How
are we going to deal with these food security issues?
- What are we actually
eating?
Sometimes
when we are eating amongst ourselves we don’t actually know what we may be
eating. Especially with the amount of rubbish they put in to food in general
nowadays. In the boarding house, our vegetables and fruit could be genetically
engineered and it would be better if we were getting the best nutrients out of
our vegetables and fruit. An Idea would to only start buying specific
vegetables, such as organic. This would cost much more than the other
vegetables, but wouldn’t you rather be eating something you know surely your
body is benefiting from it. Another thing they do with vegetables in Founders
is that they overboil the vegetables, which just takes all the goodness out of
them and defies the taste.
- Do we realise how
much simply gets thrown away?
The
biggest food security issue we have in Founders is food wastage. This is a huge
disapointment in my thoughts as it is just such an easy aspect to fix. Food
gets wasted like its nothing week in week out. Between meals, Dinner is the
least eaten…due to the fact that is honestly usually the least exciting.
What are we going to do?
- Organic: We will first show
and recommend the initiative towards the Head of foods of each boarding house
and see what they think of the idea for their houses. If they are in they are
in. Once we start to speak about the change
up to organic vegetables to the catering company they should be able to adjust.
Also in the long term there could be a chance of us, Founders’ to open up a
vegetable farm alongside the Oaks. What
we could do is talk to the staff and ask them to decrease the amount of time
they boil the vegetables, this would make them more attractive on a plate and
better tasting. Which means less food wastage.
- Waste: Just as I said about
dinner being the main meal of the day where the most food is wasted, things
would need to change. This could be due to the fact of boys from after school
till supper going to silwood and stuffing themselves but that is besides the
point. What we are going to do is make
the boys more knowledgable about what effect they actually have, when they dump
their plates full of food in the bin. We are going to do this by placing
multiple infographics about food wastage and the amount of starving people in
todays world who would die to eat a few slices of bread etc. I will also be placing biodegradable bins for
biodegradable waste for such things such as the vegetables in the dining hall
and in the kitchen. So at least it will minimise the total waste to an extent
REFERENCES:
REFERENCES:
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http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/consumervoice/images/food_waste.jpg
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Shuter’s TOP CLASS – Life Sciences –
Grade 11
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Hesther – Kitchen Staff in the Founders
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Mr Mallet- Weeds in the grass, grass is watered during the day...
- http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/50006811122_4/Bioclean_compost_for_biodegradable_waste_products_from.jp Powerpoint – Biology - Grade 11 – Human Impact on the Environment
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