the initial stages of food creation, focusing on growing, harvesting, rearing, catching and gathering raw food ingredients

finding food in forests or parks, such as berries and herbs

Producing our food

Cooking and nutrition

Processing our food

Making bruschetta

This unit goes through different ways in which our food is produced and processed, using a range of examples. The reasons why and how our food is processed is highlighted. Pupils identify the origin of ingredients through cooking a baked dish.

Food production

Discussion of food production involving animals.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

True or false? Food can only be produced on a farm or in a field.

seeds grow, 'ears' of grain, combine harvester

growing on trees, flowers pollinated, picked in an orchard

sown in paddy fields, lots of water, plants cut and harvested

Match the food to the stages of production:

Food {{}} is about the initial stages of making our food.

fishing vessels at sea, nets used to catch food

Bees and insects __________ the flowers, enabling the fruit to grow.

The cows need grass, hay, feed and water.

After having a baby (a calf), the cow produces milk.

Milk is collected from the udder, two to three times a day.

Put the following stages of milk production in the correct order:

Match the fruit and vegetables to the correct season.

Match the type of food production to the foods:

True or false? All the food we consume is produced in the UK.

Food grows in different countries. Match the food to the country.

Different fruit and vegetables grow in different climates, so are ready to eat in different ...

Producing our food

Lesson outcome

Content guidance