Food & Culture
  • Food and Culture
    • Not just cooking!
    • About this project
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      • Student Produced Videos
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  • Issues and Themes
    • Food >
      • The Garden
      • The Farm
      • Window Farming
      • Vertical Gardens & Farms
    • The Environment >
      • Climate Change
      • Water
      • The Dump
      • Frankenfood
    • Preparation of Food >
      • Culinary Arts
      • The School Cafeteria
      • Dining Out
    • Design >
      • The Architect's Office
      • Cradle2Cradle
      • The Kitchen >
        • MoMA the Kitchen >
          • The New Kitchen
          • The Frankfurt Kitchen
          • Visions of Plenty
    • Society >
      • Globalization
      • Food, Friends & Family >
        • Kitchen Sink Dramas
      • Government Offices
      • Obesity
      • The Supermarket
      • The Bank
      • United Nations
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        • Hungry Planet
        • Books on Food and Culture
      • Social Media >
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Issues and Themes in Food and Culture

There are many connections to various themes and real-world issues in this project.  We list possible themes and issues below.  Click on the link to that theme to access ideas and resources on how to investigate these themes in your classroom.  You may want to select 4-6 themes, divide your class into Expert Groups, and let each group study a different theme.  Another option is to allow students to select a theme or issue they are interested in and let that theme be the topic for their individual research projects and papers.

Click the picture in each section to go to the resources for that issue!  Note:  we are still building this site;  if the picture is not linked this indicates that we have not entered that information on this site as yet.

Dinner for 6.8 Billion

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​Hungry Planet - What the World Eats

Everyone eats. People around the world differ in many ways, but dinner unites us all.


100kcal

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This excellent web site created by Edward Khoo contains an amazing array of the top 100 nutrition resources.

Childhood Obesity

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Examine the causes of childhood obesity and other diet related illnesses.  Determine solutions, then implement them.


Culinary Arts

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Investigate culinary arts through time and place - from careers to joyful hobbies.
Economics
Cultural Studies
Hospitality Industries
The joy of cooking!


The Garden

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Edible Schoolyards
Window Farming
Vertical Gardens
Rooftop Gardens
Learn More

Water

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Fresh water shortage
Economics
Social Justice
Ocean Pollution
Dead Zones
Food from the oceans, rivers and lakes
Hydropower


The Farm

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Where does our food come from?
Sustainable agriculture
Social Justice and Labor Issues
Economics


Climate Change

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How are food, culture and climate change related?

Cradle2Cradle

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This book is not a tree.  It contains no wood pulp or cotton fiber.  It is 100% recyclable technical nutrients.  It is waterproof.

Eco-intelligent design which eliminates the concept of waste, utilizes renewable energy and respects human and natural systems.


The Bank

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Examine the connections between food and the economy.



The School Cafeteria

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​Let's change this picture!  Does your school cafeteria serve lunches made from fresh, locally grown foods? Join Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution and create change in your lunch program.  This is definitely a relevant project in which students have a personal stake!  Find out about more connecting chefs, gardening and schools.


The Doctor's Office

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Examine the relationship of what and how we eat to the status of our health.


The United Nations

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Examine the connections between our project, Food and Culture, and the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.  This photo shows students in a UN Model School participating in a mock UN general session.


Frankenfood

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Opponents of genetically modified food often refer to it as "Frankenfood", after Mary Shelley's character Frankenstein and the monster he creates.The term was coined in 1992.

Dining Out

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Dining out around the world, from street vendors to five-star restaurants - what people eat.

Economics
Careers
Hospitality Industries
Labor Issues
Technologies
Marketing


The Supermarket

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Where does our food come from?

What are the cultural differences in how people shop for their food?

Examine the supermarket - from finance, to architecture, to technologies.  What is the history of the supermarket?

Food, Friends & Family

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From popsicles in the back yard to state dinners, food is at the center of social relations.


The Media

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How does the media influence what we eat?

The Kitchen

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Examine the evolution of the kitchen - how have technologies changed how we use this room and prepare our meals?

From gender roles to labor and lifestyle, and from architecture to the arts.


Environmental Sustainability

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Planned conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations.

Living Buildings are one way to become sustainable.

Globalization

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The globalization of food, plants and brand names.

McDonaldization

Cocacolanization


The Architect's Office

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Green Building - Living Buildings - Imagine a building that functions as elegantly as efficiently as a flower.

These students have entered the Living Building Challenge - so can your students!


Government Offices

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Examine the role of various government agencies related to the food we eat.  Food and Drug Administration.  United States Department of Agriculture.

The Dump

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Media Constructions of Food Justice
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Media Constructions of Chemicals in the Environment; Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water   and Agriculture; and Media Constructions of Sustainability: Finger Lakes. These kits are available free online at www.projectlooksharp.org. 

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