2: PLAN & CREATE

ACTIVITY

 

In this section you will explore one phase of your ingredient’s food system in depth. Have you ever wondered how products get their names? Have you ever wondered how products such as cheese, butter, garlic powder, and all-purpose flour are processed from their raw ingredients? Different ingredients undergo unique processes before they get to our plates.

  1. Open the workbook for this section. This week’s workbook asks you to zoom in further at one aspect of an ingredient’s journey in the food system.

  2. Read and watch the following two examples:


    Triscuits - recently Sage Boggs (@sageboggs) went viral about their discovery of how Triscuits crackers got their name. Boggs published this thread of tweets. Read through the tweets and notice the history, humour, and research that Boggs did about the “retailing” and “marketing” side of Triscuits.

    Cheese - you may know that cheese is not grown, extracted, or harvested. There is a great deal of work and processing required from raising cows to using their milk to make cheese. This video highlights the processing and packaging that is required to make the cheese many of us consume daily.

  3. Identify a phase in your ingredient’s story you would like to zoom in on further. Be careful with your choice - you want to highlight a phase of your ingredient’s story that many people might not know about - perhaps the way it is processed, marketed, consumed, or grown (just like the two examples above). If you found something intriguing about your initial research of your ingredient in Part 1, that is probably a sign!

  4. Research your ingredient’s story at the phase you have identified in more depth. You may find videos, photos, animations, or literature and writing that offers you interesting information that you can highlight to others. Aim for 5 interesting facts and talking points you find the most intriguing.

  5. Now it’s time to create! Take the your top 5 interesting facts and design a way to portray the information in a contemporary way - you may choose to create a video, infographic, written piece, or animation to showcase an in-depth look at the skills, technologies, and lesser-known facts about your ingredient. Import your final creation in the space provided.

  6. Complete the single-point rubric found in the lesson materials.