when food is produced in ways that avoid damaging natural resources, provide social benefits and contribute to local economies

when food is grown without the use of artificial chemicals, such as fertiliser and pesticide

a system of farming based upon or directly using patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems, such as increased biodiversity and intercropping

the growing of crops and the raising of animals in towns and cities; includes processing and distributing food, as well as collecting and reusing food waste

Sustainable food production

Geography

Global patterns of food security

Food resources: demand and supply

Strategies to increase food supply

Using GIS desire lines to visualise and analyse food miles

This unit, comprising of three variants, teaches pupils about global inequalities in food, water and energy production and consumption. Pupils learn about resource security and about sustainable futures.

Global pattern of resources

Producing food in a way that protects people, planet, profit

Growing food without artificial fertilisers or pesticides

Farming based on natural ecosystems and biodiversity

Growing and producing food in cities, including reusing waste

It reduces transport costs and reuses waste

What is one economic benefit of sustainable food production?

What is a common misunderstanding about sustainable food production?

Using resources to meet needs now and later

Which of these is an example of a renewable resource?

How resources are spread across the world

What do we mean by "resource distribution"?

Which of these is **not** a natural resource?

Some countries have many resources, while others have {{}} resources.

Sustainable food production

Lesson outcome