Life skills
Investigating food miles
  Before watching
1 Read the questions and find out what the
underlined words and phrases mean. Then
answer the questions.
A question of food
1 Do you worry about food miles when you buy things?
Why/Why not?
2 What locally sourced products can you buy in your shops?
3 Is there a farmers' market (or produce market) in your area?
If so, do you shop there?
4 Do you ever have food delivered to your home?
5 What seasonal fruit and vegetables are there where you live?
6 Are there any successful agribusinesses in your area?
What do they produce?
7 What food products are shipped from your country to
other parts of the world?
  While watching
2a 15  VIDEO SKILLS  Read the
video skills box. Then
watch the video and
complete Ben’s profile
by writing one or two
words in each gap.
Ben O’Brien used to live on a (1)  , 1 Make a list of fruit that you can buy all year round
and became familiar with how quality food is produced and
sold. In 2007 he moved to east (2)  , and
in 2009 he founded a business called (3)
which makes the same quality food available in his area. His
store is located in an international (4)  
and is open for (5) hours every day.
VIDEO SKILLS: Understanding idiomatic expressions
You will hear the expressions below in the video.
What do you think they mean? Think about the image
they create, and then see if the image helps you to
understand them in context.
from field to fork on your doorstep
come up with an idea the garden of England
get a product from A to B wide open spaces
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B2 Unit
2b 15 Watch again. What exactly do the underlined
words mean or refer to?
1 It’s a bad thing.
2 We should source them locally.
3 They’re a seasonal product.
4 That uses a lot of energy.
5 You have to do some complicated sums to work it out.
3a 15 Watch again and answer the questions
according to what Ben says.
1 What’s the simplest way to look at food miles?
2 What else do you need to consider?
3 Why does Ben’s store import New Zealand lamb?
4 Why is locally-sourced food sometimes more
expensive?
5 Why can the British flag on a product be deceptive?
3b Would you buy food at Ben’s shop? Why/Why not?
  After watching
4a Do you ever think about how and where the food
you eat was produced? Why/Why not?
4b SKILLS 4 LIFE  Some fruit can be bought all year
round. Find out how. Follow these steps.
where you live.
2 Choose at least two fruits. Go online and find out
 , where the fruit is imported from when it’s not in
season where you live, how far it has to travel, how it
, is transported and any other relevant facts.
3 Make a poster to inform your classmates about
the fruit you chose to investigate. Present as much
factual information in a simple format as you can.
REFLECT ON IT
Some experts say that the way we produce and
consume food is unsustainable. What changes would
you be prepared to make to your food habits to
help change things? Would you be prepared to pay
more for food, only eat seasonal food or organic
food, grow your own food, or become a vegetarian?
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