Returning back to the SustAg Farm and classroom after break has come with an exciting and relevant new unit: food. Right now, students are focusing heavily on the environmental costs of different foods. This past weekend, students read an excerpt from Omnivore's DilemmaI, which revealed some of the detriment caused to society in the production of the majority of supermarket goods today. Students have also been working on their 'Food Miles' assignment. For this, each student chose a type of cookie and was then tasked with seeing where all the ingredients for the recipe come from, comparing two sources for each ingredient (one name brand and one more local source). Students then calculated the CO2 produced when the different ingredients are transported from their production sites. On top of this, the class is beginning Food Reports, in which each student picks a food with a variety of ingredients to look deeper into in the same way as the Food Miles worksheet. Students are looking forward to continue learning in this eye-opening unit.
- Tessa
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