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of our fresh foods will have travelled thousands
of miles to reach us! We call these distances,
"food miles". On the map, you will
see some of the foods that eventually end
up in our supermarkets and shops. Roll your
cursor over the different food boxes to find
out more. |
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In the
past, foods might reach us by crossing the
oceans by boat, like these boxes of bananas
from the Caribbean. But today, more and more
foods are transported to us by plane. This
way, they can travel more quickly to the UK
so they are still fresh when they arrive in
our supermarkets and shops. |
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| But
every plane burns up fuel to transport these
foods, and planes use forty times more fuel
than boats. Burning fuel releases polluting
gases into the atmosphere like carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide is the main gas that causes
global warming. |
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Visit
the global warming pages at www.oneworld.net
if you want to find out more about global
warming. |
You
can work out how many kilos of carbon dioxide
are released into the atmosphere when these
different foods are flown over to the UK.
to download a table for you to finish. |
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There
are other reasons why having food travelling
around the world is not always a good idea. |
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some of these foods can be grown here …
so why do we buy them from thousands of miles
away? |
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A good
question, Cecile! One of the reasons is that
nowadays we want to eat foods all year round,
not just when they are in season in the UK.
Today, if you want to eat strawberries in
the winter, you can! |
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people think that it would be better to cut
down the amount of food miles, and to eat
more home-grown food instead. What do you
think? |
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A group
of schools in Devon have been taking part
in some activities to do with food and where
it comes from. Perhaps you could do some of
these things in your school! Go to the Action
page to find out more … |
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