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Year 6 - Geography

Sourcing our food

Farms and factories: where does our food come from?

Unit Summary

This unit explores how food is produced and distributed, both locally and globally. Pupils investigate where different foods come from, how diets are changing, and what environmental and social factors shape food production and supply.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explain the impact that climatic and seasonal differences have on food availability.

Key Notes

  • Many food crops can only be grown in places with the right climatic conditions
  • Some food crops grown in the UK are only 'in season' for part of the year because of the UK's temperate climate
  • Seasonal differences between the northern and southern hemispheres mean that some crops are imported out of season
  • Atlases can be used to investigate the location and climate zones of the place of origin of imported food crops

Vocabulary To Learn

  • imported: Goods that are imported are brought in from another country
  • climate: Climate is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more)
  • harvested: When a crop is harvested it is picked, cut or gathered ready for use
  • out of season: Out of season means the time of year when a food is not naturally ready for harvesting
  • hemisphere: A hemisphere is half of Earth, usually divided into the Northern or Southern Hemisphere by the Equator, or Eastern and Western hemispheres by a line that runs through the poles

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • All the food we eat comes from the UK.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.

Many food crops can only be grown in places with the right climatic conditions. Some food crops grown in the UK are only 'in season' for part of the year because of the UK's temperate climate.

2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'imported'

Goods that are imported are brought in from another country.

3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.

Mistake: All the food we eat comes from the UK. Correction: A lot of the food we eat comes from different countries.

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