Food Provenance

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    • Food provenance

      The origin of foods, where food comes from
    • It's not always easy for consumers to know exactly where food comes from so food traceability is important
    • Foods consumers prioritise

      • Poultry
      • Red meat
      • Eggs
      • Fish
      • Shellfish
      • Dairy products
      • Fruit
      • Vegetables
    • Food traceability
      Having access to information about where food comes from and assurances that food is safe to consume
    • Sustainability
      A way of producing and consuming food that protects the economy and the environment
    • Food provenance

      • Identifies the origin of produce
      • Increases food knowledge
      • Maintains food culture
      • Develops a more sustainable food system
      • Improves animal welfare
      • Protects the environment
      • Increases food traceability
      • Enables consumers to engage with producers directly
      • Assists consumers in eating a more seasonal diet
      • Allows consumers to choose specific products
    • Crop production

      1. Preparing soil
      2. Sowing seeds/seedlings
      3. Watering
      4. Fertilising
      5. Weeding
      6. Protection from pests
      7. Harvesting
      8. Separation and inspection
      9. Storage
    • Intensive farming

      • Large scale operation that prioritises profitability and efficiency
      • Use of machinery
      • Use of chemical fertilisers
    • Organic farming

      • Focuses on producing food in ways that minimise harm to the environment
      • No artificial fertilisers or pesticides
      • Free-range animals
    • Intensive farming

      • High-yield crops
      • Mechanised agriculture
    • Organic farming

      • Crop rotation linked to seasons
      • Use of green manure and composting to enrich soil
      • Hand weeding and natural pest control
      • Animals given space to move freely
    • Fishing
      1. Dredging
      2. Trawling
      3. Pots and creels
      4. Line caught
    • Sustainability is an environmental issue associated with fish due to the consequences of overfishing. Sustainable fishing practices are designed to maintain fish stocks and establish a healthy marine ecosystem
    • Aquaculture
      The farming of fish in cages, pens, tanks or pods
    • Fish farmed through aquaculture
      • Salmon
      • Trout
      • Cod
    • Shellfish farmed through aquaculture
      • Mussels
    • Examples of foods that are reared
      • Steak, beef, veal
      • lamb
      • mutton
      • poultry
      • bacon, pork, ham
      • game
    • Examples of foods that are grown
      • potatoes
      • cereals
      • herbs
      • oil seed
    • Foods that are caught
      • fish
      • oysters
      • octopus
      • shellfish
    • Oily Fish
      • Fresh tuna
      • mackerel
      • salmon
      • trout
    • White Fish
      • cod
      • haddock
      • plaice
      • sea bass
    • Shellfish
      • crab
      • prawns
      • mussels
      • scallops
    • Dredging
      Dragging metal framed nets with rakes attached through the sea bed to release shellfish e.g mussels
    • Trawling
      drawing a net towed by a trawler around a school of fish e.g tuna
    • Pots and Creels
      baited with fish and placed on the sea bed to be collected later e.g crab
    • Line Caught
      large or small scale, using baited hooks e.g mackerel