Technologies · Year 9 · Design and Technologies: Innovation, Materials and Sustainability · Extension Unit
Food Innovation and Global Systems
Students analyse how food technologies, supply chains, and consumer choices interact to shape sustainable food futures.
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Students analyse how food technologies, supply chains, and consumer choices interact to shape sustainable food futures.
Key Questions
- Which food innovations could meaningfully reduce global emissions in this decade?
- How do consumer choices reshape what producers grow and sell?
- Where do food-system fixes face the strongest political resistance?
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