Project: Getting Your teeth into Food Issues

This course will explore several main ways in which our food choices affect our personal impact on the planet. The course uses a range of activities such as databases; surveys, powerpoints and the creation of glossaries.

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Topic : Getting Your Teeth Into Food Issues: Do your food choices really make a difference?

Purposes: To explore the impact of our food choices: including whether or not to eat meat or to try to eat more locally-pr oduced foods. Also, to learn about the concept of 'food miles', Australia's food growing districts and growing seasons, and about the increasing volume of food imports and exports.

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