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                                                         Feed the World

These research suggestions and hyperlinks to websites will help you with
your research and developing questions on "Feed the World -trends, issues and other ideas about food".
This is an integrated unit which involves Science, English and Social Studies subjects.

Don't forget to use the books in the Reference area. There are more resource books in a box in the library office or in your classroom.


On-line Resources:
In EPIC http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/ you will find:
     Britannica Online
      Global Issues in Context
      Opposing Issues in Context
    
 Australia/New Zealand Issues in Context
     
Don't forget login is - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs. 

A useful NZ resource is INNZ  

Below are a few websites that will get you started.
Factory farming
Animals used for food
World Health Organisation, statistics
Global food supply http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33268
Food crisis 
feeding the world fact vs fiction
biodiversity environmental issues
feeding a world of 9 billion
country food production stats to 2009
scanning techniques
issues facing the world
Fighting the hunger problem
Food security
Why are people hungry?
Fairtrade 
World Food Programme

Fight Obesity Epidemic
skimming and scanning tests
Scavenger Hunt

 

Subject headings, keywords
Use these words to help search our library catalogue and the internet.

Global food supply                food trends and issues               carbon footprint
food miles                            food processing                         sustainable production of animals and crops water issues                        fair trade                                    obesity epidemic                                famine                                 small and large farms                 food packaging
sustainability

Dewey Numbers The following numbers are where you will find a few of the above subject headings in our library. We also have National library books available.

333.7          333.72          333.76          333.79          333.91         338.1
362.1          363.3            363.8           388               551.1          578.4         
591.52        615.9            620.1           630               630.993       635  
660.65        904                        

 

 

Darfield High School Library Team