Food Kilometers - CrannógBuí National School

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Food Kilometres
As part of our travel theme we looked at food km.Teacher asked us to bring in some food. We briught in coffee, beans, pasta, rice, biscuits, apples , blueberries and lots of other things.In groups we looked at the labels and food the country on a map of the world.We worked out how far the food had to travel to get to our house.Then Áine from Green Schools had a fun game where we picked from a menu what we wanted to eat. We worked out the food km our meal choice was. There was a difference of several thousand between the top and lowest score.It was a lot of fun but we learned that it is better to eat food in season.
 
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