Food Systems: Production

How does the food we eat get to our plates?

Let’s Watch a Video From Farm to Table Word to know: Biodiversity: Many different types of species in one crop. Important for the survival of our crops. This diversity is important for food security—in the event that a particular crop variety fails due to drought, flooding or a disease, another variety might survive to avoid food shortages.

Deconstructing a Cheeseburger Fill in the empty boxes to trace where the cheeseburger ingredients came from  SOIL WHEAT FLOUR BUN

Deconstructing a Cheeseburger 1. _____________________  SOIL HAMBURGER GRASS 3. _____________________ 2. _____________________  CHEESE COW GRASS

Deconstructing a Cheeseburger 4. _____________________ 5. _____________________  TOMATO PLANT TOMATO 7. _____________________ 6. _____________________  VINEGAR  SOIL CUCUMBER

Critical Thinking

Group Activity Pick a multi-component food and deconstruct it. Try to include of every step of the process. crust → dough → wheat → grain → soil sauce → tomato → tomato plant → soil cheese → milk → cow → grass → soil

Polite Bite Rules: 1.Take at least one bite 2.Only say polite things

How does the food we eat get to our plates?

4 Main Parts to the Food System Production Processing Distribution Consumption

Critical Thinking