by Helen Schubert, University of San Francisco

http://questgarden.com/128/25/6/110625132602/

This exercise is to help students think about where our food comes from, and the benenfits and drawbacks of different main ingredients that go into our foods. The benefits/drawbacks will consider the following: intensity of flavor, overall food quality,cost to the consumer, and the amount of carbon dioxide required to produce the food and put it on your plate.

Introduction

Do you like to eat?  Do you know that you make choices every time you eat?  Do you know that  most choices about our food involve some kind of compromise, weather we realize it or not? 

Do you like to eat?  Do you help with the shopping and cooking at home? Do you grow food in a garden? Do you ever wish you could have your own restaraunt and serve the foods you like to happy customers?

Do you like to eat?  Do you sometimes worry about the health effects of what you put into your body?  Do you watch your weight?  Do you kind of snicker at people that watch their weight? 

Do you like to eat?  Well, make a menu!  Give it your best shot!