FOOD SOURCES AND YOU
Where does your food come from and how does it affect you?
Introduction
about what we eat Facts
And what can we do? Why care?
a video about Chickens Watch
Food Facts 1. Organic farming is increasing by 20 per cent a year in France, Japan and the
United States. 2. Sixty million people (the same number who starve to death worldwide every
year) could be fed with the savings in grains and soybeans if Americans reduced their meat consumption by 10 per cent.
3. Between 30 and 40 per cent of kitchen waste in Japan is leftover food; 14 per cent is still just as it was when it was purchased.
4. Every day, 790 million people do not get enough food. 5. Studies of human breast milk have found traces of 350 contaminants, including
87 dioxin and dioxin-like compounds. 6. More and more people - including some 150 million people in Europe - are either
becoming vegetarians or reducing their consumption of meat. 7. The British Soil Association reported in 2003 that 75 per cent of British babies
now eat organic baby food on a regular basis. 8. Number of animals eaten in Japan in a single year:
• Pigs: 20 million • Chickens: 800 million • Bovines (cows, etc.): 1.5 million
Would you eat this?
Would you eat this?
Cruel?
Cruel?
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Comprehension Questions
• People think they are getting protein when they buy cheap chicken but in fact they are getting fat.
• Which organ in our bodies needs Omega 3 – Brain – Stomach – Skin
• What three things do chickens need to produce Omega 3? – Greens (and grubs and bugs that live in them) – Exercise (to develop the dark muscle meat) – Time to grow (length of life)
Comprehension Questions
• Chicken is now, bite for bite as fatty as a burger.
• Organic Free-Range chickens contain 10 times more omega 3 and 25% less fat than standard intensively reared chickens.
• The levels of Omega 3 in chicken has dropped 85% since the 1970s.
Sources
Good Stuff…
• http://www.rakuten.co.jp/tone/
地鶏チキン
What can we do?
• Buy responsibly
• Boycott certain products
• Eat one or two vegetarian meals a week
• Tell your friends
• Write letters
• Post on Facebook
Next week Social Issues: What’s in store for future generations?
• Research a social issue which you feel is important.
• Topics could include overpopulation, poverty, crime, drugs, underage drinking, legal age limit for sex, death penalty, etc…
• Try to find newspaper articles and other sources on this issue to share with the class. Post on Moodle in the Coffee Room.
Thanks for your attention
See you later….
Contact
Richard Pinner
Sophia University
blog: Uniliterate.com
site: CLILJapan.org
Q&A
• Student Assessment Projects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMmofI9PMt8
• Uniliterate.com
• CLILJapan.org
