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• 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?

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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

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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

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Are food miles a bad or good?

Should we buy British food or food from abroad?

Class debate!

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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:

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