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- Title
Farm to table and Beyond: Helping Students Make Sense of the Global Food System.
- Authors
Koch, Pamela; Barton, Angela Calabrese; Contento, Isabel; Crabtree, Margo
- Abstract
The article focuses on the study called Farm To Table and Beyond, conducted to a group of students in New York. The objective of the study is to let the student develop an understanding of the food system, and have them apply this understanding to their lives. The students were given an assessment question and answer before and after studying Farm to Table and Beyond. Result suggests that if students develop a solid understanding of the food system, they can apply it to make choices that does not only promote personal health, but also are socially and environmentally responsible. The study was supported by a Science Education Partnership Award of the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); SCIENCE education; SYSTEMS theory; EDUCATION; FOOD preservation; FARMS; SCHOOL food; COMPARATIVE method; NATIONAL Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Publication
Science Scope, 2008, Vol 31, Issue 9, p36
- ISSN
0887-2376
- Publication type
Article