Connecting the globe

Key Ideas

- We are connected to people around the world through the things we consume.

-Different countries produce different products.

Import- to bring from a foreign or external source; especially - as a merchandise- into a place or country from another country.

Export- - to carry or send- as a commodity- to some other place, such as another country.

Food Miles- where does my food come from?

LOI 2: Ways in which trade makes us interdependent.

How reliant are Kiwis on other countries in order to make a delicious Hawaiian Pizza?

Take a look at the ingredients below for a Hawaiian pizza. Use Google to calculate the food miles that were required to bring them to NZ.

Search "miles from Kansas, USA to NZ"

Ingredients in a Hawaiian pizza:

Flour (from Kansas, USA) ___________miles

Tomatoes (from Naples, Italy) ___________miles

Pineapples (from Alajuela, Costa Rica) ___________miles

Ham (Copenhagen, Denmark) ___________miles

Black pepper (Mumbai, India) ___________miles

Mozzarella cheese (Salerno, Italy) ___________miles

Total food miles for Hawaiian pizza ___________miles

Convert the total distance in miles to kilometres

I mile = 1.60934 kilometres.

Total food kilometres for Hawaiian pizza ___________ kilometres

Choose a different meal and complete the same task.

• Make a list of the ingredients used to make the meal.
• Research where each ingredient comes from.
• Calculate the food miles that are required to bring them to NZ.