H.E revision

• Locally sourced foods


  Foods that are grown, reared or caught in a local area with a short distance from where the food has been grown to when it ends up on your plate (e.g. carrots, pumpkin, pear)
• Carbon footprint


  The total amount of greenhouse gases produced by an individual or activity, measuring the impact of our actions on the environment
• Benefits of locally sourced foods

  • Cheaper for sale, workers paid fairly, supports local farmers
  • Fresher, more traceable, tastes better
• Breastfeeding


  The process of feeding a baby milk from the breast
• Advantages of breastfeeding


  • Bonding, antibodies in milk, costs nothing, provides necessary nutrients, supply on demand, perfect temperature
• Disadvantages of breastfeeding


  • Painful for mother, time consuming, hard to know how much baby has had, have to worry about mother's diet
• Bottle feeding


  The process of feeding a baby formula milk
• Advantages of bottle feeding

  • More convenient, easy to control, father can play an active role, don't have to worry about mother's diet
• Disadvantages of bottle feeding

  • More upset stomach, time consuming, baby won't receive health benefits, expensive
• Seasonal foods


  Foods that are at their peak in terms of harvest or flavour at particular times of the year
• Food miles


  The distance food has travelled to get to your plate
• Food producers


  • Tayto
  • Cookstown
  • Moyspark - Date Farm