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Food Futures

What's it all about?

Through both practical and theoretical work, students will examine the components of the Australian food system and the effects each stage has on providing a sustainable food supply for future generations. Students will explore and assess the different farming methods with an applied approach to ethical environmentally sustainable systems that reduce the impact of the environment. The unit also explores the concept of food citizenship, providing students with the knowledge to evaluate the influences on food choice with consideration to sociocultural factors, nutritional value and food manufactures marketing strategies. Students work towards developing their culinary skills by applying a range of practical skill and cooking techniques producing a variety of recipes, food comparative analysis tasks whilst working, collaboratively to produce recipes with consideration to food safety practices, analysis of ingredients used and production processes. Further, students enhance their understanding and skills by applying the key steps in the design process to plan, produce and evaluate a recipe that they had selected as a proposed solution to the design brief.

What type of things will I do?

Students will continue to enhance their cookery skills through the production of nutritious recipes, and food comparative analysis tasks. Analyse and critique the methods of conventional farming and food processing that contribute to sustainable practices.

What will I learn?

TOPIC 1

  • Safe & hygienic preparation of food

  • Evaluating the physical characteristics of foods – taste, texture, aroma and appearance

  • Food and ingredient comparative analysis

  • The sociocultural, ethical and sustainable factors that influence food choice

TOPIC 2

  • Food production and sustainable farming

  • Applying the key stages the design process to create a food solution in response to a design brief

  • Environmentally sustainable food production and food wastage

What can this lead to?

University and TAFE courses in Food Studies, Food Science and Technology, Food Technology and Nutrition. 

POSSIBLE PATHWAY 

YEAR                               COURSES OFFERED 

YEAR 10                              Exploring Foods 

YEAR 11                              Food Studies   

                                             VET Hospitality 

YEAR 12                              Food Studies 

                                             VET Hospitality 


Why choose this subject?

Choose this subject if you are interested in learning about food studies, how the stages of the food system contribute to environmental sustainability and maintaining an adequate and nutritional food supply for future generations.

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