WHAT IS GOOD FOOD? • FOOD SYSTEM BRAINSTORM
facilitator guide:
food system brainstorm
Activities
Prompts Examples
• What activities are involved in getting
these ingredients to our plates?
How are the raw ingredients
transformed into something we could
eat?
Who are the people involved at each
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What resources are used in each
activity? Consider both natural and
human resources. •
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Resources
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Effects on
health,
society,
environment
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How could each activity affect health,
society, and the environment?
Consider both positive and negative
impacts. For positive impacts, think
about the reasons:
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Influences
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What are some factors that influence
each activity? Consider both societal
and ecological factors. Think about
how farmers decide what crops to
grow, for example, or why we eat
what we eat.
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Growing and harvesting crops
Breeding, feeding, housing, transporting,
and slaughtering animals
Processing, packaging, transporting,
storing, marketing, selling, preparing,
eating, disposing of, and composting food
Farmworker, food processing workers
(canning facility, meat processing plant,
etc.), truck driver, cook, servers in
restaurants, cafeteria staff, etc.
Natural resources, (e.g., land, water, soil,
fossil fuels)
Products, such as: machinery, fertilizers,
animal feed, pesticides
Labor and knowedge (cultural or ancestral
knowledge, knowledge that was taught in
a program or school, etc.)
We process food (e.g., to preserve it),
for example, or why we transport it long
distances (e.g., to provide year-round
variety).
Positive impacts: feeding people,
promoting health, creating jobs,
strengthening communities, convenience,
enjoyment, cultural expression
Negative impacts: chronic disease,
foodborne illness, worker injuries, hunger,
greenhouse gases, air and water pollution,
resource depletion, biodiversity loss,
animal suffering
Influences on the supply chain: consumer
demand, government policy, technology,
worldview, climate, geology, biodiversity
Influences on what we eat: taste, cost,
values, family, friends, culture, food
availability, marketing, government
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