Transcript Farm Facts….Food for Thought

Farm Facts….Food for Thought
What is a billion?
If you had 1 million dollars and had
to spend $1,000 dollars every day,
your money would run out in 1000
days. If you had 1 billion dollars
and had to spend $1,000 every day,
your money would run out for 2,740
years.
Where does your food dollar go?
3.5¢ Depreciation
4¢ Advertising
4.5¢ Rent
4.5¢ Profits
2.5¢ Interest
3.5¢ Energy
1.5¢ Repairs
4¢ Transportation
3.5¢ Business Taxes
8¢ Packaging
3¢ Other Costs
38.5¢ Off Farm Labor
What is USDA’s budget?
Food Safety and Marketing & Inspection $2.5
Conservation Programs $5.1
Food And
Nutrition
Programs
$51.4
Research, Education & Economics $2.6
Risk Management $4.0
Forest Service $5.4
Foreign Ag Service $2.4
(in billions)
Rural Development $3.0
Farm Programs $12.4
In 2007: $88.8 billion
2012 USDA Budget-$145 billion
U.S. Gov’t. Farm Subsidies-2011
What is ag’s share of federal spending?
Are farmers reducing erosion on cropland?
4.0
3.6
3.1
2.8
2.7
Tons of Soil Lost Per Acre
1982
1987
1992
1997
2002
2.6
Today
Who pays the least for food?
Where
does
the
money
go?
How many days to we work
to pay for food?
36 Days
39 Days
State &
Local
Taxes
Food
36 Days
Recreation, Clothing
& Accessories
Health & Medical
Care
52 Days
Housing/
Household
Operations
62 Days
Federal
Taxes
77 Days
Do we still have family farms?
Who imports U.S. farm products?
What is the U.S. share of
world production?
Food for Thought…
A study of cultures:
types of foods and
expenditures for one week
In the following pictures:
Determine where these people live
Take note of the kinds of foods they eat
Compare and contrast the types of
foods they eat
Consider why those foods are eaten in
that area of the world
Estimate the cost of their food for the
week
Here’s some food for thought…
There are 843 Million people in the
world who suffer from chronic hunger.
This means that about 12.5% of the
world’s population suffers from hunger.
Most people in the world eat a staple
food, such as rice, potatoes, etc., then
add smaller amounts of accompanying
foods.
Try This…
Remember to look at the kinds of foods
people eat.
Consider why those foods are eaten in
that area of the world.
Notice the number of people in their
family.
Notice the cost of their food for one
week.
Country Name
# People in Family Foods (3) $ Per Week/Food
1)
Instructions-create a chart with the above categories and 9 rows
with which to take info for each of the 9 family slides.
Country Name : The Ahmed family
Food expenditure for one week:
Country: The Melander family
Food expenditure for one week:
Country: The Manzo family
Food expenditure for one week:
Country: The Casales family
Food expenditure for one week:
Country: The Sobczynscy family
Food expenditure for one week:
: The Revis family
Food expenditure for one week
Country: The Ayme family
Food expenditure for one week:
Country: The Namgay family
Food expenditure for one week:
Country: The Aboubakar family
Food expenditure for one week:
Cultural Comparisons
Country
Weekly
Total
Number of
People
Per
Person % of USA
Chad
1.23
6
$0.21
0.4%
Bhutan
5.03
13
$0.39
1.5%
Ecuador
31.55
9
$3.51
9.2%
Egypt
68.53
12
$5.71
20.0%
Poland
151.27
5
$30.25
44.2%
Mexico
189.09
5
$37.82
55.3%
Italy
260.11
5
$52.02
76.1%
USA
341.98
4
$85.50
100.0%
Germany
500.07
4
$125.02
146.2%
Another way to look at it!
Weekly Total
600
500
400
300
Weekly Total
200
100
0
Follow up Activity
Day of
the
Week
Sunday
Date
Meal
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Monday
Breakfast
What did you eat
Approximate
Cost
Meal Status
Circle One
Made from Basics
Frozen/Box/Mix
Ate Out
Made from Basics
Frozen/Box/Mix
Ate Out
Made from Basics
Frozen/Box/Mix
Ate Out
Made from Basics
Frozen/Box/Mix
Ate Out
•Track your meals and their cost with your parents for one
week
•Bring the completed Data Form back at the end of the week
•Use your data and the data from this presentation to make
your own bar graph
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian
Pounds or $68.53
Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or
$500.07
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or
$260.11
Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1, 862.78 Mexican
Pesos or $189.09
Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or
$151.27
United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week $341.98
Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or
$5.03
Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or
$1.23
MYP-HG Follow up ?’s
Choose one country to discuss the following:
-Country name _______
1-Identify country as a LDC or MDC ?
2-Justify (defend) choice w/one reason (food type,$ spent)
3-Continent located on (look up on map)
4-Staple food or main foods eaten
5-Types of food-imports/domestic (home grown/processed) ?
6-How does where you live play a role in what is and is
not available for them to eat (example from activity or own life)?