“Second Helpings”

Alan ParkinsonGeographical Association

John McLavertyOxfam GB

- Menu -Amuse Bouche: Geographies

of FoodStarter: Example activity from

CPD UnitMain Course: Oxfam update

Dessert: Some teaching ideas / group work

Cheese-board: FeedbackLiquers and coffees: Hungry

for more ?

Why not turn your classroom into a restaurant ?

Food in the MediaRemoved for copyright reasons

Image of BBC Panorama

Future of FoodJimmy’s Global Harvest

Jamie Oliver Rotherham / USAPlenty of media resources

Vocational... http://www.whyfarmingmatters.co.uk/

Last year....http://www.slideshare.net/GeoBlogs/

food-security-workshop

Online CPD on the GA website

Two choicesTDA Funded TLA Funded

Food Security Geographies of Food

Teacher Learning AcademyLevel 1Level 2

Write up the process of working through the units online, and using with students, and also discussion

with colleagues...Check if your school has enrolled

Geographies of FoodEating is an everyday act which connects individuals with agricultural workers, commercial concerns, multinationals, weather patterns, financial markets, transport networks and

world trade. It also reflects local cultural geography and changing social trends. Food insecurity threatens these

connections, regardless of geographical location.

As an aspect of “living geography”, geographies of food production and consumption allow for enquiries which

explore the connections between young people and the wider world, and exemplify the concept of “interdependence”.

There are also links with the growing trend for “convenience” influencing our actions, and the importance of decisions

made by consumers.

7 TDA funded units now complete

Starter Activities from CPD

Unit

Main CourseJohn McLaverty

New on the Menu!Fair Miles: Recharting the Food

Miles Map

John McLaverty

Oxfam Youth & Schools Campaigner: London & SEIMAGE from: www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/climate_change/fair-food-miles.html

Kenyan beans = bad ?

Locally sourced seasonal food = good?

‘Food Miles’ or ‘Fair Miles’?

Image by Alan Parkinson

What’s controversial about food?

Controversial issues• Deal with questions of value or belief –

sustainability, livelihoods, economic justice, ecological space

• Have a political, social, economic and personal impact – on the lives of others, on ourselves, equitable, inequitable, global interconnectedness

• Arouse strong feelings – food security• Encourage political and personal actions

Adapted from Oxfam ‘Teaching Controversial Issues’ 2006 p2

What’s controversial about food?

John Berger writer, artist, political progressive, has written that – in these days – ‘it is space

rather than time that hides consequences from us’. In other words, how difficult it is in

our daily lives to remember the wider relations through which the green beans

arrive on our plate Doreen Massey – GA Conference 2002

An exciting place to be – for learners and educators

• Food isn’t a subject to be ‘covered’, it’s a process of change.

• The teacher doesn’t know the ‘answer’

• Learning leads to real action, and real action leads to learning

see ‘Climate Change – the Educational Implications’ Tide Global Learning 2009

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/world_food_crisis/?284

Smallholder?

Farm Labourer?

Subsistence?

Market?

Net buyer of food?

Net seller of food?

IMAGE CREDITAbbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam 

Fair Miles – p. 17

IMAGE from: www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/climate_change/fair-food-miles.html

Lifecycle Analysis

English greenhouse ? Shipped from Spain?

Image: Alan Parkinson

Room to move: Ecological Space and African Farming

Kenya – 0.3 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year

UK – 10.6 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year

IMAGE from: www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/climate_change/fair-food-miles.html

The Environmental Impact of Meat Production

Image: Alan Parkinson

School Action – The Vegetarian Lunch

What are the learning opportunities?

Image: John McLaverty / Oxfam GB

On the menu soon – Land Grabs

How food and water are driving a 21st century African land grab

Rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to

guarantee supplies for their citizensThe Observer – Sunday 7 March

Resources

jmclaverty@oxfam.org.uk

0207 802 9981

Oxfam Education - www.oxfam.org.uk/education

Fair Miles: Recharting the Food Miles Map (IIED/Oxfam–2009)

www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/climate_change/fair-food-miles.html

The Global Food Crisis: Teaching & Learning Resource

www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/world_food_crisis/?284

‘How food and water are driving a 21st century African land grab’ (Observer – 7 March 2010)

www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/07/food-water-africa-land-grab

Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab blog - farmlandgrab.org/

Dessert

Global tastes changing...Not just in the UK

http://www.youtube.com/xl

WRAP – http://www.wrap.org.uk

Image: WRAP.ORG.UK

FeedbackSticky notes on paper plates...

Coming later this month to “GEOGRAPHY” journal...

Image created using http://wordle.net

AcknowledgementsProfessor Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield - for asking me to write food articleBen Major for his work on putting the units on the GA websiteGA & other colleagues for their feedback on earlier version of resourcesZynga for Farmville graphichttp://www.3rdworldfarmer.comAll images by Alan Parkinson except for:Peas macro by Flickr user zaserSome images from Slide 2: Christoph NiemannSlides 10-11: NFUSlides 6/7/37: BBC iPlayer and related news agenciesWordle produced using http://wordle.net (CC licensed)World Food Programme Ad produced by World Food Programme and sourced from http://osocio.orgSlides 22-35 by John McLaverty, Oxfam GBSlide 38 from Donate-a-meal.com

Some slides missing from this version....

http://livinggeography.blogspot.com