Pathfinders
Feed the World
These research suggestions and hyperlinks to websites will help you with
your research and developing questions on "We feed the World" and "Global Food Supply - Trends and Issues".This is an integrated unit which involves Science, English and Social Studies subjects.
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.
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
On-line websites
Below are a few websites that will get you started.
http://www.who.int/research/en/ (World Health Organisation, statistics)
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33268 (news article on Global food supply)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_crisis
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/genetic-engineering/feeding-the-world-facts-vers
http://www.globalissues.org/issue/168/environmental-issues
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=341§ion=3
http://42explore.com/skim.htm skim and scanning tests
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/scanning/index.shtmlDarfield High School Library Team