The Unit highlights the importance of where the food that we eat comes from, and how this has an impact on climate change and global food chains. It introduces the impacts of climate change on eating food produced far away and the different modes of production. The Unit raises awareness about the harness-intensive agriculture provokes on the landscape and the responsibility it has on accelerating climate change. Students are motivated to develop a critical approach towards food selection and consumption.

The Unit consists of three sections:

• The first section introduces to the concept of food production, its relation to climate (seasons and location), the different modes of production (intensive / extensive), and the consequences or impacts each of them has in the surrounding landscapes and climate change.
• The second section focuses on analyzing and unveiling the consequences of agricultural exports and modes of production. The goal of this section is to raise awareness and create an understanding of the deep impact agriculture has in the landscape, soil, and climate change.
• The third section delves into finding alternative modes of production and reflecting on how we can actively contribute to reducing the agricultural footprint and consequential landscapes of food exports. Students learn about strategies and measures already identified and they discuss, which of them might be of importance in their home landscape.

Pupils will learn that:

• The food that we eat is produced in a farm and then brought to the supermarket.
• Thus, the food that we eat travels from different places to reach to our kitchens.
• They will map the route of a specific product (e.g. tomato)

Where does the food that we eat come from? What is the importance of eating locally in terms of climate change? Which are the consequences of eating products from far away?

The election of the food we eat is linked to how and where food is produced. Food travelling from far away has an impact on CO₂ emissions. Industrialised food production has an impact on water usage which causes desertification, on soil exhaustion due to monoculture which creates poor soil unable to retain water when it rains and provoking soil erosion which increases the flood risk among many other consequences.