Part 2 - Food industry

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Part 2 - Food industry

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The blue colour shows words that might be new or difficult. You can use an online dictionary to find the meaning. You can add these to your personal word list.

Questions in English will be answered in English. Questions in Dutch can be answered in English and Dutch.

Task 1. Different types of food Basis

A. Your own food intake

    

Think hard and make a list of the different food items you consume (eat and drink) on an average week. Don’t worry about the quantities, just think about all different types. Look up the English names of types of food and drink if you don’t know them, and add them to your word list for this part.

Write your own personal list and share it with a group or a classmate.

B. Compare and contrast

Take a look at the lists from you and the other then answer these questions:

1. What are similarities between your lists?

2. What are differences?

3. Do you eat a lot of processed foods?

4. Do you eat a lot of animal products?

5. Do you drink enough water every day?

6. What do you do to eat healthy foods?

7. What do you consider to be unhealthy foods?

8 Do you throw away food? If yes, how much? And why?

C. Where does your food come from?

Answer these questions after watching the video:

1. Do you know where the food you eat comes from? Write down where the foods you eat the most come from.

2. Is it important to know where your food comes from? Why (not)?

3. Do you know how to cook?

4. Should cooking be taught in school? Why (not)?

D. Do some research! Uitbreiding

For such a small country, the Netherlands is a massive producer of food! 

Go online and find out how the Netherlands is able to produce mind-blowing amounts of dairy and vegetables that are eaten by people all over the world!

*Challenge: read this very good article about the topic, written by National Geographic:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/holland-agriculture-sustainable-farming

Task 2. The bad side of food production Basis

Aside from using money to buy our food, we pay another heavy price for our food intake. In the last few years, many people have become more aware of their eating patterns and how this is related to health issues, the environment, deforestation on land and in the ocean, animal suffering, and (plastic) pollution. For many people, these have been reasons to change their diet and think more consciously about what they eat.

1. Do you have a special diet? Why (not)? In your answer, use adjectives and forms of much/many/little/few to talk about foods and preferences.

A. Seaspiracy

Seaspiracy focussed on the impact of fishing on the environment. Take a close look at this infographic, make sure you understand everything and answer the questions below.

1. Which of the facts in the image is most important to you? Why? 

In your answers, use adjectives and forms of have to / don’t have to.

C. Fact check! Uitbreiding

Should you believe everything you hear? The information presented in Seaspiracy can definitely be seen as shocking! Some people have completely changed their diets on these documentaries alone. But should we believe what is being said in those documentaries?

Go online and look for information from people who want to debunk what these documentaries tell us. There are debunking videos on YouTube and you can find lots of articles about this.

1. Summarise the information you find.

2. Now that you’ve found information that points in the other direction as these documentaries, what do you think is true?

Task 3. The future of food production Basis

With more and more people populating the Earth, less available land for food production, and climate change making it harder to grow food in the traditional manner, we will need to think of new ways to grow enough food for everyone.

1. How do you think food production is going to change in the next few years?

2. Take a look at the list of all the foods you eat, which you made at the beginning of the part. Do you think some of these foods will not be available in the future anymore?

A. Food for the future Basis

Take a look at this video and answer the questions on the next slides.

1. Have you learned about new ways to produce food? Which ones?

2. Do you think you will change the foods you eat anytime soon? Why (not)?

3. Do you ever speak to your parents/caregivers about the foods you eat?

1. Hoeveel mensen eten wereldwijd al insecten?

2. Wat maakt krekels (crickets) een goede voedselbron?

3. Hoe kunnen er zoveel krekels gegroeid worden op een kleine ruimte? Leg uit.

4. Hoe worden de krekels gedood?

5. Wat was het probleem met de krekel productie?

6. Waar wacht de insect-industrie op?

7. Zou je zelf producten eten waar insecten in verwerkt zijn? Waarom wel/niet?

B. Eating insects? Uitbreiding

Answers the questions on the next slides. After that take a look at this short video to learn more about this great food source!

1. Is it possible to buy products with insects in your local supermarket? Go online, to your supermarket’s website, and see if they sell products with insects. What can you find?

2. Is it hard to find products with insects? If so, why is this the case?

3. Do you think it’s a great idea to eat insects and you can’t get enough of the thought?

Take a look at this short video to learn more about this great food source!

You Are done! Next up Part 3 !

Good Job!