After watching a clip about Kooka Biscuits our Year 9/10 Food Tech Paddock to Plate students were issued with a pantry challenge during their ‘iso’ Webex lesson. The clip was titled, “How many jobs does it take to make a biscuit” and briefly described the number of people and businesses that were involved in producing, manufacturing, transporting and retailing Kooka Biscuits. Students were surprised to learn that the economic footprint of the humble biscuit stretched much further than it’s place of origin in Donald, Victoria but included over 300 people on route from farm, mill, factory, transport, warehousing and home delivery. The challenge involved students selecting a packaged item from their pantry in either a packet, box or tin and reading the label to determine it’s origin, description, package size, preservation method, Health Star rating and per 100g how many grams of sugar, fat etc. Students then had to list the ingredients used in that product and all the people or careers that would be involved in it’s production. The final task involved students designing and producing a meal from that pantry staple and including the recipe and a photo of the completed dish. Paddock to Pantry indeed. Comments are closed.
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