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Food Miles Food Miles Food Miles Food Miles
Lesson ObjectivesLesson ObjectivesLesson ObjectivesLesson Objectives
• To understand what food miles are
• To identify countries Britain get their food from
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Fruit and vegetable alphabet task
• Name as many fruit and vegetables as you can
• Try and go from A-Z
• For example A= apple
The distance our food travels to get to our homes.
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• Where does our food come from?
• Using you’re A-Z fruit and veg sheets can you find out the countries we get
our food from?
Its cheaper
People want to eat out-of-season food all
year round.
Some foods can’t be
grown in the UK
Improved technology
Supermarkets want bigger profits
People don’t look at
where food comes from.
How much of our food comes from abroad?
All Food Fruit
Experts say we should reduce the amount of food we import even further. Why do you think this is?
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Think! What are some of the What are some of the What are some of the What are some of the benefits/problems of benefits/problems of benefits/problems of benefits/problems of
Food miles?Food miles?Food miles?Food miles?
Homework
• Make a list of foods you’ve got at home and where they came from.
• Find a minimum of 10 foods.
• Food miles footprint
How can we reduce food miles?
• Buy more British food
• Buy more local food
• Grow your own vegetables / fruit
• Use local shops rather than travelling to bigger supermarkets.
• Buy food in less packaging
A food Miles debate A food Miles debate A food Miles debate A food Miles debate
Are food miles a bad or good?
Should we buy British food or food from abroad?
Class debate!
Food Miles
Lesson Objectives
To produce in groups a news broadcast on food miles
What your broadcast needs to include
• What food miles is
• Why we get food from far away
• Some of the countries involved
• Problems of food miles
• Benefits of food miles
• British v foreign argument
Plenary:
You have 100 characters to write a text message to your friend to tell them what you
have learnt about food miles this lesson.
Hi, have you heard about....