the U.S is used to farm animals. • Soil erosion, extinction of endangered plants, pollution in rivers.

13. What should I do? • Could you become a vegetarian? If not… • Cut down on your meat consumption. • Beef and pork have a high carbon footprint. Try switching to chicken and fish.

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15. Chocolate • Yields are declining all across the cocoa plantations of West Africa, where two thirds of the world's supply is grown, as soils are degraded and the area able to support the crop retreats "I think that in 20 years chocolate will be like caviar” John Mason

16. Chocolate • The cocoa trade has been accused of supporting child slave labour, particularly on the Ivory Coast “consuming this chocolate bar may cause cancer – contains sugar from genetically engineered beets, cocoa harvested by child slaves, and harmful pesticides and fungicides”

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18. Prawns • up to 10 pounds of fish are caught and destroyed for each pound of prawns harvested. • Other sea creatures, including thousands of dolphins, are killed in shrimp nets. • Farm-raised prawns aren't all guilt-free either; prawn farms are known for polluting their associated mangroves and estuaries. • Or even deliberately damaging the prawns to increase fertility and production.

19. Series 1 Episode 3 Play from 8min 26secs – 11min.

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21. Tuna • Tuna is one of the most well-known offending industries. For years, the tuna industry used the practice of "dolphin circling" to catch tuna, resulting in the deaths of more than 100,000 dolphins each year. • Tuna fishing remains harmful to other sea life, including sharks, rays and endangered sea turtles. • Why else is tuna damaging? • It's a threat to itself: it's estimated that around 90% of the world’s tuna's stock has already been harvested.

22. What can I do? Support local growers Buy Fairtrade or Organic products Reduce your meat intake to reduce intensive farming Why not walk to the local shop or get the bus Just be aware of where your food has come from Why not grow your own?

23. Grow your own! With the help of your tutor upload your class crop onto the shared area documenting your plant’s progress. Winner reviewed 17th July!