Home Economics Flashcards
Food Provence
The origin of our food and where our food comes from
Food Provence helps to
-Identify the origin of produce
-increase food knowledge
-maintain food culture
-improve animal well fare
-improve the environment
-develop a more sustainable food system
-increased food security
Grown
Cereals
Fruit
Vegetables
Herbs
Oilseed
Reared
Poultry
Beef and veal
Pork
Goat
Mutton and lamb
Game
Caught
Fish
Shellfish (crab, prawn)
Oily fish
Mackerel
Salmon
Trout
Tuna
White fish
Cod
Haddock
Plaice
Sea bass
Shellfish
Crab
Prawns
Mussels
Scallops
Pots and creels
These are baited with fish and places in the seabed to be collected later (crab)
Line caught
Large or small scale using baited hooks
(Mackerels)
Trawling
Drawing a net towed by a boat (a trawler) around a school of fish (tuna)
Dredging
Dragging metal framed nets with rakes attached through the seabed to release shellfish
Sustainability of fish
Ensuring of fish populations remain healthy and are not over exploited
Steps involved in crop production
Preparing soil
Sowing seedlings
Watering
Fertilising
Wedding
Protecting from pests
Harvesting
Separation and inspection
Storage
Organic food
Organic food is food which is grown without chemical fertilisers
Organic farming definition
Organic farming Is animals which is allowed to roam about freely
Intensive farming definition
Intensive farming boosts production but can harm the environment with chemicals
Intense farming
High yield crops
Pesticides used to control weeds and pests
Chemical fertilisers to enrich soil
Animals kept indoors with limited space
Mechanised agriculture
Organic farming
Crop rotation linked to seasons
Hand weeding and natural pest control
Green manure and composting to enrich soil
Animals are given space to move freely
Intensive agriculture
Food processing
Is the stages of raw ingredients turned into food made for consumption