1. SUSTAINABILITY – FOOD WASTE
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SUSTAINABILITY – FOOD WASTE

2. What color is my country?
Ask students to Raise their hand if you think it’s:
Bright green, dark green, etc
Circle or star your country

3. What color is my country?

4. Where do I live?

5. True or False?
Half of English words come from the French language.
TRUE
Ask students if they know of any French words we use every day

6. Rendez-vous Omelette Baguette Croissant Café Déjà vu Brioche Entrée
English or French?
Rendez-vous Omelette Baguette Croissant Café Déjà vu Brioche Entrée

7. Two cultures! Like you?
Italy…
And France =>

8. Feed the World
1990:
5.2 billion
2050:
9.6 billion
More people + bigger cities = Less farm land to feed each person
=> Can we feed everyone?

9. What can we do? Produce more food with less land
=> Is it sustainable?

10. What can we do?
Eat less
=> Is it something we want to do for a long time?

11. We could feed 10 billion more people!
What can we do?
Waste less!
=> How much food is wasted in France each year?
A B C.
We could feed 10 billion more people!

12. True or False
In France, a law now forbids supermarkets from throwing away edible food. => TRUE => FALSE

13. Reducing Food waste
What do you think the supermarkets should do with the food they don’t sell?
In France, they have to give it to charities!
Do you think this law is a good idea? Why or why not?

14. Who wastes the most food?
1. Farmers 2. Supermarkets 3. Restaurants 4. Consumers (Us!) D C A B
42%
39%
14% 5%

15. Who wastes the most food?
Supermarkets: 5%
Restaurants: 14%
Families: 42%
Farmers: 39%

16. What can we do?
In France, there is a campaign to purchase “ugly fruits and vegetables”
[Download and insert video of Intermarche Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables Campaign]

17. What would your Twitter hashtag be? How would you get people involved?
What can you do?
Create your own campaign!
What would your Twitter hashtag be? How would you get people involved?
#StopTheRot #FoodRevolution

18. France and Food
What do French in NYC miss the most from France? A B

19. France and Food
We are so crazy about food that you can see it in our expressions:
“Don’t make a whole cheese about it!”
“Don’t spit in the soup”
“I‘ve got the potato today!”
“Go cook yourself an egg”
What do you think they mean?
Do you think food is important in your culture?
What are some examples of foods in your culture?

20. Merci! Grazie! Thank you! Ask me Anything :-)