Last week, Primary 4 continued their farming learning and produced posters which told us about foods that are imported into Scotland (flown in).
We looked at coconuts, bananas, coffee, cocoa beans and citrus fruits. These products cannot be grown here in Scotland because our climate is just not right. That’s why we import them in. We are going to have a discussion about the effect that food miles like these have on the environment.
If you’d like to find out how far your food has travelled, the website below calculates food miles for you:
Our homework this week is to look at packets/food labels around the house and see where different products come from. Please, if possible, bring in the packaging so we can add it to our display. They can be products grown at home, or imported in.
Until next time…
Primary 4 & Miss M 🙂
Primary 4 love learning about farming