Playing with Food… for a more just and healthier planet

1. Playing with Food…for a more just and healthier planet Kate & Genevieve May 2010 CUC AGM, Victoria (BC)

2. About USC Canada...

3. On the menu • Playing with Food… with kids (50 min.): • Seed from the ground • Story of Corn • Everything Seed (excerpt) • Name that seed Map • Banana Split • Having fin with Seeds (10 min.): • Becoming a Seed Saviour • The seed from the ground song

4. A Seed from the Ground Song by Connie Kaldor (A Duck in New York City) If you’ve got the sun and if you’ve got the rain And you plant a little seed in the old back lane And you wish and you pray and you keep the weeds down You might find, ooh, you might find A root growing out from the seed in the ground A shoot growing out from the rootfrom the seed in the ground A stem growing out from the shoot from the root from the seed in the ground A flower growing out from the stem from the shoot from the root from the seed in the ground A seed growing out from the flower from the stem from the shoot from the root from the seed in the ground

5. Story of Corn: http://usc-canada.org/resources/creative-campaigning/

6. The Everything Seed 2006 Storybook by Carole Martignacco

7. Name that Seed • Do you ever eat seeds for breakfast?

8. Name that Seed • Let’s take a look at which seeds hide in these cereals… • What seeds do you eat? • Where do they come form?

9. Name that Seed • OATMEAL:

10. Name that Seed • RICE CRISPIES:

11. Name that Seed • SUGAR CRISP:

12. Name that Seed • CORN POPS:

13. Name that Seed • ALPHA BITS:

14. Name that Seed • RAISIN BRAN:

15. Our food travels 2,500 to 4,000 km from field to plate!

16. In order to play this game, I need: • A small farmer in Honduras • A large food distribution network • A transporter • A banana plantation owner • A negotiator • A hungry person who likes bananas • An airport in North America • An importer • A supermarket • A cooperative BANANA SPLIT: Conventional or Fair Trade Bananas?

17. A small farmer in Honduras grows a banana on a plantation. • When his banana is almost ready, he sells it to the owner of the plantation for 1 cent. • The owner of the plantation calls a local transporter to pick up the banana. • The local transporter delivers the banana to an airplane. • The airplane transports the banana to an airport in North America. • When the price of bananas are low on the stock market, a negotiator buys the banana. • The negotiator resells the banana to an importer. • The importer resells the banana to a large food distribution network and moves the banana from one storage location to the next. • A number of days or weeks after being harvested, the banana finally arrives in your supermarket. • You’re hungry and you buy the banana for 50 cents. The Conventional Banana

18. A small farmer in Honduras grows a banana. on his cooperative farm. • When his banana is almost ready, he sells it to his cooperative for 25 cents. • The cooperative sells the banana to an importer. • The importer sends the banana to North America (by boat or airplane). • A few days after being harvested, the banana is trucked in and finally arrives in your supermarket. • You’re hungry and you buy the fair trade banana for 1 $ (100 cents). The Fair trade Banana

19. The Conventional VS Fair Trade Path of Coffee

20. Seed Saviour

21. Seed Saviour

22. Be Creative!

23. A Seed from the Ground Song by Connie Kaldor (A Duck in New York City)

24. Thank you!