Food and fair trade /

By: Mason, Paul, 1967- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Putting the planet firstPublication details: London : Wayland, 2018Description: 32 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 27 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781526301611 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Fair trade foods -- Juvenile literature | Food industry and trade -- Juvenile literature. -- Environmental aspects | Non-Fiction 7+ | Work and Money | Children's / Teenage: general interest | Children's / Teenage general interest: People & places | Cultural studies: food & society | Food security & supply | Conservation of the environment | Children's / Teenage general interest: Cooking & food | Children's / Teenage social issues: Environment & green issues | For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 | Interest age: from c 7 years | Educational: Geography | Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issuesDDC classification: 338.19
Contents:
1: What is sustainable food?2: Fair Trade3: Where is your food from?4: How does your food reach you?5: Growing food6: Seasonal food7: Protecting the soil8: Biodiversity9: Organic food10: Meat and vegetables11: The slippery problem of fish12: Food and water13: Wasted food14: Glossary
Summary: Discover how people all around the world are putting the planet first and helping the environment in new and exciting ways! All sorts of food, from bananas to cocoa beans and coffee, can be grown in fairer and more sustainable ways than has traditionally been the case. In Putting the Planet First: Sustainable Food and Fair Trade, discover how people around the world are working all the time to find new ways to grow and trade food fairly and sustainably. Learn too, what you can do to help the environment, and about small changes you can make that will have a real impact. It's a fascinating introduction to the positive changes people are making to try and live more sustainably, and will inspire children to think creatively about how they can put the planet first!
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Originally published: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: What is sustainable food?2: Fair Trade3: Where is your food from?4: How does your food reach you?5: Growing food6: Seasonal food7: Protecting the soil8: Biodiversity9: Organic food10: Meat and vegetables11: The slippery problem of fish12: Food and water13: Wasted food14: Glossary

Discover how people all around the world are putting the planet first and helping the environment in new and exciting ways! All sorts of food, from bananas to cocoa beans and coffee, can be grown in fairer and more sustainable ways than has traditionally been the case. In Putting the Planet First: Sustainable Food and Fair Trade, discover how people around the world are working all the time to find new ways to grow and trade food fairly and sustainably. Learn too, what you can do to help the environment, and about small changes you can make that will have a real impact. It's a fascinating introduction to the positive changes people are making to try and live more sustainably, and will inspire children to think creatively about how they can put the planet first!