Sunday 10 August 2014

how safe is the food on your plate?

What is a 'food chain'? Do you have an example?

File:Chesapeake Waterbird Food Web.jpg

Food chain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

BBC for schools has a nice activity:



BBC - KS2 Bitesize Science - Food chains : Play
Chain Reaction - Build a Food Chain

What about the food you eat? Do you know where it comes from?
It's time to be honest about how we trace produce through our food chains | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional

Are there any genetically-modified organisms in your food?
The GMO Fight Ripples Down the Food Chain - WSJ

Last year we had the scandal over horse meat
- as well as over food waste:
Jay Doubleyou: food issues

Eating chicken seems to have got riskier too...

What are the steps from the living hen to the piece of meat on your plate?
Food poisoning scandal: how chicken spreads campylobacter | Society | The Guardian

Steve Bell 25.7.2014

Here's a film about the current process:
Revealed: the dirty secret of the UK’s poultry industry | World | The Guardian
Jeremy Hunt demands urgent inspections of chicken factories | World news | The Guardian

How about something a little safer?
Where can I buy safer, healthier, more sustainable meat? | Life and style | theguardian.com
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