Activity One - Skill - Flow diagram

As your now know our world has become increasingly connected from the movement of people for tourism and migration to the type of food we expect to see year round in our supermarket. This flow of goods and people has clearly been facilitated by technology, free trade agreements and the increasing demands of the middle classes. This movement into the middle classes has been explored as part of the demographic transition model and this has also had an effect on what we eat. The evolution of our diets is called the nutrition transition. 

1. Collect a sheet of A4 paper and a set of coloured crayons.

2. Create a pictorial flow diagram to represent the nutrition transition. Use the information in the 'Useful Resources' box to help you.

Useful Resources

Table debates definition - nutrition transition 

Activity Two - Watch

As you can see our diets have hugely shifted over the centuries into what we see today. Supermarkets help to power the demand for food that is not in season, processed and convenient as they are full of colour, advertising and influence. We are going to watch part of the 'Crop to Shop' documentary on nanoo TV to investigate the importance of the food superhighway and whether the concept of food miles is an appropriate way to measure the carbon footprint of what we eat.

1. Collect a copy of the question grid.

2. Click on the link to the documentary 'Crop to Shop' in nanoo TV. 

3. Watch the documentary and fill in the question grid.

Useful Resources

https://www.nanoo.tv/link/v/dGdLsdVQ - link to Crop to Shop Documentary (available for 1 week)

Homework - Essential

For your next lesson you will be asked to bring to school the food you would usually eat for breakfast. We will be eating breakfast together on the roof of the primary building. For each item(s) of food that you bring you will need to know where it has come from. If you are making/baking something please record where the ingredients come from. In general the location of where the item is from is on the packaging but in the case of fruit it will tell you on the price labels above the fruit in the supermarket. This is essential for our next lesson!!