Malnutrition is caused by not having enough of the right foods that your body needs to be healthy

Starvation is suffering or death caused by having not enough or nothing to eat

Climate change is a large-scale and long-term change in the planet’s climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures

Poverty is not having enough money to afford basic human needs such as food, clothing or somewhere to live

World food supplies

Geography

The geography of food

Changes in the foods we eat

Sourcing our food

The distance food travels

Making our food

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.  

Farms and factories: where does our food come from?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

large-scale and long-term change in the planet’s climate

not having enough of the right foods that your body needs to be health

suffering or death caused by having not enough or nothing to eat.

no access to basic human needs such as food, clothing and shelter

Match the key term to the correct definition.

Which statements correctly describe the Sustainable Development Goals?

What percentage of the world go to bed hungry?

Decide whether these are short-term or long-term responses to hunger. 

Where are cocoa beans found on the plant?

Cocoa beans are grown at low latitudes in {{}} climates

What do these stages of chocolate production involve?

every step a product goes through to be made 

person or company that makes goods to sell

Match the key term with its correct definition. 

Decide whether these statements are consequences or solutions for farmers in the cocoa supply chain. 

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