Introduction
This webquest is designed to educate students about the importance of the "From farm to fork" strategy.
It's important because this strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal and it's aimed to make food systems fair, healty and environmentally-friendly.
The farm to fork strategy aims also to accelerate our transition to a sustainable food system that should:
- have a positive or a neutral environmental impact;
- help to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impact;
- reverse the loss of biodiversity;
- ensure food security, nutrion and public health, making sure that everyone has access to sufficient, safe, nutritious, sustainable food;
- preserve affordability of food while generating fairer economic returns, fostering competitiveness of the EU supply sector and promoting fair trade.
Task
Your task for this webquest is to discuss with your team about the aimes of the "from farm to fork" straregy and to collect as much information as you can about how the world is trying to reach these aims.
The purpose of this webquest is to make you understand the importance about this strategy and realise how essential all of us are to reach the aimes of the strategy, because each individual is able to make little changes for today and also for the future.
Wish you'll enjoy the activities below, work hard with your team!
Process
ACTIVITY 1
- Watch the video and answer: watch the video below and choose the correct answer.
https://youtu.be/o3LGMkKTVW0?si=VRnjJIFxwSqw1iuE
- When the salmon are ready to enter the food chain?
- a) 3 years old b) 5 years old c) 2 years old
- What happens to the insides of the salmon?
- a) are thrown into the sea b) taken away to be used as fish meal c) they are burned
- Why is salmon stored at a low temperature?
- a) to keep it fresh b) because it will be sold in a long time c) because it eliminates the parasites it contains
ACTIVITY 2
- Group discussion: try answering the following questions together with your team, discuss about each other opinion.
Remember that the topic is "from farm to fork" strategy.
- How will the targets laid down in the farm to Fork strategy be achieved?
- How will this strategy support farmers, fishers snd acquaculture producers?
- How will the strategy ensure the necessary financial support for sectors which will need to adjust?
- How will this strategy ensure food security?
- How will the strategy encourage food processors and retailers to produce more diversivied and sustainable food?
Evaluation
Try to answer these questions at the end of this webquest:
- What did you learn with these webquest?
- Did you like the topic, and what do you think about it?
- Do you think the strategy will reach the goals?
- Do you want to learn more abou this topic?
Conclusion
The EU’s goals are to reduce the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system and strengthen
its resilience, ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss and lead a global
transition towards competitive sustainability from farm to fork and tapping into new opportunities. This
means:
• ensuring that the food chain, covering food production, transport, distribution, marketing
and consumption, has a neutral or positive environmental impact, preserving and restoring the
land, freshwater and sea-based resources on which the food system depends; helping to mitigate climate
change and adapting to its impacts; protecting land, soil, water, air, plant and animal health and welfare;
and reversing the loss of biodiversity;
• ensuring food security, nutrition and public health – making sure that everyone has access to sufficient,
nutritious, sustainable food that upholds high standards of safety and quality, plant health, and
animal health and welfare, while meeting dietary needs and food preferences; and
• preserving the affordability of food, while generating fairer economic returns in the supply chain, so
that ultimately the most sustainable food also becomes the most affordable, fostering the
competitiveness of the EU supply sector, promoting fair trade, creating new business opportunities, while
ensuring integrity of the single market and occupational health and safety.