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Fair Trade - Many people who grow our food and make our clothes and furnishings in the Developing World / South work very hard in appalling conditions for very little pay. Help out make ours a fair trade school.
Today very few of us are involved in growing our own food or raising animals, and we buy over 75 per cent of our food from supermarkets. 
But we worry, more than ever, about the safety of the food we buy and the possible toxins we and our children might be eating. Farming is now in crisis, and many rural communities are declining.
Teachers
Food & Farming booklet
video
In March 2002 a survey found that food sold at farmers’ markets in the South West was on average 35 per cent cheaper than food of similar quality in supermarkets in the same towns.
Teachers will need a good understanding of the differences between intensive and sustainable farming, and their impact on the environment and students should know what a farm is. The link below are to the lesson plans accompanying the above booklet, “Food & Farming” which will cover the following curriculum areas:
- Citizenship Key stage 3
Unit 21: People and the environment
Geography Key stage 3
Unit 14: Can the earth cope?
Science Key stage 3
Unit 7C: Environment and feeding relationships
Unit 8a: Food and digestion
Unit 8D: Ecological relationships
Unit 9D: Plants for food
Art & Design Key stage 3
Unit 7C: Recreating Landscapes
ICT
KS4 - Sustainable Development Fact Sheet
- Sustainable Development Teacher Pack
In 2001 there were 2,500 certified organic producers in the UK, and in 2003 there were 4,100.