Playing with Food… for a more just and healthier planet Kate & Genevieve May 2010 CUC AGM,...

Playing with Food…for a more just and healthier planet

Kate & GenevieveMay 2010CUC AGM, Victoria (BC)

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Playing with Food… with kids (50 min.):

Seed from the ground

Story of Corn

Everything Seed (excerpt)

Name that seed Map

Banana Split

Having fin with Seeds (10 min.):

Becoming a Seed Saviour

The seed from the ground song

A Seed from the Ground Song by Connie Kaldor (A Duck in New York City)

If you’ve got the sun and if you’ve got the rain And you plant a little seed in the old back lane And you wish and you pray and you keep the weeds down You might find, ooh, you might find

A root growing out from the seed in the ground

A shoot growing out from the rootfrom the seed in the ground

A stem growing out from the shoot from the root from the seed in the ground

A flower growing out from the stem from the shoot from the root from the seed in the ground

A seed growing out from the flower from the stem from the shoot from the root from the seed in the ground

Story of Corn: http://usc-canada.org/resources/creative-campaigning/

The Everything Seed 2006 Storybook by Carole Martignacco

Name that Seed

Do you ever eat seeds for breakfast?

Name that Seed Let’s take a look at

which seeds hide in these cereals…

What seeds do you eat?

Where do they come form?

Name that Seed OATMEAL:

Name that Seed RICE CRISPIES:

Name that Seed SUGAR CRISP:

Name that Seed CORN POPS:

Name that Seed ALPHA BITS:

Name that Seed RAISIN BRAN:

Our food travels 2,500 to 4,000 km from field to plate!

In order to play this game, I need:

1. A small farmer in Honduras2. A large food distribution network3. A transporter4. A banana plantation owner5. A negotiator6. A hungry person who likes bananas 7. An airport in North America8. An importer9. A supermarket10. A cooperative

BANANA SPLIT:

Conventional or Fair Trade Bananas?

1. A small farmer in Honduras grows a banana on a plantation. 2. When his banana is almost ready, he sells it to the owner of the plantation

for 1 cent.3. The owner of the plantation calls a local transporter to pick up the banana. 4. The local transporter delivers the banana to an airplane. 5. The airplane transports the banana to an airport in North America.6. When the price of bananas are low on the stock market, a negotiator buys

the banana. 7. The negotiator resells the banana to an importer. 8. The importer resells the banana to a large food distribution network and

moves the banana from one storage location to the next.9. A number of days or weeks after being harvested, the banana finally arrives

in your supermarket.

10. You’re hungry and you buy the banana for 50 cents.

The Conventional Banana

1. A small farmer in Honduras grows a banana. on his cooperative farm.

2. When his banana is almost ready, he sells it to his cooperative for 25 cents.

3. The cooperative sells the banana to an importer.

4. The importer sends the banana to North America (by boat or airplane).

5. A few days after being harvested, the banana is trucked in and finally arrives in your supermarket.

6. You’re hungry and you buy the fair

trade banana for 1 $ (100 cents).

The Fair trade Banana

The Conventional VS Fair Trade Path of Coffee

Seed Saviour

Seed Saviour

Be Creative!

A Seed from the Ground Song by Connie Kaldor (A Duck in New York City)

Thank you!