Food resources in the UK
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can explain how changing demand for food in the UK creates opportunities and challenges.
Key learning points
- Changing demand for food in the UK creates opportunities and challenges.
- There is growing demand for high-value food exports from LICs, seasonal food (all-year) and organic produce.
- There is a move towards local food sourcing to reduce carbon footprints.
- There is a trend towards agribusiness.
Keywords
Organic produce - food grown without the use of artificial chemicals, such as fertiliser and pesticide
Carbon footprint - a measurement of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with a good or service (or lifestyle), expressed as tonnes (or kg) of carbon dioxide equivalent
Agribusiness - an intensive farming system often involving high capital costs to maximise profits
Food miles - the distance food is transported from the producer to consumers
Common misconception
Organic farmers do not use fertiliser on their crops.
Organic farming does involve the use of fertiliser but not the use of artificial chemical fertiliser (e.g. derived from fossil fuels). For example, farmyard manure is a good source of nutrients for crops on an organic farm but so too is seaweed.
Teacher tip
Your students' understanding of agribusiness and the impacts of different methods of food production on the environment will be further developed, if you do the food option within the global resources topic. If not, this is a key lesson for help students understand their role as consumers.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the keywords with their definitions:
A resource that naturally replaces itself
A resource that will eventually run out
Something we use to meet our needs
When water demand is higher than supply
Q2.Which of these is a non-renewable resource used in the UK?
Q3.What is the main use of water in the UK?
Q4.Which part of the UK generally receives the most rainfall?
Q5.Which UK region is most likely to suffer from water stress?
Q6.The UK imports a lot of its food and energy, which reduces its energy .
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the keywords to their definitions:
food grown without synthetic fertilisers or pesticides
the total emissions linked to a product or lifestyle
large-scale, intensive commercial farming
distance food travels from source to consumer
Q2.Which of these is an example of reducing food miles?
Q3.Which farming method is most common in agribusiness?
Q4.What do people often wrongly believe about organic farming?
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