Name: Natalia Arrieta González

1. You are going to watch an edited version of a TED Talk by Pam Warhurst called How
we can eat our landscapes. Read the text about the speaker and the talk. Then work
in pairs and discuss the questions.

1 What word in the text means 'you can eat it'?

Edible
2 Do many people in your town grow their own food? Where do they do this? What
do they grow?
No, in my town doesn't grow their own food
3 What are some good reasons to grow your own food?
Less money to invert in food
2. Read the sentences (1-7). The words in bold are used in the TED Talk. First guess
the meaning of the words. Then match the words with their definitions (a-g).

1 Always use fresh herbs in my cooking. (d. plants that are used to flavour food)
2 We are a small charity organization and we don't have the resources to help
everyone. (g. the things you need to do something, e.g. money)
3 We encourage young people to engage in community life and decisions about their
local area. (a. take part in, become involved in)
4 If people share things, it means that we all have to buy fewer things. (b. divide
something (equally) between two or more people)
5 We don't have a garden, but we have a small bed on our terrace where we grow
flowers. (f. an area, often in a garden, where plants or flowers are grown)
6 It looks like a prickly plant, but it's quite soft to touch. (c. a plant with sharp points
on it, e.g. a cactus)
7 They're not animal farmers: they grow wheat and corn. (e. a kind of cereal with
yellow grains)

3. Which words in bold in Exercise 2 do the pictures (A-D) illustrate?

Picture A: Corn
Picture B: Herbs
Picture C: Prickly plants
Picture D: Bed

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1. Watch the edited version of the TED Talk. Write one or two examples of each
of the following (1-3).
1 places in Todmorden where people grow food
Health center, police station, station park, cemetery
2 types of food they grow or produce locally
Herbs, fruits, vegetables.
3 people and groups involved in the project
Everyone can involve in the project

2. Watch the first part (0.00-1.58) of the talk again. Choose the correct option to
complete the sentences.
 1 Todmorden is a normal town in England of 15,000 / 50,000 people.
2 They grow fruit and vegetables and herbs everywhere, even in front of the
tire / police station.
3 The town now attracts a lot of local / vegetable tourists.
4 Pam Warhurst is encouraging the growing of food locally because she
wants to start a local shop / revolution.
5 Pam Warhurst believes that through food people can find a new way of
living / doing business.
3. Watch the second part (1.58-3.08) of the talk again. Complete the sentences
with these words. There are two extra words.
1. The idea came when some residents were sitting around the kitchen table
2. They didn't write a plan; they just put the idea to a public meeting.
3 The idea was to involve three groups or 'plates': the community, children at
school and local businesses.
4 In every town where Pam Warhurst explains her idea, people respond
positively to the story of food.

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4. Watch the third part (3.08-4.39) of the talk again. Match the first half of each
sentence (1-5) with the second half (a-e).
1 They transformed an area of land that was a dog toilet into d a herb garden.
2 In a corner of the station car park, they made e vegetable beds.
3 At the health centre, they replaced prickly plants with a. fruit trees and
bushes and herbs and vegetables.
4 At the pollee station, they planted c corn.
5 At the high school, they made an area with b fish and vegetables.

5. Read the summary below. Then watch the fourth part (4.39 to the end) of the
talk again. Choose the correct words to complete the summary.
The third `plate' of the strategy was to get people to support local food
producers / shops and buy their food. So the group got some blackboards
and local traders wrote what they were selling on them. And prices / sales
went up. Then Pam Warhurst's group talked to farmers about the idea, but
the farmers didn't think they were serious / honest. So the group made a map
for people of where to buy fresh local vegetables / eggs in Todmorden. And
sales went up. The farmers saw this and started selling other kinds of food
locally, like meat and cheese. These are difficult / small steps, but they
change the way people think. Forty-nine per cent of food traders said their
profits had increased. And this is why the project is successful: because it is a
project for everyone / business too.