What we read
We have now read and checked our understanding of both readings in Unit 1 of Rogers and Wilkin, that is, "Food as Communication" & "Farms of the Future" (pp. 10 & 12, 2013).
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Our response
Having read both of the texts a couple of times, Rogers and Wilkin now invite us to respond to the ideas in a critical thinking exercise.
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Rogers and Wilkin's questions
Think about the ideas from "Food as Communication" & "Farms of the Future" and write a comment to respond to these questions:
- A traditional Sunday roast in the West typically travels almost 13,000 miles to get to the dinner table. What traditional foods in your culture are now imported?
- Nowadays, we usually import most of our ,.. from ... It's up to you whether you use the suggested language or not. It's something you might like to start with.
- How can we share the world's food supply better? Think about the ideas in the box on page 12. (You can also click on the image above to enlarge it.)
- We need to / could / should / try ...
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Reference
- Rogers, L. & Wilkin, J. (2013). Skillful Reading & Writing, Student's Book 2. London: Macmillan Education
The traditional Sunday roast for my family rarely travelled more than a few kilometres to get to our dining table. We raised our own ducks, cattle and pigs, which we then killed ourselves or had other people kill and prepare for us to cook and eat. We killed the ducks and chickens ourselves, but sent the pigs and cattle to butchers to kill and prepare for us.
ReplyDeleteHowever, in today's world, I agree that many common foods have travelled a lot before they get to our mouths. For example, at Christmas time, we loved to eat cherries, plums and other fruits, but these grow in the colder parts of Australia a long way from my family home, so they had travelled a lot before we got them. And these days, I think much of the food my family buys in local supermarkets has travelled a lot, from beef to vegetables and fruit, which have often been imported from China and other countries.
Of course, a lot of the Western foods I enjoy in Thailand, even my broccoli, are imported from other countries. This includes cheese, lamb and olive oil which come from Europe, New Zealand and Italy among other places.
Nowadays, we usually import most of our dessert name Foi Tong from Portugal. Most of Thai people have misunderstanding that Foi Tong is Thai dessert but actually it was import from Portugal long time ago.
ReplyDeleteWe need to have a good protocol in consuming food such as restriction eating food in crisis situation.
Nowadays, we usually import most of our winter fruit from other countries because the weather of Thailand is too hot to plant them. When we need to visit a patient in a hospital we usually bring a basket of fruit to give them to show that you care
ReplyDeleteIt's the same at my family home in Australia. The climate is too warm for a lot of fruits and things that I like to eat, so they are brought in from other parts of Australia, or from overseas. International trade is great. I think it benefits everyone, so I have trouble understanding why people like Donald Trump want to engage in trade wars that harm their own nations.
DeleteNowadays, we usually import most of oranges from china to celebrate Chinese New Year.Because in this day in Thailand want very much.
ReplyDeleteWe need to export and import in the same time for people around the world have the change to eat it.
In Chinese's New Year, we will eat oranges that mean wealth. Most of oranges are imported from China.
ReplyDeleteWE can share our food to the world by export them to another country and import their food to our country.
Food is very important in each country,it is not only nutrition but also a culture.Nowadays we usually import most of our yellow beans from USA.Because China has a lot of populations and land for farm is not enough.
ReplyDeleteWhen you think about how foods were made, There are many processes along the way from farm to table. So I am not surprised that sharing food is very common habits in many cultures.
ReplyDeleteThough I don’t do much of food sharing in my daily meal. Maybe because nowadays we have change our way of producing food from local to global scale, so most of people on the food supply chains do not have to know each other anymore. So, I think sharing food will become less and less common.
That's my own experience. I like to meet with friends to share a meal, but I live alone and often eat alone, although today I had lunch with a friend.
DeleteI used to cook and invite friends to dinner, but I don't do that these days. It's much easier to eat out. But as Teng says, friends are often busy with their own lives, so it takes an effort to eat together.
The exception for me is when I'm back in Australia - I never eat alone the, but share every meal with family and friends, which is great, but adds a bit to my tummy.
Nowadays, we usually import most of fruit from other countries. we can buy Thailand durian, New Zealand Blueberry...but I don't know what traditional food need to import in China.
ReplyDeleteWe need to improve our transportation.