http://www.fao.org/save-food/info-resources/presentations/en/ Save Food presentation for primary school children: the purpose of this presentation is to educate the young students on the topic of food waste since this seems to be an issue in the school canteens. This approach also seems to be a cost-effective way of raising awareness.

1. Global Initiative
on Food Loss and Waste Reduction
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
FOOD IS LIFE – SAVE FOOD

2. Where does our FOOD come from?
Where does
MILK come
from?
Where does
PASTA come
from?

3. Where does our FOOD come from?
Where does
MEAT come
from?
Where do
TOMATO
come from?

4. Food products come from a FARM

5. From the farm, the food goes to a FACTORY
Wheat
grains
Old wind mill
and milling
stones
Wheat
mill
Wheat
flour

6. From the factory, the food goes to the MARKET or SHOP
Bread PastaWheat
flour
Then your
parents buy
it, and
cook your
meal

7. From the farm, the food goes to a FACTORY
Milking a
cow by
hand
Milking a
cow by
machine
Milk
cooling
tank Milk
factory

8. From the factory, the food goes to the MARKET or SHOP
Fresh
milk
Yoghurt
Cheese
Butter
Then your
parents
buy it, and
cook your
meal

9. From the FARM, the food goes to a FACTORY
Pig
abattoir
Cutting
the meat
Making
ham

10. From the factory, the food goes to the MARKET or SHOP
Ham Minced
meat
Pork Salami
Then your
parents
buy it, and
cook your
meal
Sausage

11. From the FARM, the food goes to a FACTORY
Tomato
harvest
Tomato
canning
factory

12. From the factory, the food goes to the MARKET or SHOP
Tomato
puree
Peeled tomatoes
Fresh
tomatoes
Then your
parents buy
it, and cook
your meal

13. Peeled tomatoesIn poor countries, there are
a lot of problems.
Food gets spoiled and lost
before people can buy it
or eat it.

14. If there is no water, then the crops die.
Drought in
Africa
Irrigation in
America
Farmers in poor
countries don’t have
enough money to
water the crops.

15. Pests can eat or spoil the food on the farm.
Locusts
Tomato diseases

16. If there is no food for the animals, they die.
Farmers in poor countries
don’t have enough money
to buy food for the
animals.
Tomato diseases
Crops and animals can get sick and die.
There is not enough
medicine for sick crops
and animals

17. Food can get spoilt before it gets to the factory.
Tomato diseases
Grain storage
in Africa
Grain storage
in Europe
Insects and rats eat
the maize

18. Food can get spoilt before it gets to the factory.
Taking milk to the
factory in Pakistan
Taking milk to the
factory in Italy
Insects and rats eat
the maize

19. If there are no factories, people have to do it themselves.
Maize pounding into
flour in Africa
Making tomato paste
in Africa
Insects and rats eat
the maize

20. If the markets are not clean, food gets spoilt.
Vegetable
market in
India
Vegetable market
in Italy
Insects and rats eat
the maize

21. Insects and rats eat
the maize
In rich countries,
food is prepared
well……
BUT: People throw
away good food !!!

22. People buy too
much food for
the house.
People cook too much for diner,
and they don’t keep the
left-overs for the next day.
Insects and rats eat
the maize

23. People throw away
food that they can’t
finish eating
Bakeries throw away
good bread if it is
one day old
Insects and rats eat
the maize

24. Insects and rats eat
the maize
If supermarkets have
too much vegetables,
they throw them away
Farmers throw away
good food products
with funny shapes

25. People in rich
countries throw away
good food, and in
poor countries
children are hungry
every day.
If people in rich
countries throw away
food, food gets more
expensive everywhere.
Poor people cannot
buy the food
anymore.

26. Global Initiative
on Food Loss and Waste Reduction
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
QUESTIONS
AND
GOOD IDEAS
FROM THE CLASS