From Farm to Fork: Exploring the Journey of Food

From Farm to Fork: Exploring the Journey of Food

What could the animals do to make the work fair?

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Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will understand the journey of food from the farm to your plate.

What do you already know about how food gets from the farm to your plate?

Introduction to Farming

Farming is the process of growing crops and raising animals for food.

Types of Farms

Farms can be for growing crops, raising animals, or both. They provide different types of food.

Caring for Crops

Farmers take care of plants by watering, weeding, and protecting them from pests.

Raising Animals

Animals on the farm, such as cows, chickens, and pigs, are raised for meat, eggs, and dairy products.

Transporting and Packaging

After processing, food products are transported to stores and packaged for sale.

Harvesting and Processing

When crops are ready, farmers harvest them and send them to processing plants to be turned into food products.

From Fork to Food

Finally, the food arrives at the store and then to your home, where it becomes part of your meals.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.