Lines of latitude are imaginary lines on Earth showing position north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees

A supply chain is every step a product goes through to be made and delivered to the customer

Retailers are people or businesses that sell goods

A manufacturer is a person or company that makes goods to sell

A cooperative is a business or group that is run by the people who work for it

Making our food

Geography

The geography of food

Changes in the foods we eat

Sourcing our food

The distance food travels

World food supplies

Food and climate change

The future of food production

This unit provides a foundation for 'Global trade: How do we get our stuff?'.

It builds on 'South America: Why does the Amazon matter?', 'Land use: How diverse are local and UK landscapes?', 'UK region: Why is the Lake District a National Park?' and 'Europe: How diverse are its landscapes and places?', extending and deepening pupils’ understanding of economic activities through investigating food production, processing, distribution and consumption at a range of scales.  

This unit explores how food is produced and distributed, both locally and globally. Pupils investigate where different foods come from, how diets are changing, and what environmental and social factors shape food production and supply.

Farms and factories: where does our food come from?

imaginary lines on Earth showing how far east or west a place is

imaginary lines on Earth showing how far north or south a place is

Match the key word to the correct definition.

Put these parts of the chocolate making process in the correct order. 

Who gets the biggest proportion of the value of a chocolate bar?

What challenges do farmers on cocoa farms face?

to improve investment into schools in their local area

Put these foods in order of distance travelled to get to your supermarket, closest first... 

What factors affect the carbon footprint of food?

jobs may be lost of farms and factories in other countries

food miles only form part of a foods carbon footprint

greenhouse gas emissions are not important

What are the disadvantages of buying local?

Which food types have the highest carbon footprint?

Which of these is true of intensive agriculture?

Making our food

Lesson outcome